Behind The Candelabra

[The Shocker]

Wow, just wow.

[MadJohnShaft]

They were both pretty good, I wouldn't say he was particularly evil.


'They don't know he's gay'  = the truth.  Liberace was a big deal in Milwaukee.

[The Shocker]

Oh yeah, my grandmother believed the whole lie.

[Demon Lung]

Scott bakuka looked hilarious.

[boltthrow]

Kinda like a gay Boogie Knights but not quite as good, interesting or humorous.  Prob because it was based on Thorson's book so it was kind of creatively limited.  But as a kid I always liked Liberace when he was on the Tonight Show because he was funny and exuberant and show-bizy.  Same reason I liked Paul Lynde, Charles Nelson Reilly and Richard Simmons when he started with his workout show way back when.     

[Jor el]

Entertaining.
Not great.

Rob Lowe looked nutty.

[The Shocker]

Yeah, Rob Lowe was disturbing.  I do want to try that diet though.

[retardgroove]

Rob Lowe's part was great.

[The Shocker]

Did Liberace really have penile implants?  Bolt?

[bitter]

Liberace was a musical inspiration to me as well. But only because he had the baller ass piano shaped pool. I tried to get that same effect with a blow up pool from walmart and some wooden side skirts. I called it the MoogerPooler.

[MadJohnShaft]

If I had one complaint - I don't think Mr Douglas got the humor down. I thought Liberace was funnier.



Somewhere I have a hilarious report my Mom did on classical music when she was in middle school in the 50s - the last person she featured was Liberace and the not-getting-he-is-gay part of it was front and center and very funny. I will have to grab that someday.

[The Bandit]

While I don't regret watching it, I had trouble suspending disbelief.  I was always aware that it was Michael Douglas playing Liberace.  Same with Matt Damon. 

[black]

Didn't see this show, but did catch the episode of the original Batman series the other night where Liberace played a character like himself and played his evil twin. It seemed like the entire cast was gay-ing out due to his presence.