Wig (2019)

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I'm very happy for you, Rue.

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You're about to start
a brand new chapter.

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You've been clean for, like,
two weeks, right?

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I've actually
been really happy.

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♪ Still don't know my name ♪

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Every time I feel good,
I think it'll last forever.

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But it doesn't.

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We're just reaching
for something...

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to make it all seem meaningful.

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The world
is sick with masculinity.

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So, as much femininity
as this one body can have...

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...that is what makes

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a really good drag queen.

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Drag, for me,

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is an ancient, ancestral
performing art.

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It's a way for
the gay community

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to choose its icons.

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We're the priests.
We are kind of like

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the spiritual masters
of the gay community.

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Ladies, and gentlemen
who would rather be ladies...

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I wanna tell you something.

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I moved to New York City
in 1984.

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Since then, like
the other jaded scenesters,

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and I'm guilty of it too,
I sit and bitch:

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"There's a Duane Reade and a
Chase Bank on every corner.

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The city's so slick and
sophisticated" and all that.

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But you know what? After doin' that
and bitchin' for about 30 years,

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I finally said,
"Well, listen here:

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You're a lifer.
You ain't movin'.

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So your choice
is to keep bitchin'

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or put on a festival
like you used to do

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to bring people together

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and make something fun
about New York City!

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Are you ready, Wigstock?

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Yeah!

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Maestro, hit it!

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♪ Uh-huh, make me tonight ♪

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♪ Tonight, tonight ♪

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♪ Oh, your hair is beautiful ♪

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♪ Oh, tonight ♪

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♪ Atomic ♪

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She worked her way up

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to New York City,

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to the Queen of Manhattan,

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and now she's hearkening back

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to her Chattanooga
white trash roots,

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doin' one of her songs
of her own

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in a style that she made famous.

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Please welcome Lady Bunny!

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♪ Tonight ♪

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♪ Make me tonight ♪

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I snuck into a club at 13,

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in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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I'd never seen-- whoo!--

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sequined gowns
and false eyelashes,

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the giant wigs and whatever.

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I lived in drag as a child.

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The long t-shirts
and the short-shorts.

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And I had long hair,
so, honey,

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I was never in the closet,
let's put it that way.

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♪ Atomic ♪

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♪ Don't you know your queen ♪

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♪ Whipped ♪

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Who's that guy?

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♪ Heaving ♪

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♪ Flower bloom
at my feet... ♪

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- We gotta go now. Bye.
- Bye.

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Bye, Nelson!

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The Pyramid Club,

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when I arrived in about '83,

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was a swinging club

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that they billed as

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"drag-owned and operated."

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Wait a minute.
There we are.

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That's my new pyramid heart.

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- What's that?
- It's a pyramid.

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Hello. Welcome to the Pyramid.

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We were really ridiculous...

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taking LSD...

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you know, it was a magic time.

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The Pyramid celebrities

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were creating
their own persona.

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They weren't doing Cher,
Joan Rivers, or whatever.

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They were coming up
with their own persona

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with its own look
and its own repertoire.

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♪ When I sashay ♪

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♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah ♪

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♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah
ah-ah-ah ♪

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♪ Hey, hey ♪

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♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah ♪

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♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah... ♪

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Please welcome
Linda Simpson!

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In the '70s and '80s,

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the atmosphere at the gay bars
and clubs was macho.

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People didn't want femininity,
really.

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What did our studio audience think?

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And the Pyramid,
drag became tongue-in-cheek,

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was rebellious,
it was like punk rock.

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No one was careerist about it.

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People were just doing it
to have fun.

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♪ No family is safe ♪

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♪ When I sashay ♪

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♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah ♪

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Welcome Lahoma Van Zandt.

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We were just
fucking down to just do our thing.

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It was a form of expression,

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and also discovery
of our feminine side.

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It's the make-believe.

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It's the make-believe
part of it.

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And so we just created
our own world.

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- The snow. The snow.
- Yeah.

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- OK.
- Thank you.

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RuPaul and I met in Atlanta,

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and were immediate
whatever-we-were.

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It was more than a friendship,

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it was a sisterhood,
we were close.

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What people don't know about Ru

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is that his taste in music
is unbeatable.

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I ain't sayin'
listen to his current records.

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This next
performer's name is RuPaul.

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Make no mistake about it,

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this summer,
RuPaul is hot.

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Yay! RuPaul!

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I think right now
I'm gonna--

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RuPaul is red hot!

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I'm think right now
I'm gonna break out.

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Here, let me get red hot.

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Ru really didn't have an act,

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so he needed to have
a few extra clowns.

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And I was one of those clowns
that he brought up to New York

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for a gig at the Pyramid
to go-go dance in drag.

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I wanna break out tonight!

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♪ Don't it
make my brown eyes ♪

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♪ Don't it make
my brown eyes blue ♪

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God, is Bunny
a terror, or what?

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She was a terror.
She had this attitude after she came.

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She said, "I can deal with workin',
and I work hard," she said,

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"Every five minutes having to cue up
a record is gonna drive me crazy."

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To the Pyramid.

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You know he was dying
to be spanked.

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Came up to me
saying it was his birthday

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and was he too old
to warrant a spanking,

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and asked me if there were
any alternative S&M clubs.

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They're all
closed because of AIDS.

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The club closed,

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and we were all friends
with the bartenders,

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and they drank too,

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but then when they'd say,
"No, you have to shut,"

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we would just grab six-packs
and head over

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to Tompkins Square Park
where there was a band shell.

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Bonsoir! Bonsoir!

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♪ Don't you know your queen ♪

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♪ Gleaming ♪

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♪ Wrapped in golden leaf ♪

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You know,
we were just blasted drunk,

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had been drunk all night...

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You bitch! I'll kill you!

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♪ Rank ♪

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♪ Ragged ♪

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♪ Skin sewn on sheets ♪

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We were just clowning on...

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for angry homeless people
that wanted to sleep.

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Someone said, "What if we do
some kind of festival here?"

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Who knows who said, "Instead of
Woodstock, we'll call it Wigstock."

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I have no idea.

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♪ When I sashay ♪

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♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah ♪

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♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah-
ah-ah-ah ♪

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♪ Hey, hey ♪

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♪ Hey, hey ♪

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- Huh?
- Are you gonna be here next week too?

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Yes, it's the anniversary.

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The environment
that I grew up in,

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in large clubs,

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I think we could use
a dose of community.

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When we had a common enemy,

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like rampant,
unchecked discrimination,

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inability to marry,
or serve in the military, or AIDS--

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we did come together because
there was an enemy to fight.

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Now I think we're
tending to fight each other more.

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and I think that if we got in
each other's faces, we would say,

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"Oh, yeah! You. I get it."

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The whole idea of Wigstock

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is that we wanted
to be considered freaks,

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because it made it feel like

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we had gotten
into some in-crowd

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in New York City!

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- Hello!
- Bunny!

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- Waah! Mwah.
- Love you.

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- Take care.
- Love you, hussy.

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Let me get up the stairs.

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- Bye, honey.
- Sweetie.

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Yes. Oh, thank you so much!

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- Got about five of 'em.
- Oh, OK. Wonderful.

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One, two, three, four,
five, six--

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I don't pick up my paychecks
very often

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because I'm independently
wealthy.

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Don't worry. I'm already...

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in the Wesley Snipes...
category.

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With taxes. Not talent.

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Not talent or looks or physical
fitness or acting ability.

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OK.

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Bye!

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Ooh, fog. Fog.

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Oh, that fog!

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First day!
Have a fun first day.

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♪ Take me by the hand... ♪

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So, I think that Wigstock

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might have bitten the dust

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if I hadn't really
seen something there.

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But I had always been the brat that
pins up a sheet in between two trees

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and invites the neighbors over
for a show.

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Lady Bunny
and some other people

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from the Pyramid came up
with this idea

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to do this outdoor drag-fest
during the day.

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But it was hysterical,
because drag

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was usually confined to,
like, 3:00 a.m.,

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in pure darkness
of a club.

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Welcome to Wigstock!

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Stop the pigs
and give 'em wigs!

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All right! We got so much
incredible talent for you

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lined up tonight,
and you're just

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dying to see it, I can tell!

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Gonna bring down the house,

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and I'm so glad to see
each and every one of you.

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Lots of wigs out there too,
and that's even better!

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So it was probably
attended by just a few hundred people

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at first, and a lot of them
were just wandering by.

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I know that trick.

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Tabboo!:
Alphabet City was dangerous.

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The only people
that were on the streets

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were junkies, drug dealers,

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and there were no cops, so you
could do whatever you want.

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We were very tentative
about getting our asses kicked.

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"Halloween Q,
Take Back the Night."

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An anti-violence march.

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We're stopping in several places
along the route.

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One's for police,
one's for violence against lesbians,

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one's for violence
against people of color,

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one's for AIDS-phobia/
homophobia.

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Give me an orange one
that will stand out more.

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Right back there.
"Drag queens are under attack."

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They're already all over the street.
On their way to Wigstock.

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♪ I finally feel like ♪

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♪ I'm gonna be
feelin' this way... ♪

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So right here,
we finally got our sound system,

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and the show should be
going off real soon.

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It was just for the artists

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in the neighborhood, basically,
when it started.

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But then it became,
like, a big thing

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where the neighborhood
would come

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and other people would come

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and heterosexuals would come
and bring their kids.

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00:14:41,625 --> 00:14:43,083
We got a dynamite show for you.

255
00:14:43,166 --> 00:14:46,083
The Pyramid put on this
every year,

256
00:14:46,166 --> 00:14:48,959
just because there are so
many housewives and children

257
00:14:49,041 --> 00:14:51,083
that can't always make it
to the nightclub.

258
00:14:51,166 --> 00:14:52,834
Yeah!

259
00:14:52,917 --> 00:14:55,125
I knew that I was a jester,

260
00:14:55,208 --> 00:14:57,291
and I could bring people
together,

261
00:14:57,375 --> 00:14:59,959
and I want this to represent
the New York scene!

262
00:15:00,041 --> 00:15:02,792
I don't know every queen
from every scene,

263
00:15:02,875 --> 00:15:06,000
but I want it
to be very inclusive,

264
00:15:06,083 --> 00:15:11,542
because we all felt like we were putting
something special out there into New York.

265
00:15:27,166 --> 00:15:30,792
Let there be peace on earth,

266
00:15:30,875 --> 00:15:32,917
and let it begin...

267
00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,667
with me!

268
00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:39,500
God bless you!

269
00:15:39,583 --> 00:15:41,750
God bless you.

