Robin really was an amazing guy. All of these stories and appearances just makes you realise how much he cared for his friends and co-workers.

I’ve just come to the comments crying to say just this a beautiful moment of compassion

It absolutely had me bawling

Robin Williams is an honorary gay person.

And he made it funny, so she got the hint, without being offended! He thought of both of them! He really was a caring guy.

It's WILD, but that was just the "we don't talk about this" climate at the time!

Just think that until 1972 a recipient simply could not mention their same sex partner because being gay was illegal. Admitting being gay could well have resulted in both being arrested.

I was SHOCKED to see footage of audiences at the Tony Awards during the original Hello Dolly! EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE IS WHITE. We think we have come so far, but it wasn't so long ago from whence we've come.

It's my Guatemalan-ness

Cheer up. We see all of these people again.

@@vapoet my natural heat 😂

​@@normanduke8855I hope so. My dad and I used to quote Homer Simpson's lines to each other, especially those regarding being a father. Like having 3 children and no money instead of having no children and 3 money. I wish I could do that again.

Me too! RIP, Mom

Yay, Harney! I have always loved his work, but there was one segment he did on IN THE LIFE that made him not only a hero and icon, but a great person. His monologue started with the idea that it takes a village to raise a child, and it takes a gay village to raise a gay child. He spoke about how disproportionately many of the homeless young people are gay and that it is the job of older gay people to reach out and save them. I so wish I could find that clip somewhere.

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EXACTLY!! I remember watching this one and The Full Monty on... canal 13? The one that also transmitted el show creativo and LOVING IT. In my house it was never a "haha drag" situation but more of a "please child, we want to watch other things too, not this one again for the 100 time"

Did you see the second French Cage aux folles from Michel Serrault? This time it was an espionnage movie where Albin and Renato are stuck with some lost microfilm story. At some moment, Albin is abducted by the evil guys and the police (with Renato) surrounds the place. The bad guys talk about exchanging Albin for a plane and one makes the insulting comment of "You would exchange that for a plane?" Albin sees that they scorn him so he leaves, he can escape since they do not care, and meanwhile Renato wants to go inside to save Albin but the police refuses and push him away ordering him to shut up, so he also acts on his own and goes to save Albin. They both meet and ask each other if they are okay and then they leave together under the gaze of the police and that part was always so sad and so moving. Despite how the world treats them, despite their constant arguing, they both love each other and will face danger for each other. I'm not sure if they made this as a joke since one of the police cries and says: "It's beautiful" and the others look at him weirdly but it is moving. I always got tears in my eyes when I see it, they are such a nice couple. We can see how humane they are and how society treats them badly for no reason but their love conquers all.

@@realhuman5238 canal 13 played this one a lot, the other ones you mention I don't remember actually, maybe I was too young?

I'm a cishet woman and I was once a Drag Queen for an evening. It was glorious.

I'm straight,but both of those are sum of my favorite movies! So gay, straight wateva!!

Don't forget Victor, Victoria! I think it is even better the La Cage!

​@@michelepowers-neeld6700 Yay! One time, I (on a dare...) got all dressed up, big gigantic hair, and took the Boston Subway to the local drag bar,. I entered the Lip Sync contest, sang Taylor Danes "Prove Your Love" and won $50 1st prize! LoL :)

As a Hispanic Colombian Queer Chi Chi Rodriguez has always been my idol

You know who you are!

You know better than anyone else who you are, and no ones opinion of you will ever take that away from you. It doesn't make your journey any easier though. I really hope your parents come around and that they're struggling now just because they are mourning the idea of who they thought you were. I really genuinely hope for your continued success and happiness.

I’m sorry to hear that your parents aren’t accepting that you’re trans. You deserve to be happy and accepted and loved.

I am transgender as well and I know how difficult it can be when your parents cannot accept you for the person that you are , but I would also like to say if you ever feel alone just remember there are thousands of transgender people out there willing to lend a shoulder to cry on and help support you emotionally . I wish you all the best and I hope that someday your parents will accept you for the person you truly are

Sending you some love. It's a gift to know who you are.

Who else?

@@SiiriCressey Sarah Connor Morticia Addams

@@singularrookhart7501 I also approve.

Pink Diamond would represent the opposite I guess

What does Dick Caveat have to do with this?

The music and lyrics for the broadway musical Las Cage aux Folles is by Jerry Herman. Harvey Fierstein wrote the book.

I got choked up at the part where Nathan thanked his husband. It's one of those moments we can be proud we've come so far, that fighting for acceptance is worth it 😊

Brilliantly stated

I honestly thought it was PG the first time I saw it, when I saw it was R it was really baffling.

Major kudos to your parents ❤️

I was about 6 when it came out and I really liked it. Even though the adult joked absolutely went over my head.

@@KingofCrusher Show someone chopping bodies in half with a lazer sword. . .PG13 -Show men kiss. . . *R* !!!

Its also a film which is (or at least used to be) regularly repeated on german tv and i knew it long before the american remake. still love it and don't even mind the sequel :-)

I saw La Cage 3 times in 2 weeks 'cause my american friends needed a translator in case they couldn't follow the sub-titles. Yet there was no need as the comedic timing was Impeccable, and never replicated in the Bird Cage version.

How I ended up at 19 in Beverly Hills to see La Cage aux Folles is a mystery. It blew me away as it was unique. I returned with friends 17 times to introduce them to the film. It's a brilliant and inspiring story and the actors are burnished in my memory as a young person and now and old one.

glad to hear this....La Cage Aux Folles is one of the great comedy films ever...Poiret and Serrault..deserved Oscars they were so good....

