Hurricane Bianca (2016)

Hurricane Bianca
geregisseerd door Matt Kugelman, VS, 2016, 84 min.
starring Bianca Del Rio, Willam Belli, Shangela Laquifa Wadley and appearances by RuPaul, Joslyn Fox and Alyssa Edwards

Bianca Del Rio als Richard Martinez/Bianca Del Rio.
Rachel Dratch als Deborah Ward, vice principal at Milford High School.
Bianca Leigh als Karma Johnstone: A trans woman Richard befriends in Texas. She runs her own radio show.
Denton Blane Everett als Coach Chuck, gym teacher and football coach at Milford High and Karma's brother.
Willam Belli als Bailey,one of Richard's best friends from New York.
Shangela Laquifa Wadley als Stephen,one of Richard's best friends from New York.
Téa Mckay als Keeley Carson, a student at Milford High.
Kaleb King als Bobby, a gay student at Milford High.
Molly Ryman als Carly Ward, teacher at Milford High and Deborah's daughter.
Ted Ferguson als Principal Wayne.
Alan Cumming als Lawrence Taylor,president of the teaching ambassador program that sends Richard to Milford High.
Joslyn Fox las the barmaid.
Alyssa Edwards als Ambrosia Salad.
RuPaul  als RuStorm, a weather reporter

Wanneer Richard, een New Yorkse leraar geen werk kan vinden, accepteert hij een baan op een kleine Texaanse school. Als men er achter komt dat hij homoseksueel is, wordt hij ontslagen. Een vriend brengt hem op het idee wraak te nemen op het nare stadje. Hij komt terug op de school als vrouw, genaamd Bianca del Rio...

A school teacher named Richard moves from New York City to a small town in Texas, and begins work at a new school. Shortly after this, Richard gets outed by the community in this town and is consequently fired, which is legal under state law in Texas. Following this, Richard feels the need to get revenge on the people that were hateful to him, so he returns as Bianca Del Rio, the drag persona of Richard, and spreads his hate and causes mayhem to those that were mean to him, who are oblivious to the fact that Del Rio is actually the previously fired Richard.

The film's title derives from the starring actor, Bianca Del Rio (Roy Haylock), an American costumer and dragqueen, best known for winning the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. As well as being marketed as a comedy, the film touches on serious social issues, such as the fact that it is legal in 29 U.S states for somebody to be fired from their place of work for being gay.
Speaking on the film before its release, Del Rio stated "It's a serious topic, but it's done in a funny way." Kugelman stated he hopes the film will shine a light on employment discrimination in the United States, saying "My hope is that Hurricane Bianca will change minds and bring awareness to the issue. The film deals with a serious topic in a comedic way.

A sequel film, Hurricane Bianca 2: From Russia with Hate, will be released in 2018.

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