Spoilers ahead.
The stars of Drive-Away Dolls are welcoming a sillier era for queer storytelling.
Written by Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke, the bonkers lesbian comedy follows the “uninhibited free spirit” Jamie (Margaret Qualley) who, after cheating on her unhinged police officer girlfriend Sukie (Beanie Feldstein), embarks on a wild road trip to Tallahassee with her “demure” friend Marian (Geraldine Viswanathan).
Along the way, Jamie tries to convince Marian to let loose, sexually, by having no-strings-attached hook-ups at lesbian bars, while a group of incompetent criminals hunt them down to take back a mysterious suitcase located in the back of their car.
Although the film is set in 1999, it’s devoid of stereotypical and tired queer tropes, from prejudice and discrimination to death and despair (how refreshing!).
While those stories are arguably still important – It’s A Sin and Fellow Travelers, for example – Feldstein tells GAY TIMES that “we also need other movies that are fun and joyous and raunchy and sexy and playful”.