@@danieldumas7361 Question; As this Film was made in France, would you know if Poieret & Serrault were considered for "La Pomme D'Or" ?

Especially the "inadvertently"!! How do you inadvertently train a dolphin to assassinate the president!?!?😂

I saw it many years ago-loved it-had no idea it was a flop.

It's crazy how many things are tangentially related to this story. The string of MGM/UA movies was like reading episode titles of How Did This Get Made.

The movie was not well done; the French novel on which it was based was considerably better, albeit with a distinct left-wing slant. At the end, the two dolphin characters escape U.S. military jurisdiction to the freedom of Cuba.

Because Albie's Character is was clearly THE EPITOME OF A METROSEXUAL PANSEXUAL. SO MANY MEN OF ALL RACES IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW THAT DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND IT'S OKAY TO LIKE WHO YOU LIKE IN TO DRESS AS YOU FEEL AND NOT FEEL LIKE YOUR MASCULINITY IS NOT THERE ITS JUST HAS FLAIR! THERE'S SO MANY HIGH-MAINTENANCE MASCULINE PANSEXUALS THAT ARE CONTINUALLY LIVING A DISCRETE LIGHT FOR I DON'T KNOW WHY LIKE NO ONE THAT NOTICES THAT YOU LIKE Feminine Queers But some day THEY WILL BE FINE WITH THEMSELVES.

Which version would you recommend? I´m thinking of watching it with a conservative family member

@@ataucei The Movie as it is the most accessible with stars we all grew up with.

@@topfacemod The 1996 version with Robbie Williams?

@@ataucei Yes, indeed.

The sadness of not being able to say I want to thank my husband pales in comparison to the sadness of never having a husband (or anyone) to begin with.

@@Meyerc-yv2bi This is true, but we are talking about the LGBTQ community now. This is a video about the LGBTQ community, and their interaction with straights. We had a family friend who was gay. We kids grew up around Ed and Joe, and we always knew, and they were always amazing men. Ed was a war hero in WWII. Purple heart and medal of honor recipient. A strong, brave, wonderful man, and his partner was very caring and intelligent. They had a more stable relationship than my parents. But they were old queens, and never said they loved each other, in public. Never held hands. This was very harsh, back then, to insist that a whole slew of people could never make normal expressions of affection.

@@Hollylivengood What makes you think I am NOT talking about the LGBTQ community? Again, The sadness of not being able to say I want to thank my husband pales in comparison to the sadness of never having a husband (or anyone) to begin with. What part of that don't you understand?

I saw the French version in la too. I was about 12. I think my mom must have already seen it and took me and my sister. We used to go to the club la cage aux folles for special occasions throughout my teens. Did you ever go there?

You should use Facebook to find him, or find a young person to help use other internet tools if need be :)

You may be talking about the Nuart theatre in west LA. I saw it at the Lido Theater in Newport Beach. I loved both versions.

Hear hear. And amen.

Love it and thank you for the historical facts

In the end, though, thanks to Nathan's talent those ideas came through in a more subdued but more readily accepted form. His portrayal of Albert was such that even died in the wool bigots get the message. I'm going to get that Nathan Lane has saved many lives and even more souls.

In Europe being gay is way more accepted for many decades than in the U.S.

Thanks, I really appreciate it! I'm so glad the videos are helpful.

During the 1980s, my father made at least one open comment that disparaged gay people with HIV/AIDS. And yet, in 2017, he voted in favour of marriage equality in Australia's postal survey. People can change and learn.

Oh yes they're quite similar!

Yesss!!! I love it!!!

I love Vicious. The outakes are hilarious too, because you see how fun the two Dames...I mean, Leads are

Agreed. The French version was strongly imprinted on me.

Ooo is there a recording of that stream?

@@sammartin1972 Here you go: www.twitch.tv/videos/1685706153 :)

Go dolphin assassin!

Agreed! 👍 ❤❤❤❤❤

I was lucky enough to meet both of them as a college kid working at a theater in San Francisco. Just wanted to confirm that your assumptions are absolutely, one hundred percent correct. Side note: Martin Short is a douche bag and Nathan Lane was a gem next to him.

I know exactly the moment you mean. I've always sided with Harvey on that.

That is pretty interesting; there's a good point that problematic representations can still have fans. My take is that it sucks if it's the only representation out there. But as part of a kaleidoscope of representations, it's all good. But that's also true of representations that are less problematic on the surface level: if every gay representation just showed us as just incredibly 'masculine' and 'serious' (for lack of better words) then it would still be typecasting and miss out the reality. You're right that it really explains a lot of his directing choices, and it is an interesting position for him to take.

It's not really contrived - bisexuality exists, so Renato could just be bi in the updated version

Why do you say contrived? Yes, adoption is a thing, but probably most children in gay relationships are the result of previous relationships. That's what makes them special. I know one guy who said his mother came out to his dad, and they had an amicable separation, both parents remaining family, but going to different partners. He said he loved it, because he now had three mothers, and his dad. His mom and her wife, and his dad's new wife and his dad. All of them were a loving family. Where else do you find this? It's beautiful.

@@Hollylivengood Not so much using the word in a negative sense, but in how adoption for gay couples basically just wasn't a thing back then, and even more when Val would have been born, which meant his being biologically related was the only way to make the story's setup work, which isn't the case anymore.

Agreed! 👍 😊😊❤❤❤

Damn, I'm sorry. I hope you get it sorted.

@@ruaoneill9050 I should be able to it will just take about 5 more months so fingers crossed it works this time

I'm so sorry you've hit such a hurdle.

Sorry

thank you for all the messages but I would just like to say there's no reason for any of you to say sorry unless you were secretly The Mastermind behind this . honestly I don't want people to feel sorry for me