By Michael Fitzgerald Troy
Bluewater Productions’ latest female comic leader is one of Batman’s: Catwomen in The Secret Lives of Julie Newmar written by Marc Shapiro. Lives portrays Newmar as a time traveler on adventures that coincide with significant points in her life. Love the concept and love the preview I have seen. A spinoff of the popular Misadventures of Adam West, and definitely worth checking out.
Julie Newmar was always my favorite Catwoman; I say that at major risk of having my gay privileges revoked, as most queens pray to the gospel of Eartha Kitt’s portrayl of the campy ’60s television feline fatale. So, sue me; make mine Julie!
Julie is so popular she even inspired the film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. A fun flick with Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo, and the late Patrick Swayze as cross country cross dressers. I’m not lying. Don’t be a drag, just be a queen.
Even if you’re “Team Eartha,” everyone can admit that Julie’s Catwoman was purrfect! Besides, she has her own comic book.
Michelle Pfieffer’s Catwoman was the cat’s pajamas. Anne Hathaway’s upcoming version looks akin to cat piss. Meow.
The Secret Lives of Julie Newmar is available from Bluewater Productions.
Michael Troy is a deeply superficial person. Born in the midwest in the ’70s, Michael came to Los Angeles to pursue his bi-polar career path as an actor and artist. 2005 saw the release of Michael’s first published book, Homo-Hero’s Big Book of Fun and Adventure (www.greencandypress.com). Michael has contributed to the Lady Gaga comic book from Bluewater Productions and has his hand in various other upcoming projects. Michael has performed stand-up comedy at all of the major comedy clubs in Los Angeles and is making his triumphant return to the main stage of The Comedy Store in September. Michael offers an off-beat sense of humor as the star of such youtube cult classics As The Gays on Film (www.youtube.com/fullfrontaltv), A Minute With Margot, a loving tribute to Superman legend Margot Kidder (http://www.youtube.com/user/rktcommander), and currently hosts a vlog style series Lethally Blonde over at www.monsterburg.com. Sitting alongside industry heavyweight Phil Jimenez at the “Divas and Lassoes” panel for the 2010 San Diego comic-con, Michael maintains and cherishes his “underground” status. A staunch believer in Blonde Ambition, Michael hopes his new comic about shallow blonde super heroes in Los Angeles, The Blonde Squad, will set the world on fire (or at least brighten it a bit). Check out Michael Troy and Lethally Blonde updates here!!!
