Armand Goldman owns a popular drag nightclub in South Miami Beach. His long-time lover Albert stars there as Starina.

"Their" son Val (actually Armand's by his one heterosexual fling, twenty years before) comes home to announce his engagement to Barbara Keely, daughter of Kevin Keely, US Senator, and vice president of the Committee for Moral Order.

The Senator and family descend upon South Beach to meet Val and his father and "mother..." and what ensues is comic chaos.

That is obvious of course

A very nice movie with lots of laughs. The beginning is great when the camera comes from way out in the ocean and goes in one go into the club and up the stage.

My favourite part is the one where Albert and Armand sit down and tell each other that home is where the other one is.

It is a American version of the French/Italian gay classic 'La Cage aux folles'.

Rumour has it that the dancers on stage favoured one "girl" even though they are straight. When asked for a comment on the fact that it is in reality a guy they said it didn't matter because 'she' is so gorgeous.

Armand: Shouldn't you be holding the crucifix? It is THE prop for martyrs!

Armand: Al, you old son of a bitch! How ya doin'? How do you feel about that call today? I mean the Dolphins! Fourth-and-three play on their 30 yard line with only 34 seconds to go!
Albert: How do you think I feel? Betrayed, bewildered... wrong response?
Armand(puzzled): I don't know.

Celsius: Chewing gum helps me think.
Albert: Sweetie, you're wasting your gum!

Armand: You do an eclectic celebration of the dance! You do Fosse Fosse Fosse Fosse Fosse! You do Martha Graham Martha Graham Martha Graham, or Twyla Twyla Twyla, or Michael Kidde Michael Kidde Michael Kidde Michael Kidde, or Madonna Madonna Madonna Madonna... but you keep it all inside.

Albert: You know, I used to feel that way too until I found out that Alexander the Great was a fag. Talk about gays in the military!

Armand: So this is Hell. And there's a crucifix in it.

Senator Keeley: People in this country aren't interested in details. They only trust headlines.

Albert: Whatever I am, he made me! I was adorable once, young and full of hope. And now look at me! I'm this short, fat, insecure, middle-aged THING!
Armand: I made you short?
Albert: AAARRRGGGHHH !

Albert: "You look tired" means "you look old." And "you look rested" means "you've had collagen."

Agador: When are you gonna let me audition for your show?
Armand: When you have talent.

Albert: Don't give me that tone!
Armand: What tone?
Albert: That sly contemptous tone that means you know everything because you're a man, and I know nothing because I'm a woman.
Armand: You're not a woman.
Albert: Oh, you bastard!

Armand: It's like riding a psychotic horse toward a burning stable.

Armand: You're going to the cemetery with your toothbrush. How Egyptian.

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