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On March 29, 2009 a milestone was reached by one of mine and Drag Queen Diaries.com’s favorite films.   Billy Wilder’s comedic masterpiece, and the 2002 American Film Institutes Greatest American Comedy film of all time recepient,  Some Like It Hot.

The film starred Marilyn Monroe, but for my money co-stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon steal the show as Marilyn’s “bosom companions”.

Directed by Billy Wilder, who also co-wrote and produced the film, Some like It Hot also co-stars such luminaries as George Raft and comedian Joe E. Lewis.

Struggling musicians Joe and Jerry (Curtis and Lemmon) witness what looks like the St. Valentines Massacre of 1929. When spotted by the Chicago gangsters led by “Spats” Columbo (George Raft), they run for their lives.  Narrowly escaping with their lives, the two decide to skip town, only to find that the only musicians jobs are with an all-girl band who are headed to Florida.  So, they disguise themselves as women and call themselves Josephine and Geraldine, with Jerry later changing his name to Daphne.

They join the band and board the train to Florida, where they both fall for the band’s sexy lead vocalist and ukulele player, “Sugar Kane”, played by the ever so voluptuous Marilyn Monroe.  While in Florida, Joe “woos”  Sugar by creating a second alter-ego as a millionaire named “Junior”, the heir to Shell Oil, and adopting a Cary Grant-like voice.  Elsewhere, Osgood Fielding III (Joe E. Brown), a real millionaire falls for Jerry in his “Daphne” disguise. One night, Osgood asks “Daphne” to go out on his yacht with him, but Joe talks Jerry into keeping Osgood ashore so he can sneak on board the yacht as “Junior” and “pitch more woo” with Sugar.

That night Osgood asks “Daphne” to marry him, and Jerry accepts, thinking he can take him for a huge settlement after the wedding ceremony.

But, when the Chicago gangsters that Joe and Jerry eye witnessed book themselves into the same hotel for a conference honoring “The Friends of Italian Opera”, they immediately recognize Joe and Jerry and after several hilarious chase scenes (and witnessing another mob hit), Jerry, Joe, Sugar and Osgood escape to Osgood’s Yacht and make their escape.  While on board the yacht, Sugar tells Joe that she is in love with him and not with “Junior”, and Jerry tries to explain to Osgood (as Daphne) that he cannot marry him, but Osgood is persistent in wanting to go through with the marriage.  In one final ditch effort to dissuade Osgood, Jerry finally has no choice but to tear off his wig and declare, “I’M A MAN”, to which Osgood, in the final line of dialogue in the film (and one of the best you’ll ever hear, in my opinion)  “Well….Nobody’s Perfect!”

That may be true, Osgood, but this film definately IS perfect, and will definately go down in drag history. Happy 50th and we’ll still be watching you in another 50 years to come!

Until Next Time

Happy Viewing!

Michael Queenstown

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Gene Simmons, co-founder of KISS has a few thoughts and advice for American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert.  Hell, you could say Gene Simmons has few thoughts, period.

Simmons said Lambert is great and has a lot of talent if he wants to be the lead singer of the rock band QUEEN, or be on Broadway, but is not a true rock singer in the same vain as The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger.  But then again, who is anyway?  Just like there will never be another like Freddy Mercury, there will never be another Adam Lambert.

Gene’s advice to Adam is even more out there.  Simmons says Lambert should shut up about his sexual preferences unless they include farm animals,  and that we Americans and the rest of the world don’t really care what he does indoors.  This coming from a man who has been known to brag about having had sex with 46oo women.  Also,  could someone please remind Mr. Simmons that his A&E reality show is all about HIS indoor life??  We Americans never wanted to anything about this, but they still went ahead and did it anyway, right?  Right.

But aside from that, yes, we really don’t care about Adam’s sexual preferences and what he does in the privacy of his own bedroom.  We just care that he is a monsterous talent and has a bright career ahead of him.  Remind you of someone, Mr. Simmons??

And the ever modest Simmons had this to say about KISS performing with Adam on American Idol.  “You mean, how was it for HIM to perform with US?”  he said in a recent interview.  “Well, you just have to realize who the Governor  is and who the little puppy is.”   I don’t even want to know what the hell he meant by that.  Sounds like Mr. Simmons is a little irked that Rolling Stone Magazine said Adam Lambert upstaged KISS during the American Idol finale.  Hell, even Kriss Allen could have upstaged KISS.

WTF does that mean?? Sounds like he has spent too many years in makeup and it has seeped into his brain, because as we Americans all know, KISS is so relevant to rock music today, that they are getting ready to release their first studio album in 11 years, and Mr. Simmons is wrapping up a fourth season of his crappy A&E show with his family.

Until Next Time…

Michael Queenstown

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