It's a solid, old-fashioned, soppy movie - Arnold has been described as 'Doris Day with a dick' - and a great retro-romance. The second half of the movie - featuring a manic performance from Bancroft as Arnold's Ma, the epitome of Jewish Mommishness - is a rollercoaster of politics, parenthood (Arnold's and Ma's), death, independence, reconciliation, and more romance. Alan (Broderick), the big romantic interest, pursues the reluctant and disbelieving dragster, they set up home, they fight, they come through it and get ready to adopt.

Alan : Why is everyone sitting on boxes Arnold : To make sure there's pain in our faces. Matthew Broderick went against the tide of fear shared by most Hollywood. Torch Song Trilogy Broadway Original Cast MOST POPULAR 1 SOME LIKE IT HOT, & JULIET, SHUCKED & More Lead The 2023 Tony Award Nominations 2 Video: Watch CAMELOT Perform The Lusty Month of. Harvey Fierstein, who wrote this 1983 Tony. Great memorable quotes and script exchanges from the Torch Song Trilogy movie. Beckoff (Fierstein) picks up Ed, a bi who's not happy about being so (Kerwin), and they embark on some sort of affair. Torch Song Trilogy (1988) Matthew Broderick: Alan Simon Showing all 10 items Jump to: Photos (6) Quotes (4) Photos Quotes Alan : Why are all the mirrors covered Arnold : So we don't see the pain in our faces. Torch Song Trilogy covers nine years in the life of Arnold, a female impersonator in a New York night club. But forget the drag, this is not another La Cage aux Folles it's a straightforward, very funny love story which glows with fulfilment and promise. She's single, given to emotionally masochistic relationships with immature men.and she's a Jewish professional female impersonator named Arnold Beckoff. pictures and other Torch Song Trilogy photos at ABC News.

Virginia Hamm wants a child, but the odds are stacked against her. played by Matthew Broderick, and raising a child after the death of Brodericks character.

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