270
00:15:41,834 --> 00:15:44,792
Next up, we have a dose
of high fashion

271
00:15:44,875 --> 00:15:47,291
with Mr. Fashion!

272
00:15:47,375 --> 00:15:51,875
So all of you can wig out!

273
00:15:51,959 --> 00:15:54,917
We wanted to
be more like Woodstock

274
00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,208
in the beginning.

275
00:15:56,291 --> 00:15:58,417
There were bands--
many bands.

276
00:15:58,500 --> 00:16:01,875
Every Wigstock--
it was eight hours long.

277
00:16:17,792 --> 00:16:20,542
- ♪ Everybody do the ♪
- ♪ Do what, baby? ♪

278
00:16:20,625 --> 00:16:22,959
♪ Come on and do
the barracuda ♪

279
00:16:23,041 --> 00:16:24,875
♪ Cuda ♪

280
00:16:29,125 --> 00:16:31,250
Every year, we'd go,

281
00:16:31,333 --> 00:16:33,291
"Wig's comin', it's comin',
Wigstock's comin'."

282
00:16:33,375 --> 00:16:35,625
And you could do all the shows
you wanted in the nightclub,

283
00:16:35,709 --> 00:16:39,458
but when Wigstock came,
everybody saw it.

284
00:16:39,542 --> 00:16:42,709
Welcome to Wigstock '92!

285
00:16:45,250 --> 00:16:48,333
It felt like every
year the festival doubled,

286
00:16:48,417 --> 00:16:50,583
but I was too stupid
to even ask for help!

287
00:16:50,667 --> 00:16:53,750
At that point,
Wigstock becomes so popular

288
00:16:53,834 --> 00:16:56,125
it was attracting
thousands of people.

289
00:16:56,208 --> 00:16:59,667
It's amazing, because it started
out as such a simple little thing,

290
00:16:59,750 --> 00:17:02,291
and then became
this phenomenon.

291
00:17:02,375 --> 00:17:04,583
♪ Barracuda ♪

292
00:17:04,667 --> 00:17:08,792
The reason that
this festival stuck together

293
00:17:08,875 --> 00:17:11,375
is that there is a sisterhood.

294
00:17:11,458 --> 00:17:13,834
We are not in a competition.

295
00:17:13,917 --> 00:17:16,417
We're coming together
to say, "Here's a gift

296
00:17:16,500 --> 00:17:18,333
to make New York City better."

297
00:17:18,417 --> 00:17:20,000
We're not just gonna

298
00:17:20,083 --> 00:17:22,500
sock it to ya
here at Wigstock '94,

299
00:17:22,583 --> 00:17:24,959
we're gonna
sock it right through ya!

300
00:17:25,041 --> 00:17:27,875
♪ B-A ♪

301
00:17:27,959 --> 00:17:29,750
♪ R-R... ♪

302
00:17:29,834 --> 00:17:32,750
Welcome to Wigstock 1997!

303
00:17:35,458 --> 00:17:38,375
This is our 15th fucking
anniversary.

304
00:17:38,458 --> 00:17:41,709
There is no way in hell
that we are gonna cancel.

305
00:17:41,792 --> 00:17:44,083
♪ Cuda ♪

306
00:18:15,417 --> 00:18:18,834
There's a lot
that's changed about New York.

307
00:18:18,917 --> 00:18:21,250
We talk about
this sense of community--

308
00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:24,625
well, are we really
in each other's lives?

309
00:18:24,709 --> 00:18:26,750
Oh, don't lick it,
don't lick it.

310
00:18:26,834 --> 00:18:29,250
- Don't lick it...
- Mwah!

311
00:18:29,333 --> 00:18:30,583
Bye. You're not
going with us?

312
00:18:30,667 --> 00:18:32,375
I don't think so.

313
00:18:32,458 --> 00:18:34,750
I think we're all scrolling
on Instagram,

314
00:18:34,834 --> 00:18:36,667
and I don't like
that community.

315
00:18:36,750 --> 00:18:38,250
And I don't need
to be a community

316
00:18:38,333 --> 00:18:41,417
with somebody
whose profile picture is a cat.

317
00:18:41,500 --> 00:18:43,542
- Good night, Bunny.
- Good night.

318
00:18:45,875 --> 00:18:48,125
Here's the sad part.

319
00:18:48,208 --> 00:18:51,041
New York City
is no longer affordable

320
00:18:51,125 --> 00:18:54,291
for the wacky,
offbeat artists

321
00:18:54,375 --> 00:18:56,125
that made Wigstock possible.

322
00:18:56,208 --> 00:18:58,291
- Hmm.
- It's not.

323
00:18:58,375 --> 00:19:00,083
If you're wacky
and you have a trust fund

324
00:19:00,166 --> 00:19:02,083
and rich parents,
then you can come.

325
00:19:02,166 --> 00:19:06,792
This is why
we treasure people like Bobbie

326
00:19:06,875 --> 00:19:08,792
who did make it here

327
00:19:08,875 --> 00:19:11,000
and who is one of us

328
00:19:11,083 --> 00:19:13,834
and who doesn't do the obvious,

329
00:19:13,917 --> 00:19:16,417
who is not cookie-cutter.

330
00:19:16,500 --> 00:19:19,000
- Oh...
- Hey, Bobbie.

331
00:19:19,083 --> 00:19:20,667
I'm gonna cry.

332
00:19:20,750 --> 00:19:22,792
Particularly,
Wigstock was the big thing

333
00:19:22,875 --> 00:19:24,792
that was like, OK,
"I need to move to New York,

334
00:19:24,875 --> 00:19:26,625
I need to get it together."

335
00:19:26,709 --> 00:19:29,458
And when I got here,
I thought it was still going on

336
00:19:29,542 --> 00:19:30,917
so I was super-excited.

337
00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:32,125
Honey,
we're bringing ' it back,

338
00:19:32,208 --> 00:19:34,166
and we're draggin' you with us.

339
00:19:34,250 --> 00:19:35,500
Even if it rains,

340
00:19:35,583 --> 00:19:39,041
we're gonna bring
the spirit of Wigstock back

341
00:19:39,125 --> 00:19:42,166
to New York City,
and maybe more.

342
00:19:42,250 --> 00:19:45,000
So,
should we stand up, sit down?

343
00:19:45,083 --> 00:19:47,792
What do you think?
'Cause we can bust out a pose.

344
00:19:47,875 --> 00:19:49,667
Bouncing around
and posing's great.

345
00:19:49,750 --> 00:19:51,291
OK. I'm new at this.

346
00:19:51,375 --> 00:19:53,458
You can see I'm very young.

347
00:19:53,542 --> 00:19:55,250
Amazing.

348
00:19:55,333 --> 00:19:57,208
I like that. Yes.

349
00:20:02,250 --> 00:20:04,333
Ohhh...

350
00:20:04,417 --> 00:20:07,458
There is a
Broadway element to this

351
00:20:07,542 --> 00:20:09,333
by adding Neil Patrick Harris,

352
00:20:09,417 --> 00:20:11,875
and the funny thing to me
is that some people have said,

353
00:20:11,959 --> 00:20:14,125
you know, "What are you doing
with Neil?"

354
00:20:14,208 --> 00:20:17,208
And I think there's many
more of his friends asking,

355
00:20:17,291 --> 00:20:21,959
"What are you doing with the
crazy old hag Lady Bunny?!"

356
00:20:27,208 --> 00:20:30,792
So we are very
thrilled that you are covering it.

357
00:20:30,875 --> 00:20:33,041
Thank you so much, honey.
Good to see you.

358
00:20:33,125 --> 00:20:35,542
Thanks for poppin' out so late.
OK.

359
00:20:35,625 --> 00:20:37,291
Just found out that RuPaul

360
00:20:37,375 --> 00:20:39,625
will not be performing,

361
00:20:39,709 --> 00:20:42,542
because we cannot fit
the amount of people

362
00:20:42,625 --> 00:20:44,792
it takes to make her
look like a gorgeous woman

363
00:20:44,875 --> 00:20:48,250
- on that rooftop. So...
- You're so mean.

364
00:20:48,333 --> 00:20:50,625
You are so mean.

365
00:21:00,458 --> 00:21:02,125
Oh, my God.

366
00:21:02,208 --> 00:21:05,917
It was a total
pinch-me moment

367
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:10,583
to see the lineup that they
announced for Wigstock,

368
00:21:10,667 --> 00:21:12,542
the fucking names

369
00:21:12,625 --> 00:21:15,208
that I was mentioned with.

370
00:21:15,291 --> 00:21:18,083
It's like definitely an honor
just to be nominated.

371
00:21:18,166 --> 00:21:20,250
Like, I think
they did it alphabetically,

372
00:21:20,333 --> 00:21:22,542
so I'm right after Candis.

373
00:21:22,625 --> 00:21:26,000
It's just like,
who in the fuck am I to be mentioned

374
00:21:26,083 --> 00:21:27,917
right after Candis Cayne?

375
00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,083
Jesus Christ.

376
00:21:29,166 --> 00:21:31,375
I wanna invite my trade

377
00:21:31,458 --> 00:21:34,792
to Wigstock,
but I don't think he'd go for it.

378
00:21:34,875 --> 00:21:36,917
Who is it?

379
00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,375
Oh... you know.

380
00:21:38,458 --> 00:21:39,959
Anyway, I don't
wanna talk about it.

381
00:21:40,041 --> 00:21:41,625
Why can't he come
to Wigstock?

382
00:21:41,709 --> 00:21:43,875
Well, because he lives
on the other spectrum

383
00:21:43,959 --> 00:21:47,166
of, like, the world,
you know, he's orderly and has--

384
00:21:47,250 --> 00:21:48,875
He's fucking you?

385
00:21:50,542 --> 00:21:52,667
Well, who says that--

386
00:21:52,750 --> 00:21:55,542
who says that I'm the one
getting fucked?

387
00:21:57,041 --> 00:21:58,792
- Me.
- Just kidding.

388
00:21:58,875 --> 00:22:01,041
I-- You know.

389
00:22:04,542 --> 00:22:07,542
- Are you gonna go to Wigstock?
- Yeah!

390
00:22:07,625 --> 00:22:10,709
- Are you?
- I wanna be a drag king.

391
00:22:10,792 --> 00:22:12,959
Ooh.

392
00:22:13,041 --> 00:22:15,667
What do you
know about drag queens?

393
00:22:15,750 --> 00:22:18,792
That they're crazy
and they say bad words.

394
00:22:18,875 --> 00:22:21,583
- Who uses bad words?
- Lady Bunny.

