An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door.
Acting
Hoffman's drag queen defies every stereotype
Writing
Dialogue that shouldn't work but absolutely does
Costume
Rusty's transformations are character development
Director
Joel Schumacher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hoffman based Rusty's voice on his own mother's speech patterns.
This was one of the first mainstream films to feature a drag queen protagonist who isn't solely comic relief—though the casting of a cis man remains debated.
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