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To: epsteinbd who wrote (3104)	11/19/2002 8:27:59 PM
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Divine! allposters.com Divinely Different 375 pound transvestite's death saddens cult, new-found friends by Edward Guthmann for San Francisco Chronicle entertainted.com dreamlandnews.com He/she was actually quite good as mom (Edna Turnblad) in the satire of the 60's film Hairspray starring Ricky Lake and Sonny Bono (any one of which would be a side show in real life...). --fl EDIT: From the interview above... "HR: But you're so wholesome, so caring. Is this a career turn? Should we be expecting a remake of The Best Years of Our Lives anytime soon? D: Well, put it this way: For all those people who always thought I was nothing more than a drag queen, wait until they see what I agreed to look like in Hairspray! Drag queens are supposed to be hung up on glamooouur. Meanwhile, on my first day on location, I came out as Edna Turnblad - in my flip-flops and hideous housedress, with varicose veins drawn on my nubbly shaved legs and everything that is wrong with me accentuated, schlepping along in these pin curls and barely any makeup - and I walked right by the crew. Just kept going. Not one person on the set recognized me or even noticed me, because I looked like half the women in Baltimore. I had to go up to John and stand face front for him to realize who I was. He was thrilled. I was crushed. " ROFL!