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Jun
…We had a great time with The Birdcage! It really is a classic; wonderful actors armed with witty dialogue that, if you'll forgive the comparison, feels like the respectable ancestor of modern Marvel quips. Robin Williams and Nathan Lane are so intensely likeable and their sets and costumes are particularly and perfectly evocative. And none of what was breaking a 'taboo' at the time feels out of place today… the gay aspect isn't ever treated as some joke and that holds up now that society is ever so slightly better!
The big Wing Commander connection was Robin Williams' famous visit to the Wing Commander IV shoot while he was making this movie. As anyone could've predicted, he's witty and charming to his standard incredible extreme here… and it might be his most handsome on screen role! Chris Roberts famously wanted him to appear as Merlin in the Wing Commander movie but they couldn't make contact in