Divine (performer) Witch, the villain in the 1989 Disney animated film "The Little Mermaid". Due to Divine's portrayal of Edna Turnblad in the original comedy-film version of "Hairspray", later musical adaptations of "Hairspray" have commonly placed male actors in the role of Edna, including Harvey Fierstein and others in the 2002 Broadway musical, and John Travolta in the 2007 musical film. A 12-foot (4 m) tall statue in the likeness of Divine by Andrew Logan can be seen on permanent display at The American Visionary Art Museum in Divine's hometown of Baltimore. "I Am Divine", a feature documentary on the life of
History of cross-dressing whom the troupe has said is the most hilarious in drag, appears so extremely unfeminine, with his square chin and six-foot, five-inch frame that it is funny. Cleese also wore female clothes while appearing as "himself" in a magazine advertisement for American Express. "Monty Python's Flying Circus" also did a sketch called "The Lumberjack Song," about a lumberjack who likes to "put on women's clothing and hang around in bars." In "Clue: The Musical", Mrs. White is usually played by a man. In all versions of "Hairspray"—the original film, the stage musical, and the film adapted from the musical—Edna Turnblad