‘Stop That Train’ Director Adam Shankman on How the ‘Silly’ Comedy Brings Back an Old Genre

By Jazz Tangcay

Jazz Tangcay

Artisans Editor

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In the world of “Stop That Train,” (opening in theaters on June 12) RuPaul is Madame President, and like any world leader, she worries about her approval ratings. When a high-speed train called the Glamazonian Express is struck by lightning and hurtles toward disaster – a threatening “stormaganza” – the president is put to the test.

Best friends Tess (Ginger Minj) and DeeDee (Jujubee) play train stewardesses who trade their dreary shifts on the Stank Rail for the glitzy Glamazonian Express. Except they encounter the A-Squad, the Glamazonian Express version of “Mean Girls” led by Ayshleiygh (Symone), Alli (Marcia Marcia Marcia) and Amber (Brook Lynn Hytes). It’s a romp of a comedy-disaster movie harkening back to the likes of “Airplane” and anything by Mel Brooks.

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