tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post2434942676324841690..comments2024-03-04T10:20:10.154+00:00Comments on Anna Chen: Madam Miaow Says: Priscilla Queen of the Desert review: looks pretty, tastes foulMadam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-32828094278117441342012-01-11T12:27:28.223+00:002012-01-11T12:27:28.223+00:00Tim, re the protocol and sensitivity of names, if ...Tim, re the protocol and sensitivity of names, if Bernadette is at the point of the assault a pre-op or post-op transexual, then I am happy to refer to the character by her female name. In the passage of time I've forgotten the chronology of the film.<br /><br />The assault is still of a male musculature on a woman.Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-80635338458980737562012-01-11T12:22:06.095+00:002012-01-11T12:22:06.095+00:00I don't about the stage play, but in the film ...I don't about the stage play, but in the film Ralph (sorry, this is the name given in the movie) whacks the stocky short-haired masculinised woman — unless the film makers have re-cut or re-shot this scene. It is a male assaulting a woman, presented as a woman-on-woman catfight just because (s)he is wearing a frock.Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-24313569000709963242012-01-11T05:38:22.210+00:002012-01-11T05:38:22.210+00:00In your review, while making important claims abou...In your review, while making important claims about the racialized imagery used in the portrayal of Cynthia you make one glaring error and an equally offensive remark. You have claimed that at the pub in Broken Hill Ralph brutally beats a woman. This is entirely incorrect. Bernadette (one should not refer to a transsexual woman by her previous name; this is considered very derogatory and rude) uses her words to embarrass the excessively rude Shirley. In doing so she actually bonds with Shirley and they eventually engage in a friendly drinking contest in which Bernadette bests Shirley. In your statement about you argue that you will not post "transphobic" comments, when in fact you use transphobic language in referring to "Ralph." The film's reliance on the yellow peril myth and racial stereotyping of Filipina women is one problematic element in an otherwise very important and critically acclaimed film. Which film that portrays drag queens is better?Timmzillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01232896048213449541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-70328722526120914342012-01-11T04:56:39.480+00:002012-01-11T04:56:39.480+00:00You are incorrect about claiming that Bernadette (...You are incorrect about claiming that Bernadette (who you insensitively refer to as Ralph) savagely beat up a woman in a bar. She uses her words to embarass the woman which ultimately creates a bond between the two. This leads to the two women engaging in a drinking contest in which Bernadette bests Shirley. Though your identity-politics analysis makes some strong point about the film's use of racialized imagery of Asian women, ultimately this glaring error makes your argument significantly weaker.Timmzillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01232896048213449541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-74624254276579845072009-03-28T21:54:00.000+00:002009-03-28T21:54:00.000+00:00Hi Mrs M,The review is of the original film. All t...Hi Mrs M,<BR/><BR/>The review is of the original film. All those elements were in the movie and I was hoping that, 15 years later, the producers of the stage version haven't incorporated all the woman-hating aspects.<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen the stage musical so I'll have to wait for someone to let me know if it's just as bad.Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-33823419075806244602009-03-28T18:49:00.000+00:002009-03-28T18:49:00.000+00:00just like Ms Chief it has been so long since i've ...just like Ms Chief it has been so long since i've seen the film that my memories about it are sort of sketchy. basically the only thing I really recall is how magnetic John Leguizamo was. Then again, that man is always amazing. Really an underated actor that doesn't get the credit he deserves.<BR/>that's disappointing though to hear about the live production. that's why im usually a firm believer in not messing with an original. very rarely does it get executed in near the same fashion and almost always winds up being a disaster for one reason or another.Mrs. M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00183304316110414247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-39177912234883420472009-03-28T01:48:00.000+00:002009-03-28T01:48:00.000+00:00Madam MiaowThank you for your link to Haiku. I ha...Madam Miaow<BR/>Thank you for your link to Haiku. I have written a little piece on, 'What is a haiku?" which I would love you to read .. and if possible make a comment. Do I have the haiku right?Mr. Divinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11522706283711182323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-81352075411070845882009-03-27T11:06:00.000+00:002009-03-27T11:06:00.000+00:00Mr Divine, Google is our friend.http://en.wikipedi...Mr Divine, Google is our friend.<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HaikuMadam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-35834728384102992172009-03-27T10:49:00.000+00:002009-03-27T10:49:00.000+00:00It could have beenA haikuIf only I knewWhat one wa...It could have been<BR/>A haiku<BR/>If only I knew<BR/>What one wasMr. Divinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11522706283711182323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-16432207739959600962009-03-27T00:31:00.000+00:002009-03-27T00:31:00.000+00:00Mr Divine, that's almost a haiku.Mr Divine, that's almost a haiku.Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-14886318194106508452009-03-27T00:27:00.000+00:002009-03-27T00:27:00.000+00:00Renegade Eye:Blame is irrelevantIt's what happens ...Renegade Eye:<BR/><BR/>Blame is irrelevant<BR/>It's what happens now<BR/>That matters.Mr. Divinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11522706283711182323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-10481681420898189582009-03-26T08:29:00.000+00:002009-03-26T08:29:00.000+00:00I remember reading about the Cronulla riots in 200...I remember reading about the Cronulla riots in 2005. Blame becomes irrelevant.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-44266304434341571482009-03-25T05:54:00.000+00:002009-03-25T05:54:00.000+00:00I've been reading a bit about the Cronulla riots i...I've been reading a bit about the Cronulla riots in Sydney. One report suggests that the initial spark was that three lifeguards were assaulted by by muslims annoyed at the attire of females on the beach. Other say tha gangs of white started targetting arabic looking people in the area to 'claim the beach back.'! I wouldn't know who to believe.