Macho, macho man

Macho, macho man
: So enough about Mideast news (see posts below). It’s time for some show biz!

This dispatch from Australia amused me. I predict it’ll be a sitcom over here in two shakes of a tail:

PAUL Hogan, star of the Crocodile Dundee movies, will return to Australia from the US to play the comic role of a “gay” straightman.

Hogan will appear alongside The Castle star Michael Caton in the comedy Strange Bedfellows to be shot in August in the small Victorian town of Yackandandah.

The film tells the story of two straight old-timers in a small country town, who declare themselves a gay couple on a tax return out of financial desperation. On announcement a tax inspector is coming to check their authenticity, the pair are forced to learn how to pose as a loving homosexual couple.

7 responses to “Macho, macho man”

  1. Jeremy Avatar
    Jeremy

    That was almost the plot of 3’s Company.

  2. Alex Knapp Avatar

    “That’s not a knife…”

  3. balbulican Avatar
    balbulican

    Here’s the plot. Initially homophobic, the two slowly learn through their imposture that gays are human after all.
    They will meet a kind, twinkly, wiser older gay man who initially revolts them, but whose quiet humanity slowly wins their hearts.
    There will be a “hilarious” screaming queen with at least three catchphrases.
    At one point the pair will be accosted by two or three drunken rednecks, out of whom Paul Hogan will be beat the shit.
    Shall I continue? Do I get the gig? Is the cheque in the mail?

  4. Soren Ryherd Avatar
    Soren Ryherd

    So, is this a mid-1980’s retro piece, or is it just me?
    Balbulican, you forgot the oh-so-hilarious Village People dance number at the local retirement center.

  5. balbulican Avatar
    balbulican

    Yeah, a few omissions occured after I posted. The side-splitting scene where the “couple” ends up meeting a straight ex-lover in restaurant…while dining with the tax inspector! The rollin’-on-the-floor brouhaha that occurs when some gay shmuck (one of the prancy ones) tries to win Paul Hogan away from his partner! Laughs abound when the couple actually has to…DANCE IN PUBLIC! Guess what’s playing on the soundtrack? You got it…Dancin’ Queen!
    Please…sob…someone…find me and stop me…

  6. Pyecraft Avatar
    Pyecraft

    Nah…. crocs got all the queens already.

  7. Balbulican Avatar
    Balbulican

    Oh. Bugger.