395
00:22:21,667 --> 00:22:24,750
- Yeah, Lady Bunny's got a filthy--
- ♪ Loco ♪

396
00:22:24,834 --> 00:22:27,250
She is loco.

397
00:22:27,333 --> 00:22:30,291
She did say more
curse words than anyone that we've--

398
00:22:30,375 --> 00:22:32,125
That we've ever
had over for dinner.

399
00:22:32,208 --> 00:22:33,667
She didn't even know
she'd said it.

400
00:22:33,750 --> 00:22:35,458
And we said,
"You just said the F-word."

401
00:22:35,542 --> 00:22:38,000
"I did?
Oh, I'm so sorry.

402
00:22:38,083 --> 00:22:39,458
I didn't even know
I said it."

403
00:22:39,542 --> 00:22:41,083
"I just thought
they were short.

404
00:22:41,166 --> 00:22:42,667
I didn't know
they were kids."

405
00:22:45,458 --> 00:22:47,875
Oh, man,
the sugar's kicked in.

406
00:22:47,959 --> 00:22:50,166
Excuse me!

407
00:22:50,250 --> 00:22:53,709
- No more sugar.
- They act like crazy monster people.

408
00:22:53,792 --> 00:22:55,291
That's what kids
are supposed to do.

409
00:22:55,375 --> 00:22:56,792
- Is it?
- I was a nightmare.

410
00:22:56,875 --> 00:22:58,250
I went to the ER,
like, every month.

411
00:22:58,333 --> 00:22:59,750
But that's not
a good example.

412
00:22:59,834 --> 00:23:02,250
Yeah, probably not.

413
00:23:03,583 --> 00:23:05,208
Wigstock in the past

414
00:23:05,291 --> 00:23:07,458
have been fun

415
00:23:07,542 --> 00:23:10,500
because they were alt, right?

416
00:23:10,583 --> 00:23:13,709
Now I feel like
drag is so embraced

417
00:23:13,792 --> 00:23:16,625
that I wonder if
if it will still have

418
00:23:16,709 --> 00:23:19,166
that pulse of necessity,

419
00:23:19,250 --> 00:23:22,417
or is it gonna feel like...

420
00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:24,000
Disney?

421
00:23:24,083 --> 00:23:25,667
The kernel of what Bunny wants,

422
00:23:25,750 --> 00:23:28,458
when she talked to us,
when I first approached her,

423
00:23:28,542 --> 00:23:30,417
what she wants in this

424
00:23:30,500 --> 00:23:32,709
is for everybody
just to have a laugh

425
00:23:32,792 --> 00:23:34,959
and to have fun and smile,

426
00:23:35,041 --> 00:23:36,959
and to get a relief,
have a release from

427
00:23:37,041 --> 00:23:40,083
all this shit that's goin' on
in the world right now.

428
00:23:46,125 --> 00:23:48,959
Tell us what you know
about Lady Bunny.

429
00:23:49,041 --> 00:23:54,208
Lady Bunny? She is who
the working girls today

430
00:23:54,291 --> 00:23:57,417
look towards
as Mother New York.

431
00:23:57,500 --> 00:23:59,208
Also she's really old-school.

432
00:23:59,291 --> 00:24:02,583
You've never seen her
out of drag. Ever.

433
00:24:02,667 --> 00:24:05,083
Like, fucking ever. Ever.

434
00:24:05,166 --> 00:24:06,917
For me, as a magician,

435
00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,667
I really enjoy
the magic trick element of it.

436
00:24:10,750 --> 00:24:13,083
For me, that's a part of it,
is going, "Wait a minute,

437
00:24:13,166 --> 00:24:15,834
I wonder what this person
looks like as a boy.

438
00:24:15,917 --> 00:24:17,875
How is that tuck happening?

439
00:24:17,959 --> 00:24:19,542
And how--

440
00:24:19,625 --> 00:24:22,083
I like the magic trick of it.

441
00:24:22,166 --> 00:24:24,792
Do you feel like
you guys do the same work?

442
00:24:24,875 --> 00:24:26,291
- Me and Bunny?
- Yeah.

443
00:24:26,375 --> 00:24:27,959
No, we're not
of the same time.

444
00:24:28,041 --> 00:24:31,125
My message is different
because I'm of a different time.

445
00:24:31,208 --> 00:24:33,917
I'm coming into drag
in a time

446
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,667
that needs visible trans women
in trans bodies

447
00:24:37,750 --> 00:24:40,125
transgressing
the drag stage.

448
00:24:40,208 --> 00:24:43,875
They had trans women on their stages
then, absolutely.

449
00:24:43,959 --> 00:24:47,000
Like, a thousand percent.
Like, they were all low-key trans women,

450
00:24:47,083 --> 00:24:50,083
'cause drag queens are, like,
all low-key trans women.

451
00:24:50,166 --> 00:24:52,291
Or they're no good.

452
00:24:52,375 --> 00:24:53,917
I've never really done drag.

453
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,208
I've never really gotten...

454
00:24:56,291 --> 00:24:58,333
- fully...
- Really?

455
00:24:58,417 --> 00:25:01,625
- Ever. No.
- You should, so you know what we have to go through.

456
00:25:01,709 --> 00:25:04,625
That's one of the reasons I
stopped drinking and went to shots.

457
00:25:04,709 --> 00:25:08,291
Because mixers, they fill up your bladder.
Shots, you just get drunk.

458
00:25:08,375 --> 00:25:11,166
You can't do mixers when you're in
drag because you have to pee too much.

459
00:25:11,250 --> 00:25:13,333
New York is unique.

460
00:25:13,417 --> 00:25:17,500
We are a community
who values performance first.

461
00:25:17,583 --> 00:25:20,125
That is Bunny's
whole fucking soapbox,

462
00:25:20,208 --> 00:25:23,959
is that everyone
in this post "Drag Race" era,

463
00:25:24,041 --> 00:25:26,500
and it's all about face,

464
00:25:26,583 --> 00:25:28,250
Bunny is the one who's like,

465
00:25:28,333 --> 00:25:30,834
"It only matters
what you do onstage."

466
00:25:43,583 --> 00:25:46,792
There's
this very explicit script

467
00:25:46,875 --> 00:25:48,709
that I was expected to follow.

468
00:25:48,792 --> 00:25:53,458
But I was, like,
a closeted church boy from Alabama.

469
00:25:56,458 --> 00:25:58,875
I came out,
and my parents flipped out,

470
00:25:58,959 --> 00:26:01,834
and within six months I look
around, and I don't have a family.

471
00:26:03,625 --> 00:26:05,959
Basically, my worst fears
were confirmed

472
00:26:06,041 --> 00:26:08,250
that the price of being myself

473
00:26:08,333 --> 00:26:10,750
meant my entire life
as I knew it.

474
00:26:18,125 --> 00:26:20,542
Convenient
thing about the Christian Church

475
00:26:20,625 --> 00:26:25,000
is that it's one
of the only places

476
00:26:25,083 --> 00:26:30,125
where flaming faggots
can hide in plain sight.

477
00:26:30,208 --> 00:26:34,709
Most of my gay role models
growing up,

478
00:26:34,792 --> 00:26:38,458
were closeted dads...

479
00:26:38,542 --> 00:26:40,208
in church.

480
00:26:40,291 --> 00:26:44,083
So I kind of,
in the back of my mind, knew...

481
00:26:44,166 --> 00:26:48,500
that my whole life
was gonna be spent hiding.

482
00:26:49,500 --> 00:26:51,333
And so I came to New York,

483
00:26:51,417 --> 00:26:53,250
thinking that even
as a freshman at NYU,

484
00:26:53,333 --> 00:26:55,792
I would be, like,
stepping out of a limo

485
00:26:55,875 --> 00:26:58,875
to dozens of photographers
everywhere I went

486
00:26:58,959 --> 00:27:00,250
within a few months.

487
00:27:00,333 --> 00:27:01,917
But it didn't go like that,

488
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,834
because my problems
followed me to New York.

489
00:27:04,917 --> 00:27:08,834
I was like, "I don't need a new
location, I need a new life."

490
00:27:12,083 --> 00:27:14,792
What makes
a really good drag queen,

491
00:27:14,875 --> 00:27:17,959
for me, it requires
an ascension.

492
00:27:18,041 --> 00:27:20,333
I like my drag queens,
like, trans,

493
00:27:20,417 --> 00:27:22,709
HIV-positive meth addicts,

494
00:27:22,792 --> 00:27:25,917
like, recovering
from something.

495
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,000
People who lost their family,

496
00:27:28,083 --> 00:27:32,458
we make better spokespeople
for the queer community

497
00:27:32,542 --> 00:27:36,291
because we have lost
all semblance

498
00:27:36,375 --> 00:27:38,458
of what it means to live
a normative, straight life.

499
00:27:38,542 --> 00:27:42,166
There's that artist's credo
of, like, "I am an artist

500
00:27:42,250 --> 00:27:44,792
because I share my trauma
with everyone,"

501
00:27:44,875 --> 00:27:47,667
so I realized that I wanted
to start manipulating my body

502
00:27:47,750 --> 00:27:49,500
as an extension of my art.

503
00:27:49,583 --> 00:27:52,333
It made sense for me
to want to

504
00:27:52,417 --> 00:27:54,208
start hormones,

505
00:27:54,291 --> 00:27:57,333
or start my medical transition,
onstage,

506
00:27:57,417 --> 00:27:59,959
which was at Bushwig
in 2015.

507
00:28:00,041 --> 00:28:01,291
It's 2015.

508
00:28:01,375 --> 00:28:03,333
We can be

509
00:28:03,417 --> 00:28:06,208
whatever the fuck we want.

510
00:28:10,083 --> 00:28:13,834
And I had my girlfriend

511
00:28:13,917 --> 00:28:15,959
shoot me up
with my first estrogen shot,

512
00:28:16,041 --> 00:28:18,250
that was not sanctioned
by Callen-Lorde or anything,

513
00:28:18,333 --> 00:28:20,709
there was no doctor
who knew I was doing it.

514
00:28:20,792 --> 00:28:23,041
There was an element
of proclamation to it,

515
00:28:23,125 --> 00:28:25,291
and there was also an element
of me trying

516
00:28:25,375 --> 00:28:29,208
to expose my community
to the trans experience.

517
00:28:35,041 --> 00:28:38,250
Bushwig is a drag festival

518
00:28:38,333 --> 00:28:39,875
that was started in Brooklyn

519
00:28:39,959 --> 00:28:42,166
to fill the hole
that Wigstock left.

520
00:28:46,291 --> 00:28:50,750
It is Lady Quesa'Dilla!

521
00:28:58,959 --> 00:29:02,542
I was Miss Bushwig in 2017.

