Come Out, Come Out #1: Tranny Travolta

I am torn, nurses. I really am.

So, you have this actor, let's hypothetically call him John TraBolta. So let's say John did some pretty career-endingly gay dancing in some of his movies (Staying Alive, anyone?) and became a star in an era when being out was not nearly so accepted as it is today. Kinda makes you understand why he might be reluctant to come out of the closet.

On the other hand, let's say this hypothetical actor was also part of a dubious religious organization that does creepy things like rent the uteruses of former Dawson's Creek stars to affirm the heterosexuality of some of its members. Kinda makes you think he's a jerk for not coming out because of some narrow minded dogma, right.

So what do we do when this man signs up to play a role ORIGINATED BY DIVINE on film and ORIGINATED BY HARVEY FIERSTEIN on broadway and involves him dressing up in drag and being pretty much at the center of a counter-cultural phenomenon that sprang forth from the deliciously demented mind of JOHN WATERS. Do we applaud him for finally embracing his nature? Or is it just so jaw-droppingly ludicrous that he can wear a wig and heels and not admit that he likes to spoon with Jeff instead of June? Is it time to say, "Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are, Mister Trabolta?!"

Well, enough hypotheticals. John Travolta has been signed to play Mama Edna in the movie adaptation of Hairspray: The Musical. And I'm sure he has almost nothing common with the hypothetical Mister TraBolta.