Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Mr. T in Freaked (1993)

 

If you haven't seen "Freaked," I doubt I can adequatly describe it to you. It's a bizarre, surrealist, wacky comedy from the early 90s. It stars, and was made by, Bill S. Preston, Esquire and features cameos by "Ted" Theodore Logan AND the Grim Reaper. For a better understanding of the film, see the Freaked re:View.

The thing to note, for the purposes of this post, is that "Freaked" features Mr. T and, though I haven't seen them all yet (so I can't be sure), it's probably the weirdest Mr. T role ever.

In the movie, a man has created a collection of freaks - his own Freak Show - and is holding them all captive. Mr. T plays the Bearded Lady.


He wears dresses, he wears jewelry (I guess that's technically normal for him), he wears makeup. According to Alex Winters, Mr. T got fed up with cross-dressing and left the set three days before filming was complete.

And that's about it. So that's Mr. T in "Freaked."

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