Why drag queen's?
I mean I know it adds comic effect, but wasn't that kind of random?
"Ahhh!...and boom goes the dynamite."
I know! It was so random.
I was like "what the hell?"
but it was really funny though.
MovieChat Forums > Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) Discussion > Why drag queen's?
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That is what made it so funny.
shareYeh, I'm glad the script went with Drag-Queens stealing the car. For the tone of the movie, it was kinda like "Well you don't see that everyday." Besides, it wasn't their car anyways, which also doubles the irony. CHA CHING!
"As the humans say, the humans you love more than your own kind, BACK YOUR *beep* DOWN!"
I remember originally thinking that was gonna be significant to the plot. Maybe the point was that it was so absurd, that's why they couldn't call the cops.
shareThey didnt call the cops because it was the babysitters car that was stolen. They did not want to tell the cops because then they would have to explain the situation and their mom would have come home early from Australia.
shareMaybe the writers thought that using drag queens to steal a car wouldn't scare the younger children in the audience as well as maybe getting a cheap laugh out of having men dressed in drag from the parents.
The whole scene and the the "Liza" comment really confused me as a child. I believe most kids probably felt the same confusion.
I thought it was because it was a older 1950's car. And they wanted to go to their event in a car that reflected their personas..like Marilyn Monroe. Dressing like the Golden Era Starlets and arriving in a car from the era would complete their look.
That's a good point. When I was a kid, I barely knew who Liza Minelli was and never even heard of her mom, Judy Garland. Whenever I watched "The wizard of oz", I just said I was watching Dorothy, I didn't care what her real name was. Now in my 40s, I'm a big fan and own most of Judy Garland's films and many other Golden age films. Tastes change when you get older.
About the drag queens stealing the car, yeh that was totally for comic effect and they might've been going to a classic party to complete the look. Most likely though, the masks were simply so the real perpetrators wouldn't be identified. Remember "Point break" and the bank robbers in the Richard Nixon masks.