Word: albinism
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...most of these really are women, not men--casting must have been a problem) descend from the elevated entrance balcony on two curved staircases. We are introduced to a small family of transvestite night club performers in St. Tropez: the proprietor and ringmaster Georges (Art Shettle), his diva husband, Albin or "Zsa-Zsa" (Michael Conte) and their motley crew of dancers and friends...
...Georges' son Jean-Michel (J. Matthew Riopelle), whom he and Albin raised together, returns home to announce his engagement to Anne Dindon, the daughter of a right-wing politician. Having invited Anne's conservative parents to meet his, Jean-Michel asks the effeminate Albin to hide himself while his biological mother and father put on a show to fool the Dindons. Albin's huffing and puffing, Jean-Michel's desire to gain the approval of Anne's parents, and Georges' attempt to mediate produce a series of hilarious, made-for-TV situations of mishap and complication. Albin tries...
ANOTHER SEQUEL TO the La Cage Aux Folles trilogy has just hit the silver screen, and the two principal characters, Renato/Zaza (Ugo Tognazzi), the transvestite star of the Cage aux Folles cabaret, and Albin (Michel Serrault), the manager of the St. Tropez nightclub, are still being played by the original actors. Naturally, Zaza and Baldi have aged a little bit since the saga began--they mostly go by the names "Mammi" and "Pappi" as a concession to the passing of time...
...Albin too eventually gives in. When Jean-Michel's mother fails to show, he puts on his dress and plays Mamma himself. Though his ruse is discovered, the show ends happily, of course, with the girl's parents in retreat, Jean-Michel accepting Georges and Albin for what they are, and the two lovers-Georges and Albin, that is-walking arm in arm offstage...
...that our greatest enemy would be the tendency to hide, to avoid being honest. If a gay show is a hit and doesn't make a statement, what's the point?" Says Herman, who also wrote the music and lyrics for Hello, Dolly! and Mame: "Writing for Albin was no harder than writing for Dolly. We just had to be true to character...