Dreamgirls Goes to Dubai

Romeo generally likes to cover entertainment topics specifically relevant to his readers in the United States, but sometimes things happen overseas that just can't be ignored.

Paramount recently announced a deal to build a $2.5 billion theme park in the city of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.

Part of the studio's deal will be to allow branding opportunities for rides and attractions based on Paramount intellectual properties like Top Gun, Grease, Mission: Impossible, Titanic, The Godfather, and... Dreamgirls.

Now, Top Gun, Titanic, and Grease are plenty gay(ish).

But Dreamgirls sets the mind reeling - "Beyonce's Bumper Cars"? "Effie's Dessert Pavilion"?

No opening date has been set, but how ironic will it be that a country where homosexuality is illegal may wind up hosting one of the world's gayest theme-park attractions?