In this bonus episode (recorded March 5-6, 2018), Viktor Devonne speaks with some fabulous entertainers to discuss their reaction to the now infamous RuPaul interview in The Guardian released the first week of March 2018...
Warning: this episode contains some spoilers about the current RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars season...
While doing promotion for AllStars 3 and for the upcoming 10th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, RuPaul was interviewed and then editorialized in an article that much of the same: the history, the would-bes, the will-bes of Drag Race and drag as a culture. For fans or followers of Ru’s work, it was consistent with what he’s always said: drag is for everyone. But his show is not...
You may read the full article by Decca Aitkenhead here: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/mar/03/rupaul-drag-race-big-f-you-to-male-dominated-culture ...
Part 2, in conversation with: trans cabaret artist Daphne Always, AFAB drag queen Allegra Spread, queer burlesque performer and producer Velvet Kensington, AFAB drag queen Moriganna Regina; and trans-queer performer-producer/drag king and member of the House of Velour, Mr. Lee VaLone...
(part 1 posted previously – please check that out; and a full-length conversation with Faux Pas le Fae to be released on March 12, 2018)...
Music: intro and outro: “On a 45” This Way to the Egress, used with permission - download it at https://www.amazon.com/This-Delicious-Cabaret-Explicit-Egress/dp/B005D1GROO | interludes: "Cuban Sandwich" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/