by Twunty McSlore
Ladies and gentleman, start your engines, RuPaul's Drag Race is here!
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Next week, a fabulous new show that combines the glamour of America's Next Top Model, the talent of American Idol, and the design acumen of Project Runway will debut on the Logo Channel. RuPaul, along with his production staff at World of Wonder has narrowed down thousands of drag hopefuls down to a lucky nine contestants who are set to wow us with their gender illusionist skills and hopefully, no definitely, prima donna behaviour. I, for one, cannot wait. He is famous for his VH1 telivision show, his hit song "Supermodel," his duet with Elton John of "Don't Go Breking My Heart" and his movie roles in "The Brady Bunch," Too Wong Foo.." and "Starrbooty." The winner will receive $20,000 from Absolut Vodka, a spot on their upcoming "Real Fruit" tour, MAC cosmetics, a spread in Paper Mag and a shoot with greg Gorman for l.a. Eyeworks.
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing the most famous drag queen in the world and someone I am lucky to call a friend, the incomparable RuPaul. Let me first state for the record that he is one of the nicest people ever to put on a pair of nine inch heels and he walks better in them than I ever could dream of. He applies his make-up better, his wigs pack more punch than my real hair ever could and with the proper push-up bra, his boobs look bigger than mine. He is also intelligent and thoughtful with a quick wit and a kind heart. (and I am a world class suck-up) On to the Interview, shall we?
by Twunty McSlore
TM: What's it like having your own show again? It's been a while since the one on VH1.
RP: It's been ten years. And I'm doing this one with World of Wonder as well because in the reality television world it's usually about making people look terrible and showing the lowest common denominator. I didn't want to get into that and when I finished the Rupaul Show on VH1 the only offers I had for television were realty and showing drag in a derogatory "wah wah waaah" sense and I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to be a part of that. Also, politically and socially, in our culture it became fear based and drag had to sort of go underground. This show couldn't have happened during that time. Finally, things came around and are swinging back to the left and it's time for me to pop my head out like a lady groundhog.
TM: Yay, you're back!
RP: It's funny because our show debuts on Groundhog's Day!
TM: That's perfect!
I read all the bios and watched the videos of the girls you chose. How did you narrow it down to just nine?
RP: We went through thousands of applications and narrowed it down to A; showgirls, who are working for a living in clubs and B; we wanted to go the younger route because a lot of people are going to be exposed to drag for the first time through the show and we wanted to give it a fresh approach and take cues from some of the younger girls that are working out there.
Comments (1)
Ok so I totally thought that was a pic of Gretchen from RHOC at first.
1 of 1 | Posted by teetle81 | Posted on February 1, 2009 12:41 PM