522
00:29:02,625 --> 00:29:04,250
Thanks, girls!

523
00:29:04,333 --> 00:29:09,333
It's been
the best Bushwig ever!

524
00:29:09,417 --> 00:29:12,834
Here's to tits and a dick!
Love you! Mwah!

525
00:29:19,917 --> 00:29:21,667
Ladies and gentlemen,

526
00:29:21,750 --> 00:29:24,542
how are you doing tonight?

527
00:29:26,625 --> 00:29:30,417
We've got a little rock and
roll anthem for you tonight.

528
00:29:30,500 --> 00:29:32,917
This is the big finale
from our show--

529
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,750
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch."

530
00:29:34,834 --> 00:29:38,083
This is called "Midnight Radio."

531
00:29:41,166 --> 00:29:43,792
♪ That hits you so hard ♪

532
00:29:45,917 --> 00:29:47,667
♪ Filling you up ♪

533
00:29:50,583 --> 00:29:54,375
♪ Suddenly gone ♪

534
00:29:55,875 --> 00:29:58,959
♪ And you're spinning ♪

535
00:29:59,041 --> 00:30:01,500
♪ Like a 45 ♪

536
00:30:01,583 --> 00:30:03,709
♪ Ballerina dancing ♪

537
00:30:03,792 --> 00:30:08,375
♪ To your rock and roll ♪

538
00:30:09,750 --> 00:30:12,041
♪ Lift up your hands ♪

539
00:30:14,166 --> 00:30:16,542
♪ Lift up your hands ♪

540
00:30:16,625 --> 00:30:19,166
♪ Hands ♪

541
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,667
Thank you.

542
00:30:29,750 --> 00:30:31,417
Thank you.

543
00:30:31,500 --> 00:30:33,458
When we were
first doing Wigstock

544
00:30:33,542 --> 00:30:35,875
in Tompkins Square Park
and word came to me

545
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:40,750
that this legendary
pop star goddess

546
00:30:40,834 --> 00:30:44,709
thought that my little event
was cool enough for her

547
00:30:44,792 --> 00:30:46,834
to come down from the heavens

548
00:30:46,917 --> 00:30:51,834
and grace us with her
chart-topping magnificence...

549
00:30:58,417 --> 00:31:01,750
...I felt like
I had done did somethin'.

550
00:31:01,834 --> 00:31:03,333
Please put your hands together

551
00:31:03,417 --> 00:31:05,875
for the incredible...

552
00:31:05,959 --> 00:31:07,834
Deborah Harry.

553
00:31:07,917 --> 00:31:09,917
♪ Oh ♪

554
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,250
♪ Your hair is beautiful ♪

555
00:31:14,583 --> 00:31:17,875
♪ Oh ♪

556
00:31:17,959 --> 00:31:20,959
♪ Tonight ♪

557
00:31:21,041 --> 00:31:22,125
♪ Atomic ♪

558
00:31:26,417 --> 00:31:29,917
So, since it's about wigs,
I thought I should wear a wig.

559
00:31:35,291 --> 00:31:37,333
♪ Ooh ♪

560
00:31:40,792 --> 00:31:43,125
♪ Atomic ♪

561
00:31:46,917 --> 00:31:48,875
All right, fish stick!

562
00:31:50,875 --> 00:31:52,458
Thank you!

563
00:31:53,959 --> 00:31:55,333
The thing about Bunny

564
00:31:55,417 --> 00:31:56,917
that really pissed me off,
though,

565
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,041
is that she flirts like crazy.

566
00:31:59,125 --> 00:32:01,750
Debbie, it means so much
to me that you are here,

567
00:32:01,834 --> 00:32:06,083
and as a measure of my thanks,
I'm prepared to fuck you.

568
00:32:06,166 --> 00:32:10,417
Oh, Bunny, you say that every
year and I never get it!

569
00:32:14,125 --> 00:32:18,083
I would get all turned on,
and then nothing would happen.

570
00:32:25,500 --> 00:32:29,458
Just see, you
know, young men that on the street

571
00:32:29,542 --> 00:32:31,250
you wouldn't think anything of,

572
00:32:31,333 --> 00:32:33,875
but then they're transformed
into these beautiful,

573
00:32:33,959 --> 00:32:37,375
beautiful, exotic creatures.

574
00:32:37,458 --> 00:32:39,834
It's kind of wonderful.

575
00:32:42,375 --> 00:32:45,959
♪ You've changed ♪

576
00:32:46,041 --> 00:32:48,333
♪ That sparkle ♪

577
00:32:48,417 --> 00:32:51,959
♪ In your eyes is gone ♪

578
00:32:52,041 --> 00:32:54,792
♪ Your smile ♪

579
00:32:54,875 --> 00:32:58,041
♪ Is just a careless yawn ♪

580
00:32:58,125 --> 00:33:01,417
♪ You're breakin' my heart... ♪

581
00:33:01,500 --> 00:33:03,750
What makes makeup female?

582
00:33:03,834 --> 00:33:05,709
What makes anything female?

583
00:33:05,792 --> 00:33:08,291
What characterizes this life's
particular starting point?

584
00:33:08,375 --> 00:33:11,208
I mean, why are we--
what is this?

585
00:33:11,291 --> 00:33:13,792
One thing I think is amazing
is that when I was in a band,

586
00:33:13,875 --> 00:33:16,458
we went to dump little towns
and we played, and I was a boy,

587
00:33:16,542 --> 00:33:19,208
that was one thing, but then I
started doing a girl in the band,

588
00:33:19,291 --> 00:33:22,417
and I would go to these dump little
towns, in, like, Memphis, Tennessee.

589
00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:26,291
We'd go into a club, and there'd be
nothing but rednecks drinking beers

590
00:33:26,375 --> 00:33:29,667
waiting for the band to come on.
And I would think, "Oh, my God."

591
00:33:29,750 --> 00:33:33,333
And I'd go out on the stage and I
could see hostile faces at first.

592
00:33:33,417 --> 00:33:35,625
But within the course
of the show,

593
00:33:35,709 --> 00:33:38,083
the fantasy,
when it got to work,

594
00:33:38,166 --> 00:33:40,875
and by the end of the show they
were screaming and hollering

595
00:33:40,959 --> 00:33:43,250
and having a great time,
and weren't afraid--

596
00:33:43,333 --> 00:33:46,750
No matter what, we are
all the same thing.

597
00:33:46,834 --> 00:33:50,333
And that's just
one more step closer to that,

598
00:33:50,417 --> 00:33:51,500
which is great.

599
00:33:54,208 --> 00:33:58,000
It's a wonderful flavor.

600
00:33:58,083 --> 00:33:59,375
It is!

601
00:34:05,792 --> 00:34:09,208
♪ Do not let me go blind
for I still want to learn ♪

602
00:34:09,291 --> 00:34:12,667
♪ How to see what's in front
of my eyes without light ♪

603
00:34:12,750 --> 00:34:16,375
♪ What's inside of me,
what's inside ♪

604
00:34:16,458 --> 00:34:18,542
♪ What's inside ♪

605
00:34:18,625 --> 00:34:22,583
♪ Inside of, inside of ♪

606
00:34:27,625 --> 00:34:29,291
We have feminine ways,

607
00:34:29,375 --> 00:34:31,500
but we're not actually
guys that are--

608
00:34:31,583 --> 00:34:34,834
we look the way that we look, but
sometimes if people approach us, they think

609
00:34:34,917 --> 00:34:37,542
that we're these over-the-top--

610
00:34:37,625 --> 00:34:39,291
- Queens.
- Yeah.

611
00:34:39,375 --> 00:34:41,792
It's an appearance, but
personally, my personality--

612
00:34:41,875 --> 00:34:44,375
- Like, inside.
- Yeah.

613
00:34:44,458 --> 00:34:46,792
Your exterior has nothing to do
with what you feel internally.

614
00:34:46,875 --> 00:34:50,667
Everyone has a different mixture of
masculinity and femininity put together.

615
00:34:50,750 --> 00:34:53,041
But even in the gay community,
I feel like you think

616
00:34:53,125 --> 00:34:55,583
it's like a "land of the free," and
they even put you in boxes there.

617
00:34:55,667 --> 00:34:57,250
"You're a femme, you're a masc."

618
00:34:57,333 --> 00:34:58,959
It's really
a mixed pot of it all.

619
00:34:59,041 --> 00:35:02,583
I grew up very on
the masculine side of life,

620
00:35:02,667 --> 00:35:04,834
and I grew into my femininity.

621
00:35:04,917 --> 00:35:07,333
The boundaries
of drag are being pushed

622
00:35:07,417 --> 00:35:09,542
with it being mainstream now.

623
00:35:09,625 --> 00:35:11,375
It's getting more pushed
to the forefront,

624
00:35:11,458 --> 00:35:13,750
so I feel like the small,
little cracks for queens

625
00:35:13,834 --> 00:35:16,667
that didn't have
as much exposure as others

626
00:35:16,750 --> 00:35:19,959
are now getting that, and that's not
always in the essence of a woman.

627
00:35:20,041 --> 00:35:23,041
That's not always in the essence of a
man, or neither.

628
00:35:23,125 --> 00:35:25,500
It's bringing what you feel
inside to the forefront.

629
00:35:25,583 --> 00:35:28,458
Whatever that looks like,
that's your drag.

630
00:35:28,542 --> 00:35:32,583
♪ Captain of none,
captain of nothing ♪

631
00:35:32,667 --> 00:35:35,083
♪ Captain of none ♪

632
00:35:35,166 --> 00:35:37,333
Tabboo!: The big difference
between the queens of today

633
00:35:37,417 --> 00:35:38,792
and the queens of yesteryear

634
00:35:38,875 --> 00:35:41,083
is that the queens
of yesteryear

635
00:35:41,166 --> 00:35:43,417
were beautiful.

636
00:35:45,959 --> 00:35:48,083
Mmm! Mmm! Mmm!

637
00:35:48,166 --> 00:35:50,500
This is tasty.

638
00:35:50,583 --> 00:35:51,875
Yeah!

639
00:35:51,959 --> 00:35:53,959
What is it, huh?

640
00:35:54,041 --> 00:35:55,709
Shhh!

641
00:35:55,792 --> 00:35:57,875
It's a surprise!

642
00:36:00,291 --> 00:36:03,625
Pickle Surprise!
Pickle Surprise!

643
00:36:03,709 --> 00:36:05,667
Wigstock lemonade,
come and get it!

644
00:36:05,750 --> 00:36:08,375
Does anyone wanna buy
some Wigstock lemonade?

645
00:36:08,458 --> 00:36:10,417
Buy some lemonade?

