Shit & Champagne

A stripper's lover is murdered and she goes after the ones who did him in.

This film will be an tough one for those that aren't fans of drag or wacky humor, but it's something you enjoy, you'll at least have a few laughs that make it worth a rental.

Definitely a movie for fans of John Waters! Crass, cheesy, gross, and campy as all get out. But also funny, slick, stylish, and well done. D'Arcy Drollinger as 'Champagne' is a cross between Divine and Farrah Fawcett. Whereas Water's was great at capturing the mugs Divine would give, Champagne gives them without effort. The dialog and acting is witty, fast, and over the top. Matthew Martin as the evil Dixie Stampede is priceless! The story is a bit convoluted involving a new addictive drug that causes users to lose control of their bowels. Once hooked, they're brainwashed to become employees at a shopping chain known as 'Mall Wart'. Which is actually a front for Dixie's prostitution empire. Using the employees to turn tricks in order to get their fix. Champagne's fiance is killed by Dixie's two thugs, and Champagne may have learned too much before he died. Thus Dixie wants her eradicated, and Champagne wants revenge. All in all just silly adult fun with nods and references to 70's and 80's pop culture galore. Hope there's more Champagne on tap for the future!

Darcy Drollinger is a national treasure. A great adaptation of my favorite Oasis drag show. So happily surprised to see it picked up by Hulu. If you like camp, drag, hideous hilarity, ludicrous epaulettes, super calf models, and movies about booty bumps, you won't be disappointed.

Do yourself a favor and watch this on Hulu. It is a movie of the same show from Oasis in SF starring the mega talents of Matthew Martin as the villain and Darcy Drollinger as Champagne White and Nancy French as the scene stealing Debbie (who even when quiet you can't look away from her!). Everyone is clearly having a great time in this and it shows. It's campy fun with Drag Queens and Kings. It's just silly!

Well, with a title such as "Shit and Champagne", I figured that I would be for something out of the ordinary. And as the movie was labelled a comedy, I figured chances were that it might turn out to be a great movie. Sure, I hadn't heard about writer and director D'Arcy Drollinger's 2020 movie before now as I sat down to watch it, so I wasn't sure what I was in for here.

And I will say that "Shit and Champagne" definitely was something else. However, the movie is somewhat of an acquired taste, and it is not a movie that will easily find an appeal to just everyone in the audience. While I managed to sit through the entire movie, I was less than adequately entertained, as most of the comedy elements in "Shit and Champagne" fell short of hitting the mark, at least in terms of aligning with my sense of humor.

"Shit and Champagne" is a laid back and not-taking-itself-too-serious type of movie, and that was the movie's strong side, because the storyline and script was just not something that turned out all that entertaining for me.

The acting in "Shit and Champagne" was adequate, but I suppose that is how it was supposed to be, over the top and extraordinary, just as those drag queen shows tend to be. But maybe that is just exactly why the movie fell short of entertaining me in a memorable way, as I am not really much of an appreciative fan of that particular scene.

The comedy in the movie mostly fell on dry spots in terms of providing me with a good laugh, so most of the comedy in "Shit and Champagne" just was a swing and a miss for my liking.

Sure, there is an audience out there for a movie such as "Shit and Champagne", of that I am more than sure. I just wasn't in the target audience.

My rating of "Shit and Champagne" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.