Dan and Jon travel down to Florida, specifically South Beach, to witness the meeting of a drag queen, her club owning partner, an ultra-conservative senator, and his opportunistic wife. It's only taken 211 episodes, but Ruined Childhoods is finally covering The Birdcage, celebrating how it stood out from its predecessors and theorizing how it could have a continuing legacy.

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