646
00:36:12,417 --> 00:36:14,542
Tabboo!: You know, those
queens, those young queens,

647
00:36:14,625 --> 00:36:17,166
they have no idea that they
climbed to where they are

648
00:36:17,250 --> 00:36:19,709
on the shoulders and the backs
of the old queens

649
00:36:19,792 --> 00:36:21,500
that came before them!

650
00:36:21,583 --> 00:36:24,291
It's hard enough being gay,
never mind being a woman, honey,

651
00:36:24,375 --> 00:36:25,458
never mind being a gay woman,

652
00:36:25,542 --> 00:36:27,000
never mind being
a black gay woman.

653
00:36:27,083 --> 00:36:31,083
Tabboo!: Back in the
day before cell phones

654
00:36:31,166 --> 00:36:33,667
and bottled water,
before the robots took over.

655
00:36:33,750 --> 00:36:37,583
When Wigstock first started,
it was only a few short years,

656
00:36:37,667 --> 00:36:40,333
maybe 15 years after
Stonewall revolutionary,

657
00:36:40,417 --> 00:36:43,041
that whole thing,
so if you walked around,

658
00:36:43,125 --> 00:36:45,166
if you paraded around
on the streets in drag,

659
00:36:45,250 --> 00:36:46,750
you'd get your ass kicked!

660
00:36:46,834 --> 00:36:49,667
Out in public in drag?
Huh?! What?!

661
00:36:49,750 --> 00:36:51,208
Huh-huh-huh-huh.

662
00:36:51,291 --> 00:36:53,166
Shocking. Revolutionary.

663
00:36:53,250 --> 00:36:55,166
They all love me.
The men love me.

664
00:36:55,250 --> 00:36:57,208
The women love me.

665
00:36:57,291 --> 00:36:58,583
Mahogany.

666
00:36:58,667 --> 00:37:00,625
Tabboo!:
It kick-started the whole

667
00:37:00,709 --> 00:37:02,959
"Come out, come out,
wherever you are" kinda thing.

668
00:37:03,041 --> 00:37:06,041
Before that,
even Liberace and Freddie Mercury,

669
00:37:06,125 --> 00:37:08,500
they were all in the closet,
believe it or not.

670
00:37:08,583 --> 00:37:11,417
And Wigstock said,
"What closet, honey?

671
00:37:11,500 --> 00:37:13,083
My drag is clogging the closet,

672
00:37:13,166 --> 00:37:15,875
there's no room for me
in there, honey. Hello."

673
00:37:15,959 --> 00:37:18,041
It's "in"
to be gay in the '90s,

674
00:37:18,125 --> 00:37:20,000
did you know that?

675
00:37:20,083 --> 00:37:23,417
It's "in" to be gay!
Who woulda thunk it, right?

676
00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:25,500
But it's a new day.

677
00:37:25,583 --> 00:37:28,834
We're being televised worldwide
again today.

678
00:37:28,917 --> 00:37:31,041
The world is watching!

679
00:37:31,125 --> 00:37:32,875
The world
is watching!

680
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:34,667
Honey,
I'm gonna tell you right now,

681
00:37:34,750 --> 00:37:36,750
they said just by being there,

682
00:37:36,834 --> 00:37:38,959
Wigstock is in-your-face.

683
00:37:41,166 --> 00:37:44,917
If it was in-your-face to say
we're not ashamed of who we are,

684
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:49,083
so my focus was: Let me
show you what we could do.

685
00:37:49,166 --> 00:37:51,917
Folks, you know,
you got your drag queens

686
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,083
and you got your drag kings.

687
00:37:54,166 --> 00:37:56,959
Not only do I
already expect you to accept us,

688
00:37:57,041 --> 00:38:00,083
watch this,
and if you don't like it,

689
00:38:00,166 --> 00:38:01,875
hit it,
'cause you don't see me

690
00:38:01,959 --> 00:38:03,917
carrying on
at your football games.

691
00:38:05,834 --> 00:38:08,000
♪ Baby, baby ♪

692
00:38:09,709 --> 00:38:11,709
♪ Baby, baby ♪

693
00:38:11,792 --> 00:38:14,458
If I've said anything
to any of you

694
00:38:14,542 --> 00:38:17,834
and if I stepped on your toes,
I have something to say:

695
00:38:17,917 --> 00:38:19,792
Baby, I really don't
give a damn.

696
00:38:19,875 --> 00:38:21,667
Lighten up,
it's just a drag show.

697
00:38:24,291 --> 00:38:27,291
We all felt like we
were putting something special

698
00:38:27,375 --> 00:38:29,333
out there into New York,

699
00:38:29,417 --> 00:38:32,792
because this was
the time of AIDS...

700
00:38:32,875 --> 00:38:35,333
sinking in.

701
00:38:35,417 --> 00:38:37,291
A lot of you have
had a lot of fun,

702
00:38:37,375 --> 00:38:40,083
like I have,
like Ru and Lahoma have had,

703
00:38:40,166 --> 00:38:43,667
for a couple of years
at parties by Stephen Cohen.

704
00:38:43,750 --> 00:38:45,291
If you haven't heard the news,

705
00:38:45,375 --> 00:38:47,208
Stephen Cohen
passed away this week

706
00:38:47,291 --> 00:38:49,458
of complications from AIDS.

707
00:38:49,542 --> 00:38:52,125
I, personally, and Marge,
are giving money

708
00:38:52,208 --> 00:38:53,709
to the Community
Research Initiative

709
00:38:53,792 --> 00:38:56,125
to help find a cure,
I hope you do too.

710
00:38:56,208 --> 00:38:58,333
And I know how
I would like to be remembered,

711
00:38:58,417 --> 00:39:00,000
so we're gonna open
some champagne

712
00:39:00,083 --> 00:39:02,500
and have a really nice time.
Think of Stephen while...

713
00:39:02,583 --> 00:39:05,000
People were
dropping like flies.

714
00:39:05,083 --> 00:39:07,125
Pop it, baby, pop it!

715
00:39:07,208 --> 00:39:08,750
It was terrifying.

716
00:39:08,834 --> 00:39:11,500
I didn't visit
one of my best friends,

717
00:39:11,583 --> 00:39:15,000
I did not visit him in the
hospital as much as I should have

718
00:39:15,083 --> 00:39:17,750
because I was too scared

719
00:39:17,834 --> 00:39:21,542
to face the fact
that I might have it.

720
00:39:21,625 --> 00:39:23,542
But unfortunately,
after performing,

721
00:39:23,625 --> 00:39:27,834
shortly after performing
at Wigstock last year...

722
00:39:27,917 --> 00:39:31,166
she passed away.

723
00:39:31,250 --> 00:39:33,667
I would have loved to have her
perform again this year.

724
00:39:33,750 --> 00:39:35,750
She was a queen among queens,
never bitchy,

725
00:39:35,834 --> 00:39:38,709
never evil
like so many of these girls.

726
00:39:38,792 --> 00:39:42,875
And I'm sure she's
very much missed by family

727
00:39:42,959 --> 00:39:44,875
and friends.

728
00:39:44,959 --> 00:39:49,041
And I hope we can
put all of our thoughts

729
00:39:49,125 --> 00:39:51,959
up towards the sky
and think of Donna right now.

730
00:39:52,041 --> 00:39:55,625
Come on out here,
let's send her a wig up to the heavens.

731
00:39:57,750 --> 00:39:59,500
She might have been--

732
00:39:59,583 --> 00:40:02,208
I don't know if her family
understood her properly

733
00:40:02,291 --> 00:40:03,750
and buried her in her wig.

734
00:40:03,834 --> 00:40:08,542
In case they didn't,
this goes out to you, Donna.

735
00:40:12,542 --> 00:40:15,083
We're thinkin' of ya, honey.

736
00:40:18,417 --> 00:40:19,834
Ladies and gentlemen,

737
00:40:19,917 --> 00:40:24,250
she is a columnist
for "Time Out New York,"

738
00:40:24,333 --> 00:40:27,250
She also hosted and created

739
00:40:27,333 --> 00:40:30,291
the fantastic Club Night
at the Pyramid--

740
00:40:30,375 --> 00:40:33,083
back when it was fun--

741
00:40:33,166 --> 00:40:35,709
Ooh. Put your hands together

742
00:40:35,792 --> 00:40:38,750
for Linda Simpson.

743
00:40:41,875 --> 00:40:45,333
Thank you, Bunny.
Thank you so much for that.

744
00:40:45,417 --> 00:40:48,458
Putting on drag
gives you a lot of confidence,

745
00:40:48,542 --> 00:40:52,709
and all of a sudden,
you're "pizzazz," you know what I mean?

746
00:40:52,792 --> 00:40:54,875
And you are strong,
you're bold.

747
00:40:54,959 --> 00:40:57,083
I demand more lights!

748
00:40:57,166 --> 00:41:00,333
I demand even more lights!
Yes! All right.

749
00:41:00,417 --> 00:41:02,542
And then
once you take the drag out,

750
00:41:02,625 --> 00:41:04,959
it can be sort of disorienting,

751
00:41:05,041 --> 00:41:07,375
because you don't have
that armor

752
00:41:07,458 --> 00:41:10,125
and people don't react to you
in the same way

753
00:41:10,208 --> 00:41:13,417
and they sometimes
don't give you that bow-down,

754
00:41:13,500 --> 00:41:16,583
worshipful atmosphere
that you've been getting.

755
00:41:16,667 --> 00:41:19,041
Do you think one of the
drawbacks of doing drag, though,

756
00:41:19,125 --> 00:41:22,417
is when you're in drag,
it's hard to get a gay guy

757
00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:24,959
to be interested in you?

758
00:41:25,041 --> 00:41:27,750
Who's gonna waste a shave
on a gay guy?

759
00:41:31,500 --> 00:41:34,959
"Drag Race," which
dominates all things drag now,

760
00:41:35,041 --> 00:41:37,792
created this incredible
renaissance for drag.

761
00:41:37,875 --> 00:41:40,208
But the other side of the coin
would be

762
00:41:40,291 --> 00:41:45,041
that drag certainly was fun
when it was underground

763
00:41:45,125 --> 00:41:47,250
and I have a great fondness

764
00:41:47,333 --> 00:41:50,166
for when it was just a fun,

765
00:41:50,250 --> 00:41:53,166
avant-garde way
of expressing oneself.

766
00:41:53,250 --> 00:41:54,750
It was very unique.

767
00:41:54,834 --> 00:41:56,458
There wasn't anyplace else
in the world

768
00:41:56,542 --> 00:41:58,834
that was like
the East Village drag scene.

