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While Hairspray is a delightful movie by any measure, it generated considerably more buzz by putting John Travolta in a dress.
And it wasn't just a costume issue. Travolta plays a woman, Edna Turnblad, following in the gender-bending steps of actors like Divine (in the original, non-musical Hairspray ) and Linda Hunt, who won an Oscar in 1983 for playing a man in The Year of Living Dangerously.
Travolta also fits girdle-tight into a tradition of cross-dressing actors. Some other notable examples:
• Dustin Hoffman, Tootsie.
• Tom Hanks (and Peter Scolari), Bosom Buddies .
• Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, Some Like It Hot.
• Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar.
• Eddie Murphy, Norbit.
• Terence Stamp, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
• Ving Rhames, Holiday Heart.
• Robin Williams, Mrs. Doubtfire.
• Martin Lawrence, Big Momma's House.
By the way, according to www.boxofficemojo.com (Related) , Mrs. Doubtfire is the most successful cross-dressing movie of the last 25 years, taking in more than $219 million in theaters.
-- Rich Heldenfels
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