Fun fact @18:22 Robin Williams slipping on the floor wasn't scripted. He and Hank Azaria tried so hard to stay in character. Mike Nichols(RIP)the genius that he is kept it in the film.
At about 1:30 or so, "Victoria Page" is a reference to the central female character in "The Red Shoes", which I highly recommend. It was produced and directed by the glorious partnership of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, who produced other great movies, like "Stairway to Heaven" and "Black Narcissus".
Really?! That's awesome. He truly was one of the greatest performers to ever live. By far, one of my favorite actors. That must have been an interesting experience!
I'm late, but you've already come out of the gate HOT! As a queen myself, I'm always happy to find people who appreciate culture and camp. Subscribed. 💋
Thank you! Welcome...we have a list of movies we are reacting to. Sorry we haven't posted in a while, we are actually getting married in 2 weeks, so things have been kinda crazy! We will be back full force once the wedding is over.
This movie is actually based on a French one, La Cage aux Folles (with subtitles) which some people think is even funnier. You might want to check it out at some point.
Armand says Val is 20 years old when Val first tells him he's getting married. It's his main objection when Val first breaks the news. Barbie, we learn very soon, is not even 18 yet.
18:21 that slip was actually unscripted, yet Robin Williams improvised the rest of that scene so casually, even though you can hear his voice slightly cracking since he was keeping himself from laughing if the the unplanned slip and how to get over it without cutting the scene.
Hey guys, SORRY we haven't posted in a while. It's not for a lack of trying, that's for sure. I have been trying to post another movie and RU-vid keeps blocking it even though it is edited and altered heavily. Now we are blocked from posting for 24 hours. Ridiculous...We haven't forgotten about you guys, just dealing with the nonsense.
Back to School ((1986) Rodney Dangerfield) featuring young William Zabka and Robert Downey, Jr. among others. It's a movie I've been suggesting to reactors for a while, and I don't think anyone has done it. Maybe you guys will finally be the reactors to start a trend. If you aren't familiar with Rodney Dangerfield, he was a very popular stand-up comedian who made a bunch of movies in the 80s and 90s (mostly comedies). Many reactors have done Caddyshack, which is most people's favorite Dangerfield movie. I like it, but I think Back to School is better. Anyway, glad you liked this film. All the best.
15:51 Originally, Robin Williams was wanted to play Albert, but because he had done Mrs. Doubtfire, he didn't want to do drag again. That was a wise choice, no one else could have played Albert than Nathan Lane. :)
15:50 fun fact, they originally wanted to cast Robin Williams as Albert, but he didn't want to play it because he'd JUST DONE Mrs. Doubtfire and didn't want to get pidgeonholed into female impersonation.
I appreciate when reactors point out that, honestly, the kids are the closest thing to a “villain” the movie has. Like, Mr & Mrs Keely have views that obviously look worse with each year that goes by, but they don’t actually DO anything antagonistic toward the Goldmans (and readily accept their help at the end). The conflict is all because the kids couldn’t just be straight with both families and say “hey, this is who I’m in love with, our families are different, but that’s just something we’re all going to have to come to terms with”. The entire elaborate scheme they concoct is wildly disrespectful to their parents (and since Val has more screentime, he comes off as a total, ungrateful ass toward his two dads who love him unconditionally).
Here is movie that is a big favorite but ive neve lr seen anyone react to it. Whats up DOC? with Ryan Oneill, Madeline Kahn and Barbra Streisand. Its a classic farce. So many funny gags.
I'm a film buff, and this is in my Top 10 favorite movies- which also includes 2001, Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and My Fair Lady. Funny thing, my PASTOR recommended it to me because it's one of HIS favorite movies- LOL! :) PS: I Could have Danced All Night is from My Fair Lady.
@@HawleyWOOD1288 Great! By the way, I watched The Birdcage yesterday with a friend who was born the year this released, he thought it was very funny as well. :)
Katherine wasn't a surrogate. If you go back to the scene in her office, they tell the story of her slipping into his apartment after she bribed the doorman, and he figured, what the hell, I'll try it once with a woman, and she got pregnant with Val. Oops! She didn't want to raise a child so Armand took him and raised him, and soon after, met Albert. They raised Val together.
If you want a do another highly underappreciated movie with a lot of Robin Williams in it where he's not even necessarily the funniest character in it despite being quite funny then give Death to Smoochy a try.
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Hank Azaria said in an interview a yr or 2 ago he wouldn't do this movie now cause he's not the right ethnicity, or race, which is so stupid cause him, Nathan Lane, and Robin Williams make the movie.
Katharine is not a surrogate. As they make it clear in the office scene, Armand decided to try to have sex with a woman, just to see what it was like, and Katharine became pregnant from that episode. It was not intended, but as Armand and she assure themselves and us, she started the business, and he got Val. "It was a fair trade". The script is fairly clear on that.
The character Val, is 20 and Barbara is 19. Both actors are late 20s to early 30s, and look it. It’s the only part of the movie that doesn’t work. They should’ve hired Ben Affleck or Cole Hauser.
the woman who had Val wasn't a surrogate, she had a one night stand with Armon. got pregnant and didn't want to be a mother so Armon became probably a single father and met Albert along the way
ok so like... it IS unfair of Val to ask all this, but considering the original version of the story (a French play) took place in the 1970s, and this version came out in the first year that HIV diagnoses went DOWN compared to the previous year, and the current general positivity towards queer people is pretty recent AND Homosexual sex was illegal in Florida until 2003 and Barbara's father is an important conservative politician... just, everything stacked up makes it a lot more understandable why, at least for the moment, Barbara and Val would want to keep Armand and Albert's relationship and orientation under wraps. Iunno, just - as a queer person who grew up in the 90s, in the kind of family that still votes for guys like Keely, I don't blame Val too much, especially because part of it is probably fear of what the Senator could possibly do to his dad's life/livelihood/etc if he got pissed.
I agree with John Nehrich you should react to the original 70's French version, of the first two movies. La Cage Aux Folles 2, is very dynamic... there are Bombs, murder, car chases, shoot-outs...
I would love to, eventually...If I can get them to stop blocking my videos. This is the 3rd video they have blocked, even though it is heavily altered and edited.
You guys are watching it through 2023 eyes & are not factoring in the way society was in the 80's & 90's. The son would've been probably the only kid raised by gay parents & as a result would've probably had deal with a TON of things that other kids didn't deal with while growing up. He is also supposed to be 20 & helplessly in love with the daughter of an ultra conservative parent. He & the girl think that if they can just get through 1 night then they'll be OK & is in his mind just asking them to "deal with it" like he did. He clearly loves his Dad & Albert.
