THE BIRDCAGE *REACTION* FIRST TIME WATCHING! CELEBRATING QUEER CULTURE!! 

I hope the boys look him up, he is such a chameleon! From Moe and Apu, phoebe’s boyfriend in friends, Godzilla, he’s in soooo much and so varied.

AGREED

Totally. He steals every scene he's in. Amazing actor. Made me feel so old that the boys didn't know who he was😩🤣

He wasn’t underrated. He stole the show!

his role was made bigger because of how fabulous he is!

Yes! I was hoping somebody was going to mention this!

I’ve recently rewatched some old Oprah interviews and my god, the questions she’d ask guests were so cringe

@@antlersnelson2955 Robin was an angel walking the earth, I'm sure of it ❤️😭

Oprah should have never done that. Hindsight 20/20 and I know it's a different.. awareness culture we have now (not sure if it's the right term). But as interviewers, you don't do that. You don't force people to come out, or reveal pregnancies (looking at you Ellen) or talk about past trauma. Awful

@@Qu33nMary444 He was definitely one of our rare national treasures.

That Oprah interview was the worst!! He didn't come out until years later and people tried to take that away from him. Robin Williams was a genuine angel ❤

That interview was so precious. What a true friend.

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Omg!!! Sending you lots of love today! The fact that you both shared this beautiful movie says a lot about her and your relationship with her ❤️❤️ love that so much and we’re so glad this timing worked out like this 🤗🥰

My mom and I love this movie too, this one and To Wong Foo.

@@PettyPumpkins Love this THANK YOU! Her favorite line, "Fuck the shrimp!" And she had a little crush on Agador. Happy Pride!!🥰♥

Sooooo good! Patrick Swayze is the classiest ❤

That was the thing. Val's behavior would not have even been acceptable in the when the movie was released. And I did not see anything that ever redeems him.

The fact that they actually went along with it I took as a hint that they must have spoiled the hell out of him and indulged him on everything when he was a kid if they couldn't even bring themselves to draw the line there. It doesn't excuse Val but it explains why he turned out the way he did. Somewhat of a parenting fail by Armand and Al

Thank you. One of the biggest problem I see with younger people watching movies made before they were born is that they don't see the context of time, and judge characters by the standards of the time they live in now.

@@torontomame At the same time, you can say that respect for the people that raised you is multi-generational. Val does not ever show an ounce of love or respect for Albert. He's very cruel. It's one thing to have family members in the closet and another to treat them like the closet isn't enough. I don't think Val even directly speaks to Albert about this. Watching it in 1996, gay people were catching that contempt Val was showing bordered on homophobia.

I think the 'Madonna' bit lives in my head

I made you short?

Tell it. Loved the movie, first saw it in the 80s. You rock, know the history. And, he thought Armond was a chicken hawk, his son, was a chicken, this generation.😋, rayray 🤙✌️✊😎

It was awesome.❤❤❤❤

If you do To Wong Foo, then Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is also a must.

For me and with all due respect to the OG movie, HOW could it be better if this one has RW and the other does not? I totally get your point, but when talking about art (and people , and everything really) better/worse are individual categories subjected to the experiences and feelings we carry. So, even if I don't know, the script is tighter, having a moment to enjoy my dead "tv dad" will always be a better experience, and I would be thinking about him the whole time. There is no technicality that weights more than the love I've had for him since being a child in the nineties, and I think a lot of people feel the same way about him.

@@carlalussini for me is way better...part 1 and 2 of the original were hilarious.... I dont feel the same with the american version....

Never forget Priscilla.

To be fair, Barbara isn't part of tearing things apart for Albert and Armand: she did lie, but it was on the fly, and things went out of control on the Keeley end very quickly. It's Val who took the wheel in deciding all the changes. I'm fairly sure he and Barbara didn't consult each other on this.

@@melenatorr It is funny, too, that real homophobes often don't see people they know as possibly being queer because they are so "nice and normal." I remember little old ladies who simply couldn't grasp that Librace was, as he flounced his way around his piano. (His whole shtick was to be as flamboyant as possible.) So accepting Albert as the uncle would not have been hard, even despite the pink socks, but again, if so, no movie. I'm also reminded of Guess Who's Coming To Dinner. The parents of the white girl are having a problem so much so that the engagement might be called off, as Sidney Poitier was going to call it off. This gave the movie lots time to discuss the issue. At the same time, HIS parents were equally shocked and was against it so the audience got to hear that side. But watching it today, I feel a bit resentfulness that the couple would actually not marry. I think of say some wonderful smart-ass actor in the Sidney Poitier role, like Will Smith, saying "well, then, you won't be seeing the grandchildren! Yes, it was good and right for all the discussions but not on the threat of cancelling the marriage. But again, there would have been no movie. It is so good, however, for Armand to insist he won't change how he looks and then only does it for his son. This movie is based on a French movie which came out a few years earlier, La Cage aux Folles, which is also quite funny (with English subtitles). I think the Val part felt different but it also was so much earlier, the homophobia itself seemed more "normal."

Yeah, at the end they said something like "why are you going with them?" and it's because she's still 17! I know they wanted more closure, but the senator putting on drag (even to save himself) was really a big step in itself. I mean, some guys would have set the club on fire rather than the horror of wearing lipstick.

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That's what I always thought. There is no way that guy is twenty years old.

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This. When this came out, we were rooting for Val and Babs to get through the night. Today, Val is the bad guy for putting his family through hell. I always wanted a series with Albert, Armand, and Agador after watching this, but sadly no.

To be fair the original play this is based off of was back in 1973, when coming out was far more dangerous Also people overlook that because the daughter is 17, she can't marry without parental consent Which is why Val says it is only for one night, cause after that it won't matter.

@@mckenzie.latham91 Yep, now they're more concerned about the age difference, which makes the young coupling more problematic.

I'm happier with movies like this than ANY of the "serious" queer movies of the period. I get furious with them because the dramas were still deep into "Bury Your Gays" trope. Straight guy plays gay guy who dies in the movie to "add meaning" and the straight guy gets an Oscar. The Birdcage, To Wong Foo, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and even In & Out had happy endings and convey bigger meaning without resorting to ending in tragedy.

Tried Priscilla, Queen of the Desert yet? Oh, and But I'm a Cheerleader is hilarious!

right😍 the best

He was hilarious as the cop. "Who are you? WHAT are you? Who moved the rock?"

We were VERY upset that the plot was essentially forcing his parents back in the closet! People got mad at us for pointing it out too? like WHAT? THE KID WAS A MENACE.