Stage Mother - 2019 - 6/10
Rickey left Texas for San Francisco over a decade ago.
Now Ma, Maybelline, is flying there for his funeral.
It ain’t right, burying one’s own son, yet despite the estrangement, she did love him so.
And, it turns out, she is the inheritor of his business, a struggling drag club.
In no time flat, Maybelline overcomes her conservative, religious upbringing.
Bonds with the entertainers, brings fresh ideas for revitalizing business, finds romance.
Only in the movies.
Ain’t depressing enough? Seek elsewhere. Feel-good all the way, with catchy songs.