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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Jul 04, 20231 hr 40 minSeason 1Ep. 6
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Find AC @acfacci on twitter Find Matt at MattHorton.LIVE Art by Scout (https://ko-fi.com/humblegoat) Music by Ethan Geller (@pragmatism on Twitter)

The X-Men tweet: https://twitter.com/blackbroseidon/status/1644701523371339776

0:00 - Intro
1:49 - The best kind of tweet
4:00 - Why To Wong Foo?
9:19 - To Wong Foo is still relevant
10:30 - A quick aside about Ru Paul
11:10 - The 4 steps to becoming a drag queen
14:29 - Step 1 - The wisdom to know the difference
21:13 - How this movie handles race
24:34 - The fashion
34:16 - CW: Sexual assault
38:33 - CW reminder: Sexual assault
39:04 - The actual problems of To Wong Foo
41:23 - Step 2 - Ignore Adversity
41:42 - CW: Domestic violence
42:46 - How To Wong Foo uses violence
45:43 - CW: Domestic violence
46:25 - The ACTING
47:06 - The bad guy
54:47 - The slam poem
1:00:09 - Step 3 - Generosity
1:03:05 - That was a little loud, Matt
1:03:43 - The makeover
1:06:16 - Passing and Transformation
1:11:22 - Queerness in 1995
1:17:35 - Step 4?
1:17:45 - An incredible shirt
1:19:45 - Step 4 - Larger than life is just the right size
1:27:18 - Thanks for everything. - Julie Newmar
1:36:10 - Before we wrap up… 
1:37:20 - AC talks about Dropout, as they do

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