New York Times – Coeli Carr
In the film “Kinky Boots,” which opens in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco on Friday, Lola, a female impersonator played by the actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, exuberantly delivers a paean to red, her footwear hue of choice.
“It’s the color of sex and fear and danger and signs that say, ‘Do not enter,’ ” she proclaims as she denounces a pair of burgundy boots with a blatantly practical heel. Lola subsequently takes matters into her own hands, designing a pair of thigh-high red-and-black-patterned leather boots with a heel the height of a skyscraper.
Lola’s lament ? having to choose between style and comfort ? is hardly new to women used to navigating the workday in two-and-a-half inch heels. But for drag queens in search of stilettos that can support 200 or 300 pounds comfortably, the search for the perfect shoe can reach Holy Grail proportions.