769
00:41:58,917 --> 00:42:02,834
Back then it was a smaller
group, it was an inside group.

770
00:42:02,917 --> 00:42:05,125
Someone has to take my picture.

771
00:42:05,208 --> 00:42:07,083
Stand right here, Linda.

772
00:42:07,166 --> 00:42:09,625
Let the light
drink your face in.

773
00:42:09,709 --> 00:42:11,709
Let's see...

774
00:42:11,792 --> 00:42:14,125
Ooh, that face, girl.
You are fierce!

775
00:42:14,208 --> 00:42:17,333
I feel so pretty that I feel like
I must have always looked this way.

776
00:42:17,417 --> 00:42:19,417
OK, come over here some.

777
00:42:19,500 --> 00:42:22,125
Yes, there it is.
There's the face.

778
00:42:22,208 --> 00:42:23,625
Now, to me,

779
00:42:23,709 --> 00:42:27,208
drag is all about
demystifying drag,

780
00:42:27,291 --> 00:42:30,375
and so, you know,
it takes away

781
00:42:30,458 --> 00:42:33,083
from the insider-y,

782
00:42:33,166 --> 00:42:35,834
"We've got a secret"
kind of club feel

783
00:42:35,917 --> 00:42:37,375
that we had before.

784
00:42:37,458 --> 00:42:39,166
Mona, it's so nice
to have you here.

785
00:42:39,250 --> 00:42:41,041
We just celebrated
our two-year anniversary,

786
00:42:41,125 --> 00:42:43,375
I think you were reminiscing about the
first time that you performed here.

787
00:42:43,458 --> 00:42:45,417
You were saying that your
makeup was a little off,

788
00:42:45,500 --> 00:42:47,125
your hair was a little off--
what's changed?

789
00:42:47,208 --> 00:42:49,333
Um...

790
00:42:51,417 --> 00:42:53,333
There's no secrets anymore.

791
00:42:53,417 --> 00:42:54,875
It's like,
"Here's how you do the makeup,

792
00:42:54,959 --> 00:42:56,375
here's how you stuff the boobs,

793
00:42:56,458 --> 00:42:58,041
here's how
you put the wigs on.

794
00:42:58,125 --> 00:43:00,333
Here's the language we use."

795
00:43:00,417 --> 00:43:04,208
It's very interesting now how
people have created stardom,

796
00:43:04,291 --> 00:43:06,333
and many of them
are quite young.

797
00:43:06,417 --> 00:43:09,417
And you know that expression
"High tide raises all ships"?

798
00:43:09,500 --> 00:43:13,333
Even drag queens
that are not on "Drag Race"

799
00:43:13,417 --> 00:43:17,458
are benefitting
from the popularity of the show

800
00:43:17,542 --> 00:43:19,333
and in drag in general.

801
00:43:19,417 --> 00:43:21,417
I wanna tell ya,

802
00:43:21,500 --> 00:43:23,333
I've always had a dream

803
00:43:23,417 --> 00:43:25,500
and I've always wanted
to do what I do,

804
00:43:25,583 --> 00:43:30,041
and I want to tell each and every one
of you within the sound of my voice:

805
00:43:30,125 --> 00:43:33,834
Hold onto your dreams,
hold onto your dreams!

806
00:43:33,917 --> 00:43:37,375
'Cause if it can work for me,
it can work for you.

807
00:43:37,458 --> 00:43:39,500
I love you.
Good night, everybody.

808
00:43:46,375 --> 00:43:50,458
What would it mean to you to become
America's next drag superstar?

809
00:43:50,542 --> 00:43:53,208
It would mean the world to me to
be America's next drag superstar.

810
00:43:53,291 --> 00:43:55,166
Ru was very about

811
00:43:55,250 --> 00:43:56,208
building an empire

812
00:43:56,291 --> 00:43:57,750
of what you can build an empire,

813
00:43:57,834 --> 00:43:59,625
honing in on
your natural gift.

814
00:43:59,709 --> 00:44:02,583
I've been lucky enough
to have Ru pave the way for me,

815
00:44:02,667 --> 00:44:04,417
but who the fuck
paved the way for Ru

816
00:44:04,500 --> 00:44:06,000
to do what he's doing
right now?

817
00:44:07,500 --> 00:44:10,291
He took over
the world of drag.

818
00:44:12,959 --> 00:44:14,500
When it comes to career-wise,

819
00:44:14,583 --> 00:44:17,625
I do view Ru almost as like
a father figure.

820
00:44:17,709 --> 00:44:19,625
Is that weird to say?

821
00:44:27,917 --> 00:44:30,959
I started drag when I was 18.

822
00:44:31,041 --> 00:44:33,291
I was pretty much
in drag in high school,

823
00:44:33,375 --> 00:44:35,458
like, for the most part,

824
00:44:35,542 --> 00:44:39,458
six-inch heels to, like,
the first day of senior year,

825
00:44:39,542 --> 00:44:41,834
with big Lady Gaga eyebrows.

826
00:44:41,917 --> 00:44:45,792
To test out my makeup skills,
I would do my makeup,

827
00:44:45,875 --> 00:44:47,792
and then I would
go on Chatroulette,

828
00:44:47,875 --> 00:44:50,083
and if they didn't see
that I wasn't--

829
00:44:50,166 --> 00:44:52,834
if they wouldn't "next" me,
thinking I was a dude,

830
00:44:52,917 --> 00:44:56,083
then I was like, "My makeup
turned out well today."

831
00:44:59,834 --> 00:45:01,667
When I was on "Drag Race,"

832
00:45:01,750 --> 00:45:04,083
I broke a bunch of rules
and tried to get kicked off

833
00:45:04,166 --> 00:45:06,500
because I knew getting kicked
off is iconic on reality shows.

834
00:45:06,583 --> 00:45:08,291
Now no one else can have it.

835
00:45:08,375 --> 00:45:10,166
It's one of those things
where any reality TV show,

836
00:45:10,250 --> 00:45:12,875
it's a tool to a bigger career,
hopefully.

837
00:45:12,959 --> 00:45:16,542
I think I've navigated my way through
that motherfucking beautifully.

838
00:45:23,792 --> 00:45:26,166
I'm still working to this day,
seven years later,

839
00:45:26,250 --> 00:45:28,417
and I'm in a movie
with fucking Lady Gaga,

840
00:45:28,500 --> 00:45:30,125
so I'm doing
something right.

841
00:45:33,291 --> 00:45:36,709
The fact that drag has gone from
whispering about drag queens

842
00:45:36,792 --> 00:45:38,166
in the corner of a club

843
00:45:38,250 --> 00:45:40,875
to standing in two-hour-line
meet-and-greets

844
00:45:40,959 --> 00:45:42,417
just to shake their hand

845
00:45:42,500 --> 00:45:44,250
blows my mind.

846
00:45:44,333 --> 00:45:47,333
And I love that
it's being normalized.

847
00:45:47,417 --> 00:45:49,500
Thanks!
And happy Groundhogs Day.

848
00:45:49,583 --> 00:45:52,291
They're fuckin' rodents.

849
00:45:52,375 --> 00:45:54,250
I'm just gonna put
my Taser away...

850
00:45:54,333 --> 00:45:55,583
and shut the door.

851
00:45:55,667 --> 00:45:58,000
'Cause there's bugs
and crackheads.

852
00:45:58,083 --> 00:46:00,834
The best thing ever was, a crackhead
came through the back door once

853
00:46:00,917 --> 00:46:02,458
late at night, and it was like

854
00:46:02,542 --> 00:46:04,750
five minutes after
my camera guy had left,

855
00:46:04,834 --> 00:46:06,917
so I was like, "He's just
coming back for something."

856
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:09,000
But the door opened
kind slow,

857
00:46:09,083 --> 00:46:11,333
and I was right here

858
00:46:11,417 --> 00:46:13,125
and I was still in drag
from filming,

859
00:46:13,208 --> 00:46:15,834
and the first thing I did
was go like this

860
00:46:15,917 --> 00:46:18,750
and then grab this knife
and do-- bam!-- and I said,

861
00:46:18,834 --> 00:46:20,959
"I have a knife,
I will hurt you,"

862
00:46:21,041 --> 00:46:24,166
and he starts--
he gets one foot in the door,

863
00:46:24,250 --> 00:46:26,417
and he's like right here,

864
00:46:26,500 --> 00:46:28,125
I say, "I have a knife,
I will hurt you,"

865
00:46:28,208 --> 00:46:30,375
and he's like,
"Oh, my God, I'm sorry, ma'am!"

866
00:46:30,458 --> 00:46:32,750
And then he fell right there
going back.

867
00:46:32,834 --> 00:46:35,000
But he called me "ma'am!"

868
00:46:35,083 --> 00:46:37,417
How cute, right? I passed.

869
00:46:37,500 --> 00:46:39,083
I was so excited.

870
00:46:39,166 --> 00:46:40,959
And I was ready
to fuckin' stab him, too.

871
00:46:41,041 --> 00:46:43,750
You don't come in
my fuckin' back door.

872
00:46:43,834 --> 00:46:47,291
Well, a lot of people come in my
fuckin' back door, but not like that.

873
00:46:47,375 --> 00:46:49,458
That was different.

874
00:46:49,542 --> 00:46:53,542
When I'm in Wigstock this year,
I think I'm gonna, um...

875
00:46:53,625 --> 00:46:56,125
butt-chug on my hoverboard.

876
00:46:56,208 --> 00:47:00,667
And my hoverboard's like a little Judy
Jetson little "vroom, vroom" thing,

877
00:47:00,750 --> 00:47:06,458
and then butt-chugging is when you
stick alcohol in a disposable enema

878
00:47:06,542 --> 00:47:07,959
and then put it up your butt.

879
00:47:08,041 --> 00:47:09,792
Because it gets you
real fucked up, real fast,

880
00:47:09,875 --> 00:47:12,792
and that's the best way to be
when you're a drag queen.

881
00:47:12,875 --> 00:47:15,709
And then you don't
squirt it at the audience

882
00:47:15,792 --> 00:47:18,208
because that's a whole
different kind of show.

883
00:47:18,291 --> 00:47:19,583
That gets very combative.

884
00:47:19,667 --> 00:47:21,542
Nobody wants to get wet
at a drag show, I think.

885
00:47:21,625 --> 00:47:23,000
Especially with ass juice.

886
00:47:23,083 --> 00:47:26,375
Who's ready for bingo?

887
00:47:28,834 --> 00:47:32,041
Look at the crowd!
And this is the second show.

888
00:47:32,125 --> 00:47:34,000
Look at that!

