![]() ![]() Tick was previously married with a son and doesn’t know how to reconcile his chosen career and lifestyle with society’s expectation of masculinity. ![]() ![]() They pack all their costumes and embark in a big tour bus – which gets christened “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.”Īll three of them have personal issues to overcome. He persuades Adam – an obnoxiously flashy performer – as well as Bernadette – a transgender woman who recently lost her husband – to join him on the journey. This little film from Australia (the costume budget was 10k) follows Tick – a drag performer – who is offered a four-week gig at a resort in Alice Springs – a remote town in Central Australia. This was exactly what I needed– laughter, joy, celebration of individuality and ABBA. Underneath all the mascara and hysterical one-liners, I was taken aback by the immense tenderness of this movie. This outrageously funny and truly uplifting road movie of personal validation and discovery had me smiling and just feeling warm in no time. So luckily, I decided to watch Stephan Elliott’s “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” – which I hadn’t seen since it was released in 1994. All the despairing news had gotten the best of me. ![]()
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