Popil is a happily married man (his husband refers to himself as Mr. It is years later when Drag becomes ‘the drag’ of having to yearly audition for the show. It also is a great snapshot of someone (Ed Popil) who found himself in on stage, in his domestic homage to his mother at a time in his life when he really needed that. Kasha Davis, a suburban diva that has been performing for 18 years before she finally got her chance, Workhorse Queen turns the camera on the daily lives of the people who are working at drag but aren’t a superstar. Looking at the show through the eyes of Mrs. Still, for many people, RuPaul’s Drag Race is the goal they set for themselves from the moment they step on the stage.Īll of this background is to say is that Workhorse Queen is the first film I’ve seen about a drag queen that even starts to deal with the difficulty and monolithic placement of RuPaul. And yes I’ve seen Pose, I know perfectly well that scores and cattiness have always been a part of drag culture but that was in private communities not on display for the whole world. I’m not even sure I need to say love it or hate it because I seem to be the only one in the queer community troubled by somebody profiting off an art form that has its roots in being done simply for survival, turning it into some sort of game show equivalency where people are given scores and judged and the ‘t word’ is thrown around such that it makes everyone else thinks that it’s an acceptable word to use daily language. Love it or hate it, RuPaul’s Drag Race has forever changed the world. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) (The 2021 Slamdance Film Festival kicked off February 12 and runs through February 25, all online.

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