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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman
ok, i give up ... what's The Ritz??
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DUDE!!
Right now. Go to your preferred DVD rental purveyor and get The Ritz. It was recently issued on DVD, so it shouldn't be hard to find.
It was originally a
play by Terrence McNally produced on Broadway in 1975. Most of that cast reunited for the
film version a year later.
It's about a straight guy trying to escape from the mob who winds up in a gay (redundant?) bath house in New York. It's very silly and may be unintentionally dark as this was all pre-AIDS. But I'm telling you, Rita Moreno as Googie Gomez, an aspiring actress constantly on the lookout for a producer, is worth the price of admission 10 times over.
If you do not see this film soon, you will be forced to give up your gay card. I have the DVD, come over if you want to watch it with me.