An ex-pop singer kills her much-hated husband to be with her young lover. Her daughter plots Electra-like revenge.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Charles Busch | ... | Angela Arden / Barbara Arden | |
| Angela Paton | ... | Angela's Fan | |
| Jason Priestley | ... | Tony Parker | |
| Natasha Lyonne | ... | Edith Sussman | |
| Frances Conroy | ... | Bootsie Carp | |
| Philip Baker Hall | ... | Sol Sussman | |
| Stark Sands | ... | Lance Sussman | |
| Joshua Farrell | ... | Policeman (as Josh Hutchinson) | |
| Victor Raider-Wexler | ... | Sam Fishbein | |
| Nora Dunn | ... | Shatzi Van Allen | |
| Christopher McDaniel | ... | Moving Man #1 (as Chris McDaniel) | |
| Tom Hughes | ... | Moving Man #2 | |
| Stanley DeSantis | ... | Tuchman | |
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Paul Vinson | ... | Leather Daddy |
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Retired singing star, Angela Arden, heads a dysfunctional family. Her husband, filmmaker Sol Sussman, hates her and has a kissy relationship with his nubile daughter, Edith. Angela carries on an affair with Tony Parker, a lounge lizard, who sleeps with both Edith and her brother, Lance, but not before Angela plots to murder Sol when he cuts off her allowance. Bootsie Carp, the family maid loyal to Sol, is on to Angela, but the diva works quickly and poisons Sol. Edith suspects foul play and wants Lance's help in proving mom's guilt. Lance, who loves his mother deeply, is conflicted. Will Edith succeed? Does love lurk somewhere? And what about Angela's long dead sister, Barbara? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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31 October 2003 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Edith Sussman: I hate her because she's a money-grubbing selfish bitch who ruined my father's life, and a promiscuous slut who spends all my father's hard-earned money on trash like you!
Tony Parker: That's not good enough.
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Written by William E. Barton
Performed by Charles Busch
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During one of the black and white flashbacks, Barbara is shown at a jewelry counter that reads "Kenwrights", named after the film's producer Bill Kenwright. See more »Goofs
Movie is set in 1967 but Angela sings the Blood, Sweat & Tears hit "Spinning Wheel" which was not released until 1969. See more »Quotes
Tony Parker: Why do you hate your mother so?Edith Sussman: I hate her because she's a money-grubbing selfish bitch who ruined my father's life, and a promiscuous slut who spends all my father's hard-earned money on trash like you!
Tony Parker: That's not good enough.
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After the credits, there is silent black and white footage of Angela christening a ship. See more »Soundtracks
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless ChildWritten by William E. Barton
Performed by Charles Busch
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In spite of all the references to various Hollywood "women's films," I thought that the most inspired in-joke was having Angela (Charles Busch) and Lance (Stark
Sands) speak to each other in a secret language, much to the annoyance of
Edith (Natasha Lyonne). Lyonne fans will recall that her character in SLUMS
OF BEVERLY HILLS had a secret language that she shared with Marisa
Tomei's character.
Overall, I thought this was an okay film. As a fan of the kinds of films that provided the inspiration, I enjoyed the various in-jokes and references.
However, I felt that the cinematography could have been more stylized, with
deeply saturated colors. Oddly enough, a deleted scene that appears on the
DVD looks more like a 1950s Technicolor melodrama than the film itself. As for Charles Busch, he looked too much like a man in drag for my tastes. While his masculine appearance did add to the humor (particularly when another
character commented on Angela's beauty), at the same time, I found it
distracting, especially in his close-ups. Perhaps the cinematographer could
have used soft-focus for the close-ups, thus mimicking the techniques of those who photographed all those aging actress horror films of the 1960s, not to
mention the Lucille Ball version of MAME.
In any event, this was a fun film for those who understand the genre, although I would not go so far as to call it a classic, camp or otherwise.