Review of Starrbooty (2007) by Robert C — 13 Jan 2012

Among the small but growing number of drag queen movies being released, one of my favorites is Starrbooty, a campy take on the Pam Grier blaxploitation films of the 1970s. RuPaul plays Starrbooty, a multi-talented special agent who goes undercover as a prostitute to infiltrate an evil cosmetics company.

Crude and raunchy, it features some scenes that would basically be pornographic if they weren't played for laughs, revealing a different side of RuPaul, who is far more family-friendly on her show RuPaul's Drag Race.

A couple of scenes, particular among the musical interludes and fights, were too long and perfunctory, but in general I loved the uncompromisingly, uninhibitedly campy and outrageous humor.