The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert/YMMV

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


Benji: "Will you have a boyfriend when we get back to Sydney?"
Tick: "...Maybe."
Benji: "That's good."

    • Bernadette saving Adam from being castrated by a homophobic gang then offering some comforting words despite their past animosity. Especially since moments before the attack Bernadette had been complaining about Adam's attitude.
  • Crowning Moment of Awesome: "There. Now you're fucked." For context a mining crew had ganged up on Adam, had him held down and spread his legs with the intention of castrating him (Frank, their ringleader, even threatened to do the same to Bob when he tried to protect Adam). Bernadette called Frank out, and he mockingly called for Bernadette to "come and fuck (him)"... only for Bernadette to take Frank down with a couple of well-placed kicks before quoting the above. Apparently it got the rest of the mining crew to leave them alone.
  • Crowning Music of Awesome: The gang performs "I Will Survive" for a group of Aborigines, with native instruments playing in the background.
  • One-Scene Wonder: There are a couple:
    • The Aborigine man performing with the gang during "I Will Survive" is onscreen for maybe a minute, but steals the show with his fabulous disco drag.
    • Cynthia, the Filipino stripper/prostitute.
  • Role Association: All three main actors are generally associated with stern, manly roles, quite often villainous. Priscilla, by contrast, defies you to watch The Matrix ever again without imagining Agent Smith humming merrily to himself as he practices dance moves in a green sequined frock. And let's not even start on what it will do to your perceptions of Elrond...