To Wong Foo - vs. - Priscilla
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preppy-3 — 19 years ago(May 08, 2006 01:27 PM)
PriscillaMUCH better and funnier. Also the Priscilla soundtrack can't be beat and we see the guys prefgorm in Priscillanot To Wong Foo. And Wong Foo goes out of its way to play everything safePriscilla doesn't.
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alisha83 — 19 years ago(June 15, 2006 08:25 AM)
I may be the only one who disagrees but I happened to see Priscilla after "to wong foo" and I found it much "greyer" than the latter one.
I may be wrong cause I just watched them to enjoy and don't know anything about the culture behind it, but in my imagination "to wong foo" it's my favourite cause it gives me a much colorful feeling, which I expect to get from a movie about drag queens.
I feel that Priscilla, on the other hand, feels more real and tells the story with a much more "real" feeling, but that's maybe just for it's colorful unbelievableness that I liked "to wong foo" more
Just my point of view by the way -
Taxday71 — 19 years ago(July 13, 2006 05:27 PM)
"To Wong Foo" seemed like it was made for "the masses": the people in areas that aren't familiar with drag queens/gay people. "Priscilla" is more of a character driven story and didn't rely on goofy he/she drag queen jokes. I almost cried at the end of "Priscilla"- I found the storylines touching. The only serious part that was ALMOST touching in "To Wong Foo" was the scene about "Vida" driving past her/his parents house.
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joeleol — 19 years ago(July 24, 2006 04:47 AM)
To Wong Foo, although amusing, feels sanitized and fake to meveering towards exploitation/minstrel show territory.
How many queens do you know who walk around in drag 24/7? And how many of them would drive across the USA in full drag? In a convertable with the top down?!?
The USA that I live in is one where you can get beaten to within an inch of your life just for looking at the wrong guy for a moment too long. I know that in '95, while Clinton was in office, we were optimistic about gays entering the mainstream and gaining ground among the masses but reallythis is too much.
I feel similar mixed feelings about "Will & Grace". I mean - seriously - a cute, rich lawyer with a fantastic apartment in Manhattan who can't find a man for years??? ARGH!!!!
Anyway, rant over, give me Priscilla anyday. =)~