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Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #TheBirdcage #RobinWilliams 30 Years Later, This Iconic Masterpiece Is Every Bit as Brilliant as You Remember http://dlvr.it/TT1c4H

The Architect of Silence: Nathan Lane, Robin Williams, and the 1996 Oprah Deflection

Nathan Lane shares how Robin Williams helped him avoid discussing his sexuality on The Oprah Winfrey Show during The Birdcage promotion in 1996.

#NathanLane, #RobinWilliams, #OprahWinfrey, #TheBirdcage, #LGBTQ+history

https://newsletter.tf/nathan-lane-robin-williams-oprah-1996-privacy/

In 1996, Nathan Lane felt he wasn't brave enough to discuss his sexuality. Robin Williams stepped in to protect him on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

#NathanLane, #RobinWilliams, #OprahWinfrey, #TheBirdcage, #LGBTQ+history
https://newsletter.tf/nathan-lane-robin-williams-oprah-1996-privacy/

90’s Comedy: [discussing abortion] “Oh, I know what you're going to say. "If you kill the mother, the fetus dies, too." But the fetus is going to be aborted anyway, so why not let it go down with the ship?”

Reality 2026: TN bill would allow death penalty for women who have an abortion https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/20/tennessee-bill-death-penalty-women-abortion/88777975007/

#RootedNews #movies #thebirdcage #uspol

I'm watching #TheBirdcage for the first time and adoring the performances of Robin Williams and Nathan Lane. Watching Williams just breaks my heart all over again.

It's interesting seeing this in 2024 vs. when it came out in 1996. I know why it caused such a stir back then...but I wouldn't be surprised if the right-wing conservative outrage exploded in nuclear proportions if this movie were first released today.

Also, what Val does to his two dads is unconscionable.

#NathanLane Recalls #RobinWilliams’ #Advice About #ComingOut After ‘#TheBirdcage’

“He Would #Protect Me Whenever He Could”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Movies #Representation #Culture

https://deadline.com/2024/06/nathan-lane-robin-williams-advice-coming-out-birdcage-1235975010/

Nathan Lane Recalls Robin Williams’ Advice About Coming Out After ‘The Birdcage’: “He Would Protect Me Whenever He Could”
#News #LGBTQ #NathanLane #OprahWinfrey #RobinWilliams #TheBirdcage

https://deadline.com/2024/06/nathan-lane-robin-williams-advice-coming-out-birdcage-1235975010/

Yeah.. a blight on both films is that the gay dads have a (infilm)MOC as their scantily clad houseboys (Paris-based American dancer Benny Luke as Jacob in “La Cage Aux Folles” and Sephardic Greek-Spanish American Hank Azaria as the Guatemalan Agador Spartacus in “The Birdcage”)
#RetroView #PrideMonth #LaCageAuxFolles #TheBirdcage #BennyLuke #HankAzaria

For anyone that’s unfamiliar with “La Cage Aux Folles” it’s based on a 1973 play of the same name. It was remade as an American Broadway musical in 1983 and later as a 1996, English-language, American comedy with the title “The Birdcage”
#RetroView #PrideMonth #LaCageAuxFolles #TheBirdcage

Per tradition: it’s not a real dinner party until someone’s crying and someone’s life’s work is on life support
#SundayFunnies #TheBirdcage

@ManWithPez “why are you crying?!-Shut up!”😂
#SundayFunnies #TheBirdcage

“ The abortion doctor is just doing his job; if you really want to stop abortions, why not kill the mothers? Oh, I know what you're going to say. "If you kill the mother, the fetus dies, too." But the fetus is going to be aborted anyway, so why not let it go down with the ship?”- Albert Goldman, future Texas Governor
#SundayFunnies #TheBirdcage

Robin Williams and Nathan Lane remained friends for the rest of Williams’s life. He even protected Nathan Lane from being outed during an episode of “Oprah”
#SundayFunnies #TheBirdcage #RobinWilliams #NathanLane #PrideMonth

This week’s #SundayFunnies leading couples are Robin Williams & Nathan Lane and Dianne Weist & Gene Hackman
#SundayFunnies #TheBirdcage #RobinWilliams #NathanLane #DianneWiest #GeneHackman #90smovies #PrideMonth

Posters for “The Birdcage” from The USA, Italy, Japan and Spain
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@ManWithPez I love Christine Baranski. She’s has a similar “icy” vibe like Wendie Malick, Jane Kaczmarek, Allison Janney, Kirsten Nelson and Jane Lynch which understandably is a very YMMV type of attractive
#SundayFunnies #TheBirdcage

My parents are both bisexual and Robin Williams’ performance in this always puts a smile on my face because a lot of his mannerisms as Armand are eerily similar to my dad’s. #SundayFunnies #TheBirdcage

@ManWithPez Remember when sponge and rag painting was the big trend in home decor in the 90s
#SundayFunnies #TheBirdcage