SORDID LIVES centers around a small-town Texas family's struggle, and its ensuing chaos and pandemonium, to arrange a funeral for Peggy Ingram, who died in a motel room after tripping over the detached wooden legs of her lover. Her lover is G.W. Nethercott, who is married to Noleta, a close friend of Peggy's daughter LaVonda. Noleta is also a neighbor of Peggy's sister, Sissy. Other family members include LaVonda's uptight sister Latrelle and her gay actor son Ty, who worries about coming out. Peggy's son, Earl "Brother Boy" Ingram, is a gay transvestite who has been in a mental institution for over 20 years, entertaining fellow patients with his impersonation of Tammy Wynette while undergoing "dehomosexualization therapy." A hilarious black comedy about white trash!