<BR/><BR/>There is racism here and cultural intolerance, but there is also a great deal of mutual respect regardless of race, income or age. Society feels very open minded and good humoured.Mr. Divinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11522706283711182323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-68353370167519307452009-03-24T10:51:00.000+00:002009-03-24T10:51:00.000+00:00I don't know who started the Cronulla riots in 200...I don't know who started the Cronulla riots in 2005 as there are various reports.<BR/>Hope your show went well.Mr. Divinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11522706283711182323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-31267233624718416622009-03-24T09:50:00.000+00:002009-03-24T09:50:00.000+00:00Renegade Eye, I think you are right if you are poi...Renegade Eye, I think you are right if you are pointing out the dangers of making everything purely an issue of identity politics. In Priscilla we see that underneath the lip-service to class and colour how it's really bourgeois values that prevail.<BR/><BR/>Infantile, I'd completely forgotten Hugo Weaving until I was looking up movie pix for the blog. I was amazed to see Agent Smith staring back at me.<BR/><BR/>Mr Divine, that's some interesting extra light shed on how being made in Australia might have skewed race attitudes even further. Weren't there some beach tussles with Lebanese a year of two ago?Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-71267222508534671742009-03-24T05:12:00.000+00:002009-03-24T05:12:00.000+00:00I've just done a piece on a place in the OZ outbac...I've just done a piece on a place in the OZ outback.Mr. Divinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11522706283711182323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-84574794977630167362009-03-24T04:14:00.000+00:002009-03-24T04:14:00.000+00:00Really interesting review.In the world of identity...Really interesting review.<BR/><BR/>In the world of identity politics, one group is played against the other.<BR/><BR/>Minneapolis has the largest nonjuried Fringe Festival in the world. One year I produced <I>Sentir Venezolano</I>, a Venezuelan folkloric dance troop.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-85659248804914200422009-03-23T05:51:00.000+00:002009-03-23T05:51:00.000+00:00There was quite a strong anti-Asian element in Aus...There was quite a strong anti-Asian element in Australia in the early 1990s. At this time the japanese economy was very strong and Japanese companies were buying huge wads of seaside land. There were also burning of Japanese cars in the USA. I think there was a feeling that Japan was going to buy the world.<BR/>The economic situation and people's perceptions have changed significantly since then. Most Australians see Asia as an opportunity rather than a threat. Perhaps if the film was made now an non-Asian would play the role of the villain. <BR/><BR/> I know what you mean by typecasting Asians. American films had a period of casting slightly upper class Brits in the villain roles in the mid 1990s.Mr. Divinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11522706283711182323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-67129088834121312702009-03-23T00:19:00.000+00:002009-03-23T00:19:00.000+00:00Interesting, I've seen Priscilla several times and...Interesting, I've seen Priscilla several times and enjoyed it immensely each time. I first watched it while a huge Lord of the Rings fan because it has Hugo Weaving in it. It never dawned on me that anything particularly negative could be said about it from a political perspective, so your own interpretation is quite enlightening. Might have to watch it again sometime and have another think.Vickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15275560997065901132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-87793371960636981042009-03-22T19:07:00.000+00:002009-03-22T19:07:00.000+00:00Pink shorts may not be a problem, but what about m...Pink shorts may not be a problem, but what about matching them with a Michael Jackson tight fitting leather glove on one hand, a orange and purple hortizontal stripped polo shirt with a large rearing horse embroidered near one's heart, an elongated green sun visor, good gripping black and white shoes, and plenty of sun cream in all exposed regions?<BR/>Beginners welcome.Mr. Divinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11522706283711182323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-67409516219196272672009-03-22T15:27:00.000+00:002009-03-22T15:27:00.000+00:00"... others like me who wear pink shorts on a Sund..."<I>... others like me who wear pink shorts on a Sunday.</I>"<BR/><BR/>That's one church to which I could happily belong.Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-11467454975408099612009-03-22T15:20:00.000+00:002009-03-22T15:20:00.000+00:00MmIf you go down Kings Cross in Sydney you'll spot...Mm<BR/>If you go down Kings Cross in Sydney you'll spot quite a few tranvs with beards. There's safety in numbers. One-on-one I'm sure they'll hold their own in any barny (claw the eyes out of any Paul Hogan wannabe). But you've got to pick your fights .. it's no good when you're outnumbered.<BR/><BR/>Besides it's all change with the generations communications and immigration. Some guys still do the Hogan strut but there are others like me who wear pink shorts on a Sunday.Mr. Divinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11522706283711182323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-40476795151714162532009-03-22T15:02:00.000+00:002009-03-22T15:02:00.000+00:00I, too, loved the pink bus called Priscilla, Ms Ch...I, too, loved the pink bus called Priscilla, Ms Chief. And the frocks and the big musical numbers. It's everything else that sucked.<BR/><BR/>Another reason not to go is the hefty £92 ticket price for the stalls. Seats go down to £20 but take your own telescope.<BR/><BR/>Guilty for also not foregrounding in my memory the fact that the guy robs as well as makes sweet lurve to our heroine. But it was early Brad Pitt so I forgive myself.Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-36651793564816807322009-03-22T14:41:00.000+00:002009-03-22T14:41:00.000+00:00interesting - its funny how your mind can blank ou...interesting - its funny how your mind can blank out things - but I remember these parts of the film only vaguely. I took a young man with severe learning disabilities to see it who loves buses who all the way through the film shouted "it's a pink bus, a bus called Priscilla" <BR/><BR/>I have a thing about Thelma and Louise - a great film about feminism however it takes good looking hunk to give Louise an orgasm and then he robs her! He's not remmebered for robbing her but fucking her! What's that all about?<BR/><BR/>Anyway I don't think I will rush to watch Priscilla, Queen of the Desert anyway because drag queens really annoy me - I don't understand what is going on with them.Ms Chiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488172624713157756noreply@blogger.com