Category: Harvey Fierstein

Open Post: Hosted By Harvey Fierstein Almost Sharing His Opinion Of John Travolta’s Performance In “Hairspray”

October 18, 2018 / Posted by:

I imagine it would be a great honor to be taken down, verbally, by the likes of Harvey Fierstein. Harvey appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen and was asked what he thought about John Travolta’s performance as Edna Turnblad, a role Harvey originated for Broadway (after Divine played her in the John Waters original film), in the movie version of Hairspray. While I would have preferred him to go full blown Patti Lupone on his ass, Harvey took a more circuitous route through a shady pine forest and said he’d actually never seen it. Well, he saw some of it. On an airplane. On somebody else’s screen.

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