889
00:47:34,083 --> 00:47:37,583
The crowd is 30-45% faggots,

890
00:47:37,667 --> 00:47:40,083
the rest is straight women.

891
00:47:40,166 --> 00:47:41,750
Straight, drunk
bachelorettes.

892
00:47:41,834 --> 00:47:44,417
A lot of women grow up
playing with dolls,

893
00:47:44,500 --> 00:47:47,166
and then when they get old, they still
want someone to dress up and hang out with,

894
00:47:47,250 --> 00:47:49,709
so they get drag queens,
and then they pull our wigs.

895
00:47:51,500 --> 00:47:53,667
Use your flash.

896
00:47:53,750 --> 00:47:55,250
Yes.

897
00:47:57,792 --> 00:47:59,542
♪ Love stands tall and free ♪

898
00:47:59,625 --> 00:48:02,208
♪ Love stands
tall and free ♪

899
00:48:02,291 --> 00:48:04,208
♪ Love stands tall and free ♪

900
00:48:04,291 --> 00:48:06,458
♪ Love stands
tall and free ♪

901
00:48:06,542 --> 00:48:08,625
♪ Love stands tall and free ♪

902
00:48:08,709 --> 00:48:10,667
♪ Love stands
tall and free ♪

903
00:48:10,750 --> 00:48:13,750
♪ Love stands tall and free ♪

904
00:48:13,834 --> 00:48:15,625
♪ Love stands ♪

905
00:48:15,709 --> 00:48:19,458
♪ Tall and free! ♪

906
00:48:22,083 --> 00:48:25,959
Oh! Oh! Oh!

907
00:48:29,083 --> 00:48:32,667
Oh, my God!
Wigstock's first baby!

908
00:48:41,333 --> 00:48:43,750
My little baby!

909
00:48:43,834 --> 00:48:47,166
This is your first
time here at Wigstock, honey.

910
00:48:47,250 --> 00:48:50,458
Have you got anything to say
to these rascals out here?

911
00:48:50,542 --> 00:48:53,792
Hi! How are you?!

912
00:48:53,875 --> 00:48:56,083
Enjoy your day, be safe,

913
00:48:56,166 --> 00:48:59,208
and just let it it all out,
honey.

914
00:48:59,291 --> 00:49:01,542
The first
year I performed at Wigstock,

915
00:49:01,625 --> 00:49:03,959
I got to open it,
and I was like, "What?"

916
00:49:04,041 --> 00:49:06,917
Bunny was like, "You're going
on now," and I was like, "What?"

917
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:08,709
And it was fun, it was fun.

918
00:49:08,792 --> 00:49:11,208
But Flotilla wasn't born yet.

919
00:49:11,291 --> 00:49:16,834
I did not get involved in drag
until 1991.

920
00:49:16,917 --> 00:49:20,083
The people at Boy Bar,
they put me together.

921
00:49:20,166 --> 00:49:21,417
I was groomed,

922
00:49:21,500 --> 00:49:23,917
by Raven O and Matthew Kasten.

923
00:49:25,041 --> 00:49:26,417
Hands down.

924
00:49:26,500 --> 00:49:29,083
Hands down.
Boy Bar beauty forever.

925
00:49:31,792 --> 00:49:33,917
There's too many people
right now

926
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:35,542
that want to be drag queens,

927
00:49:35,625 --> 00:49:38,166
and some of 'em don't know
what that entails.

928
00:49:38,250 --> 00:49:41,625
My thing is,
if it's all about money

929
00:49:41,709 --> 00:49:43,291
and I don't have the passion,

930
00:49:43,375 --> 00:49:46,083
what the fuck
am I doing this for?

931
00:49:46,166 --> 00:49:49,125
When you find somebody
that really wants to do drag

932
00:49:49,208 --> 00:49:50,625
and has a passion about it,

933
00:49:50,709 --> 00:49:52,208
that's what drag, to me,
is about,

934
00:49:52,291 --> 00:49:54,333
and performing is about.

935
00:49:54,417 --> 00:49:57,750
Finding somebody
who just loves the art,

936
00:49:57,834 --> 00:50:01,458
and when they're onstage,
you can see it.

937
00:50:01,542 --> 00:50:03,667
Lady Quesa'Dilla right here,

938
00:50:03,792 --> 00:50:06,166
who is a daughter
of Perfidia,

939
00:50:06,250 --> 00:50:08,667
just a remarkable performer.

940
00:50:08,750 --> 00:50:10,834
And studies the history,
no less.

941
00:50:10,917 --> 00:50:13,667
See, a lot of people
don't study their history

942
00:50:13,750 --> 00:50:16,709
of who was before them,
who's with them,

943
00:50:16,792 --> 00:50:18,500
who's after them.

944
00:50:18,583 --> 00:50:21,417
This is my drag daughter,
Miss Konima.

945
00:50:21,500 --> 00:50:25,125
- Konima, this is--
- Konima? Hi. Flo, nice to meet you, sweetie.

946
00:50:25,208 --> 00:50:27,000
- Mm-hmm.
- OK.

947
00:50:27,083 --> 00:50:29,792
I would
see them nurtured at Pyramid,

948
00:50:29,875 --> 00:50:32,500
you know, I had Linda Simpson,
I had Bobby Miller,

949
00:50:32,583 --> 00:50:35,417
doing my hair, and my makeup,
when it looked rotten.

950
00:50:35,500 --> 00:50:38,041
We took care of each other.

951
00:50:38,125 --> 00:50:40,792
They're beginning
to have some of 'em now.

952
00:50:40,875 --> 00:50:43,834
The girls in Bushwick
are taking care of each other.

953
00:50:43,917 --> 00:50:45,291
Which is a good thing.

954
00:50:45,375 --> 00:50:46,750
Which is a really good thing.

955
00:50:46,834 --> 00:50:49,083
Everybody can do drag, yeah.

956
00:50:49,166 --> 00:50:50,667
That's good, ya know.

957
00:50:50,750 --> 00:50:53,792
But what kind of drag queen
do you want to be?

958
00:50:57,542 --> 00:51:00,291
♪ Well, I don't
wanna talk about... ♪

959
00:51:00,375 --> 00:51:02,834
Let me show you the lineup.

960
00:51:02,917 --> 00:51:05,625
- This is the lineup for Wigstock?
- Yeah.

961
00:51:05,709 --> 00:51:07,875
We just got it.

962
00:51:07,959 --> 00:51:10,291
Let me try finding you...

963
00:51:10,375 --> 00:51:13,000
Oh, my God.
So many people.

964
00:51:13,083 --> 00:51:17,333
God, the legend lineup
is so real.

965
00:51:22,875 --> 00:51:24,709
♪ Mary had a little lamb ♪

966
00:51:24,792 --> 00:51:26,709
♪ Her fleece was white as snow ♪

967
00:51:26,792 --> 00:51:28,500
♪ Everywhere that Mary went ♪

968
00:51:28,583 --> 00:51:30,083
♪ The lamb was sure to go ♪

969
00:51:30,166 --> 00:51:33,000
♪ He made the children laugh
and play ♪

970
00:51:33,083 --> 00:51:34,417
♪ Laugh and play ♪

971
00:51:49,917 --> 00:51:51,583
♪ Come on, boys and girls ♪

972
00:51:51,667 --> 00:51:53,250
♪ Put your hands on up ♪

973
00:51:53,333 --> 00:51:54,959
♪ If you're part
of the family ♪

974
00:51:55,041 --> 00:51:56,792
♪ If you're part
of the children ♪

975
00:51:56,875 --> 00:51:58,959
♪ Say yes, I am ♪

976
00:51:59,041 --> 00:52:00,500
♪ Yes, I, yes, I, yes, I am ♪

977
00:52:00,583 --> 00:52:01,917
♪ I am one of the children ♪

978
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:04,166
♪ From here to there ♪

979
00:52:07,750 --> 00:52:10,291
♪ You've got to feel ♪

980
00:52:10,375 --> 00:52:12,834
♪ Alive ♪

981
00:52:12,917 --> 00:52:18,458
♪ You're dancing,
you're dancing ♪

982
00:52:18,542 --> 00:52:20,583
Early '90s, I met Kevin,

983
00:52:20,667 --> 00:52:24,875
and he was my source
into New York.

984
00:52:24,959 --> 00:52:27,166
Kevin's name was so hot

985
00:52:27,250 --> 00:52:30,458
that our group was just, like,
they wanted us everywhere.

986
00:52:30,542 --> 00:52:32,458
♪ So alive ♪

987
00:52:32,542 --> 00:52:35,000
There were
all these things happening,

988
00:52:35,083 --> 00:52:37,291
and Kevin's career
was exploding.

989
00:52:37,375 --> 00:52:39,333
♪ The lights are spinning ♪

990
00:52:39,417 --> 00:52:40,875
♪ In my head ♪

991
00:52:40,959 --> 00:52:45,250
♪ Getting brighter
as we go higher ♪

992
00:52:45,333 --> 00:52:47,625
♪ I'm feeling free for me ♪

993
00:52:47,709 --> 00:52:52,917
♪ Only the mirror ball
really matters at all ♪

994
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:56,875
♪ The joy I found like a child
on a merry-go-round ♪

995
00:52:56,959 --> 00:53:00,250
♪ DJ playin' records
spinnin' round and round ♪

996
00:53:00,333 --> 00:53:02,750
♪ I'll be dancing
all night long ♪

997
00:53:02,834 --> 00:53:04,709
♪ I'm at peace with my soul ♪

998
00:53:04,792 --> 00:53:08,291
♪ I feel love,
I am so, so alive ♪

999
00:53:08,375 --> 00:53:11,542
♪ Loving the feeling,
learning the meaning ♪

1000
00:53:11,625 --> 00:53:15,458
♪ On top of the world
and I'm hot, so alive ♪

1001
00:53:15,542 --> 00:53:19,333
♪ It's closer than ever ♪

1002
00:53:19,417 --> 00:53:23,458
♪ Get me so high ♪

1003
00:53:23,542 --> 00:53:26,542
♪ Dance it, shake it, move it ♪

1004
00:53:26,625 --> 00:53:29,166
And at the
same time in New York City,

1005
00:53:29,250 --> 00:53:31,083
Mayor Giuliani
became in charge,

1006
00:53:31,166 --> 00:53:33,750
and his whole thing
was law and order.

1007
00:53:36,166 --> 00:53:39,500
So he really cracked down hard
on the nightlife.

1008
00:53:39,583 --> 00:53:43,625
All of a sudden, the club scene
began shrinking dramatically.

