Williams & Lane burst open THE BIRDCAGE in this flamboyant farcical adaptation
"My mother always said, 'Live on Fisher Island, get buried in Palm Beach. That way, you'll have the best of Florida.'" Progress is not a straight line. I mean, I’m not sure it’s a line at all. It seems far more abstract and subjective. Like, listen: in 1996, when THE BIRDCAGE was first released, the idea of a mainstream comedy film with two gay leads (and many more openly queer characters) was controversial. I guess, unfortunately…it still is. Based on the French farce film LA CAGE AUX FOLLES from 1978, Mike Nichols and Elaine May’s adaptation shifts the action from a drag club in the French Riviera to a drag club in South Beach, Florida…the American Riviera. When Armand Goldman (Robin Williams) learns that his son Val (Dan Futterman) is engaged to the daughter of conservative couple Senator Kevin Keeley…
