B Movies Blog

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping Queens of Drama into the ol’ VCR.

I’d heard some buzz around Queens of Drama during last year’s Fantastic Fest, and it had been on my radar ever since. 

I finally got a chance to see it this weekend, and I can definitively say that it’s worth the hype.

Queens of Drama tells the love story of Mimi Madamour (Louiza Aura) and Billie Kohler (Gio Ventura), star crossed lovers in the early aughts. 

Mimi is an aspiring, closeted, Britney Spears-esque pop star whose rise to fame is closer than she thinks. 

Billie is an out and proud, underground punk rock sensation who seems to hate everything about the world Mimi longs to be part of. 

The pair soon fall deeply and passionately in love, but as Mimi’s popularity skyrockets, and she refuses to come out in the process, will their love be able to withstand newfound fame and distance? 

Queens of Drama not only provides us with biting satire around celebrity and not-so-subtle allusions to the pop stars we grew up with, but it shows us a three-dimensional queer love story. 

Additionally, this movie is full of LGBTQIA+ characters and actors, which gave me the warm and fuzzies. 

Is it a satirical musical that includes a love song about fisting? Yes, BUT it’s also so rad to see a queer movie like on the big screen in this climate. 

Queens of Drama is something special. If you a) grew up with the pop princesses of the early aughts and/or b) were closeted and grew up with the pop princess of early aughts, I definitely recommend checking this one out. 

(Think the lavishness of Moulin Rouge! with the atmosphere of Knife + Heart—minus the horror—with a dash of But I’m a Cheerleader thrown in for good measure) 

Just don’t blame me when “Pas Touche!” is stuck in your head for the next 3-5 business days.