Random: Wesley Goes To Prison?

Well, I am not sure if this will happen but it seems likely. If the first Survivor winner Richard Hatch can get convicted of tax evasion, then Wesley better settle his affairs and get is prison commissary account well stocked for his long vacation in the clink. But if R. Kelly still isn't in jail for child pornography charges years after finding video evidence, then he may have a chance of avoiding jail time.

But in case he does go to federal prison I think he will be the most popular inmate. Why, you ask? Because 11 years ago, Wesley was ...


...Noxeema Jackson.

I have been trying to do a post about To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar for the longest time but I never got a chance to do it. At one point a screen capture was a banner on this blog. Since he is back in the news, I thought now would be a good time to make a post about the film.

I remember when the movie was released in 1995 and the cast members which included Wesley, John Legizamo and Patrick Swayze were on the Oprah Winfrey show promoting their movie. They were being asked about their experience wearing make-up, dresses, and tucking back their huge schlongs to remove any unsightly bulges. The people who were watching the show with me mentioned that Wesley made the ugliest woman out of the three guys.



At the time I agreed but now I think he was being judged too harshly. Granted, I didn't actually watch the movie until 2000 because I was deep in the closet and I wouldn't rent it from the local Blockbuster. Also, I didn't even know what a drag queen consisted off.

Being from Syracuse, NY I didn't get the chance to experience much gay culture. There were a couple of clubs, but it wasn't much. There was a lot of bad drag which turned me off to drag queens in general. It was until my trip to NYC in 2001 I saw real drag queens. On our last day in NYC we all went to brunch at Lips, a restaurant where you were served by drag queens. I remember being shocked, embarrassed, and fascinated all at once. I didn't know what was going on but I found extremely entertaining. So knowing what I know now, Wesley Snipes performance was highly under-rated, in my opinion.

John and Patrick were give props because they looked somewhat like "real" women. But I think they (and I) missed the point. Wesley is clearly a man in the movie, but it is the whole persona of Noxeema that makes me forgot that it is Wesley in drag.



I don't know, maybe I am not just not cultured enough on the whole drag queen experience. But there are scenes in the movie where I think he looks flawless:





Anyway ... if Wesley ended up going to prison for tax evasion I really hope her remember to pack this number:




He can be the head cheerleader when The Blacks play against the Aryan Nation for control of the west side of the prison.

But it all my be moot because I think this whole ordeal is a misunderstanding. He will find all of the missing receipts in a box of his unsold Demolition Man action figures. The Feds will let him go with a letter of apology and he can go back to Africa to finish his movie. I really think this because ...


...would these eyes lie to you?