POZitive Attitudes

The topic this Wednesday May 10, 2023 is a tribute in support of Drag Queens. We’re going to watch ‘The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.’ It’s the Australian film that blitzed overseas box offices. It caused a near riot at the Cannes Film Festival. It won an Academy Award®. It’s fun, daring, over-the-top and unforgettable. It’s a road movie with attitude and the occasional frock

It’s not easy being a drag queen in the outback! This wonderfully inventive Australian comedy about three drag performers braving the vast, rugged outback features fabulous and heartfelt performances from Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce.

Two drag-queens (Anthony/Mitzi and Adam/Felicia) and a transgender woman contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman they’ve contracted with is Anthony’s wife. Their bus breaks down, and is repaired by Bob, who travels on with them.