![]() As we slowly inch towards reopening queer spaces, do you feel that the future of drag will change with the way that we approach reopening? SS: Rosé, I’m curious, because you’re a New York City icon, legend, and I am a homosexual who lives in New York City so I’ve seen some shows, and I’m going back to bars that are slowly reopening. I think if you’ve got the chops there’s a space for it, because obviously the public adores it. I think where I fit in, I would love to be the drag queen who could be on Broadway or just working as an actress in scripted television. But at this point drag is not only participating in, it informs and inspires fashion all over the world. RuPaul really lit and carried that torch for us over the last few decades. With the success and expansion of Drag Race over the last few years, drag has been pushed so far into the mainstream. R: We’re absolutely at that place, and it is my mission in life to be that bitch who carries the flag. it felt like my whole life was riding on this.ĭT: When you look at your future, what are your biggest goals for yourself? And also, secondarily, are we at a place now where a drag queen can be a Broadway star without being labeled a drag queen who can sing? It exists especially when it’s as big a deal as Drag Race. I think that there’s a rigidity attached to the audition process, and obviously you’re more likely to book stuff if you are not in that. I’m a really competitive person by nature, and maybe especially because I grew up in musical theater and was always compared to the bitches who were standing next to me. Do you feel like your audition experience translated to your Drag Race experience? It’s like everything is riding on this, let me just unclench and do what I do. SS: I feel like that’s the experience of auditioning for musical theater. R: Oh my God, yeah! The only thing that could have taught me that was literally doing it and watching it back and being like oh well could have done that better. SS: And that’s the hardest thing to do, is to feel the pressure and unclench anyways. So we got there, but the whole season was a reminder that I really need to not take things so seriously, even if the stakes are super high and it means the world to me. Watching that was reallyweirdformesometimesbecauseIwaslike bitch,areyouamotherfuckin’robot? like what is the tea? And, thank god, towards the end of the season I was able to shake things up and let loose a little, and many of my friends and audience members were like oh there she is. Because, I definitely get really focused and it almost removes a layer of the fun bubbly aspects of my personality at times. R: I think what I learned more than anything was that I am not as fabulous and entertaining as I imagine myself to be in a competition setting. So, even though I became good friends with both them throughout the course of the season, I definitely had my eyes set on Denali and Tina.ĭT: What did you learn about yourself while watching the season? ![]() So, to promote diversity, I gotta take out the bitches who can do the same gigs as me. Because, at the end of the day I don’t think the world wants to see a top four that’s like three of the same people. It’s the girls who are performance divas, the one’s whose looks might be a little more camp. When I think of that question, I always say the girls who are most similar to me. R: Well, when I first got there my biggest competition was Olivia, because she was the only person I saw that day, and then it changed because I met ten other bitches. ![]() To dive into the season, who did you think was your biggest competition when you first arrived? Did that change? I’m a little bit nervous, I’m very thrilled. Just like with everything, I’m feeling all those things. I can’t wait for the world to see what we’ve created for everybody.
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