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RuPaul s Drag Race contestants Local artist Angela Washko has a complicated relationship with reality television, at once feeling weird about how much of it she watches while also being willing to become the subject of it. “I do feel some embarrassment and insecurity as someone who does consume a lot of it,” she says, adding, “I ve auditioned many times for
Survivor.” It makes sense then that
Workhorse Queen, Washko s first documentary feature project, set to debut on Fri., Feb. 12 through the virtual Slamdance film festival, delves into one of reality TV s biggest and longest-running hits
The cheek, the nerve, the gall, the audacity and the gumption: how Drag Race UK’s Tayce stole our hearts Jessie Thompson
We used to be able to go out. We used to be able to have a nice time. Now we simply wait until Thursday nights, when we can live vicariously through the lip syncs and looks on the RuPaul’s Drag Race runway. As the second series of Drag Race UK reaches its mid-way point this week, we know one thing for sure: a Welsh drag queen called Tayce has stolen our hearts.
For anyone who has been living under a sad, un-glittery rock, RuPaul’s Drag Race has become a cornerstone of popular culture since it first began in 2009, and now has spin-offs in Canada, Holland and Thailand - and, of course, the UK. The format is simple: a line-up of drag queens compete in a series of challenges that test their versatility to the limit, from fashion to comedy, music to choreography. After serving looks on the runway, Ru chooses that week’s winner along
Well, It Was Fooken Almost All Of Yas (That Killed Your Entrance Looks)
The first queen to walk in is Lawrence Chaney, who describes herself as a Scottish drag legend, which is bold as a 23-year-old. She’s instantly charming, and that’s before she claims my heart by dropping a reference to the best piece of Scottish media there is.
Magic Eye is very in right now.
Next up is Cherry Valentine, who knocks her headpiece off as she enters, and is given a do-over. That alone puts her in high esteem: Sharon Needles witch hat fell off as she entered in S4, and they let her refilm: albeit with Cherry they show both entrances. Out of drag she looks like the archetypical white ‘alt’ British person, which means I am, regrettably, into her.
Chris Cox revives Dragapalooza as a vibrant, rocking film
COVID quashed Cox s plans to establish a Dragapalooza Vegas residency, so he did the next best thing. He made it into a film.
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Dragapalooza: Derrick Barry
Some might call Christopher Cox clairvoyant. Others might say he has extremely good instincts. Whatever the reason, the legendary DJ and producer got very, very lucky.
“The whole time we were doing the tour, I’d been setting up multiple cameras on every show,” says Cox on the phone from his home in Las Vegas. “I was just thinking, ‘This might be handy someday. I don’t know for what. ”