Drag queen as angel: transformation and transcendence in 'To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar.' (motion picture) From: Journal of Popular Film and Television | Date: September 22, 1996| Author: Hammond, Joyce | COPYRIGHT 1996 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The motion picture 'To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar' is about three drag queens who performed analogously angelic deeds that changed the lifeless town of disconnected people into a spirited community of caring souls. Transformation and transcendence were the film's theme which was manifested in the movie's opening scenes, the inhabitants of Snydersville and to the drag queens themselves.

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