1009
00:53:43,709 --> 00:53:45,542
And of course,
that affected drag a lot,

1010
00:53:45,625 --> 00:53:47,875
because the freedom
and the jobs

1011
00:53:47,959 --> 00:53:51,542
and the whole sociability of it
shrunk, ya know?

1012
00:53:51,625 --> 00:53:53,250
Everybody was under siege.

1013
00:53:53,333 --> 00:53:54,875
I think he should
close 'em today,

1014
00:53:54,959 --> 00:53:57,083
the video stores,
Show World,

1015
00:53:57,166 --> 00:53:58,500
all the dancing places--

1016
00:53:58,583 --> 00:54:00,375
I think every one of 'em
should be shut down.

1017
00:54:00,458 --> 00:54:02,709
They're an absolute disgrace
to the neighborhood,

1018
00:54:02,792 --> 00:54:05,333
they attract nothing
but garbage and sleaze.

1019
00:54:05,417 --> 00:54:08,041
Personally,
I'm a dancer myself,

1020
00:54:08,125 --> 00:54:10,458
so, I mean, it hurts me
just as well as everybody else.

1021
00:54:10,542 --> 00:54:12,000
I don't think there's no need.

1022
00:54:12,083 --> 00:54:13,667
It's not really
affecting anybody.

1023
00:54:13,750 --> 00:54:16,667
There are some kind
of alarming changes coming up,

1024
00:54:16,750 --> 00:54:19,917
and actually affect
Wigstock's future.

1025
00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:23,583
Giuliani tryin' to kill
the whole nightlife in New York,

1026
00:54:23,667 --> 00:54:25,291
so you gotta represent.

1027
00:54:25,375 --> 00:54:30,000
♪ Fuck off, fuck off ♪

1028
00:54:30,083 --> 00:54:32,500
Mayor
Giuliani can kiss my ass.

1029
00:54:32,583 --> 00:54:34,917
Mayor Giuliani can kiss my ass,

1030
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:38,375
'cause we're not gonna stop doing
what we gotta do, right, faggots?

1031
00:54:38,458 --> 00:54:40,875
We're gonna run this fuckin'
world we call New York,

1032
00:54:40,959 --> 00:54:43,917
not Mickey Mouse,
right, children?

1033
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:45,500
So when you go out tonight,
children,

1034
00:54:45,583 --> 00:54:48,333
I want you to prance,
prance, prance on,

1035
00:54:48,417 --> 00:54:51,959
and let them know who the
faggot is in the house, OK?

1036
00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:58,500
Now the rally for recording
artist Kevin Aviance,

1037
00:54:58,583 --> 00:55:00,125
beaten up by a group of thugs.

1038
00:55:00,208 --> 00:55:01,709
Today, hundreds of people

1039
00:55:01,792 --> 00:55:03,792
marched from one side
of Manhattan to the other...

1040
00:55:07,917 --> 00:55:09,709
Kevin is here right now.

1041
00:55:09,792 --> 00:55:15,291
Kevin, we are here to show you
the love and the support.

1042
00:55:15,375 --> 00:55:16,959
It's been kind of hard,

1043
00:55:17,041 --> 00:55:19,917
but you know what, you can't
keep a good queen down.

1044
00:55:23,208 --> 00:55:26,333
Something was not right, OK?

1045
00:55:26,417 --> 00:55:28,709
I've walked out in thongs
and high heels,

1046
00:55:28,792 --> 00:55:30,625
and ain't never had a problem.

1047
00:55:30,709 --> 00:55:32,291
Nothing. Think nothing of it.

1048
00:55:32,375 --> 00:55:34,542
Morning, daylight,
don't think nothing of it.

1049
00:55:34,625 --> 00:55:38,834
And there was something about
this that was just different.

1050
00:55:38,917 --> 00:55:42,208
And when I stepped off the curb
to walk into the street,

1051
00:55:42,291 --> 00:55:44,208
"We're gonna get you, faggot."

1052
00:55:46,083 --> 00:55:48,667
OK. Whatever.

1053
00:55:48,750 --> 00:55:51,375
So I'm walking backwards
and they're coming towards me.

1054
00:55:51,458 --> 00:55:54,917
You could feel the hate from
them, you could feel the heat.

1055
00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:57,750
I have never in my whole life
felt that hatred

1056
00:55:57,834 --> 00:56:00,500
on someone I didn't know,
like that on someone.

1057
00:56:00,583 --> 00:56:03,375
I just... got hit. Bam!

1058
00:56:03,458 --> 00:56:06,625
And as I'm going down,
they're hitting me in the head, kicks.

1059
00:56:06,709 --> 00:56:08,709
After about 80 times
of these kicks,

1060
00:56:08,792 --> 00:56:11,333
this is "gugga-gong,
gong-gong-gong-gong-gong.

1061
00:56:11,417 --> 00:56:13,083
That's all I could hear,
was gong-gong-gong,

1062
00:56:13,166 --> 00:56:16,333
gong-gong-gong-gong-gong-gong-
gong-gong-gong.

1063
00:56:16,417 --> 00:56:18,125
And every time it was getting
louder and louder,

1064
00:56:18,208 --> 00:56:21,625
and I'm just like, "gong" --
and it stopped.

1065
00:56:24,583 --> 00:56:27,166
I woke up in the hospital room,

1066
00:56:27,250 --> 00:56:31,208
and all my sisters, all my
friends, they were all there,

1067
00:56:31,291 --> 00:56:33,458
sitting around,
waiting for me to wake up.

1068
00:56:33,542 --> 00:56:36,583
I had come out of it,
but something's not right.

1069
00:56:36,667 --> 00:56:38,709
My jaw's not right,
it's not right.

1070
00:56:38,792 --> 00:56:41,417
Come to find out I had four
hairline fractures in my jaw.

1071
00:56:41,500 --> 00:56:44,792
But it was like-- it was basically
broken, but it was hairline fractures,

1072
00:56:44,875 --> 00:56:46,959
and so they had to go in,
put me under,

1073
00:56:47,041 --> 00:56:49,125
fix my mouth,
straighten it back up again,

1074
00:56:49,208 --> 00:56:51,375
and they prosecuted the guys
and they went to jail.

1075
00:56:51,458 --> 00:56:54,250
By the time I went to testify,
no one wanted me there.

1076
00:56:54,333 --> 00:56:56,041
I wanted to at one point,
but they were like,

1077
00:56:56,125 --> 00:56:57,959
"That'd be the worst thing
you could ever do."

1078
00:56:58,041 --> 00:57:01,166
I understand that now,
why you just don't meet your attacker,

1079
00:57:01,250 --> 00:57:02,583
why you don't do that.

1080
00:57:02,667 --> 00:57:04,458
But there's this
bitter part of me

1081
00:57:04,542 --> 00:57:08,500
that always thinks
that I could, like...

1082
00:57:08,583 --> 00:57:10,834
you know, I make people happy,

1083
00:57:10,917 --> 00:57:13,542
that's what I do, you know?

1084
00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:18,291
And just, to know
I couldn't do that...

1085
00:57:18,375 --> 00:57:20,750
and people thought
I was on the way out.

1086
00:57:20,834 --> 00:57:23,750
I'm running into people like Hector
Xtravaganza or someone like that,

1087
00:57:23,834 --> 00:57:26,041
grabbing me, and they just cry
and say, "Girl, you know,

1088
00:57:26,125 --> 00:57:27,709
you are such
an inspiration for us.

1089
00:57:27,792 --> 00:57:29,834
Girls don't come out
the hospital. You come out.

1090
00:57:29,917 --> 00:57:31,750
You came out,
and you're better."

1091
00:57:31,834 --> 00:57:33,333
You don't realize that

1092
00:57:33,417 --> 00:57:35,875
girls went into the hospital in
New York and did not come out,

1093
00:57:35,959 --> 00:57:39,166
so that hospital was the end of
all ends for a girl, you know?

1094
00:57:39,250 --> 00:57:42,667
For one of the New York girls, you know?
That was just the way it was, you know?

1095
00:57:42,750 --> 00:57:44,750
And here I am going in and out.

1096
00:57:44,834 --> 00:57:46,959
Drag is the silver lining
in that cloud.

1097
00:57:47,041 --> 00:57:49,375
That's what drag is to me,
'cause I know,

1098
00:57:49,458 --> 00:57:50,583
at the end of the day,

1099
00:57:50,667 --> 00:57:53,834
I got a frock in my bag
right now, girl,

1100
00:57:53,917 --> 00:57:56,333
and a pair of pumps
right in there, girl.

1101
00:57:56,417 --> 00:57:59,834
I'll give you a show
at the drop of a hat.

1102
00:57:59,917 --> 00:58:02,458
I'll give you a show
right then and there, girl.

1103
00:58:02,542 --> 00:58:04,917
I will do it. Damn right I will.

1104
00:58:05,000 --> 00:58:08,500
And you'll get your life,
and you'll gag...

1105
00:58:11,250 --> 00:58:13,333
...period.

1106
00:58:22,917 --> 00:58:25,500
- ...his way.
- Yeah. I was just--

1107
00:58:25,583 --> 00:58:27,291
You hit play for me,
I'll hit play for you.

1108
00:58:27,375 --> 00:58:29,125
I would like to know
that my tracks are correct.

1109
00:58:31,333 --> 00:58:33,542
You're good
with that mic?

1110
00:58:38,709 --> 00:58:42,500
Scoot it back. As back as you
can get it without--

1111
00:58:42,583 --> 00:58:45,333
There's a speaker right there.
Be careful.

1112
00:58:52,750 --> 00:58:54,417
I got everyone working.

1113
00:58:54,500 --> 00:58:57,500
Harajuku,
Two Sterlings, Belle,

1114
00:58:57,583 --> 00:59:00,000
Serena Dariani,

1115
00:59:00,083 --> 00:59:03,000
Orlando, Lucas and Patty,
Dusty, Rose and Ryan,

1116
00:59:03,083 --> 00:59:05,083
and the Salami Sisters.

1117
00:59:07,625 --> 00:59:11,041
This is the bitch that I used
to go around the Lower East Side

1118
00:59:11,125 --> 00:59:13,083
chasing Lady Gaga with,

1119
00:59:13,166 --> 00:59:16,250
so we didn't know anything
about the landscape of nightlife

1120
00:59:16,333 --> 00:59:19,291
or any sort of grasp
on the scene or anything.

1121
00:59:19,375 --> 00:59:22,500
We were just, like, faggots,
closeted, in my case,

1122
00:59:22,583 --> 00:59:27,834
and basically tried to track
down Lady Gaga, and we did it.

1123
00:59:27,917 --> 00:59:29,417
We did.
We literally did.

1124
00:59:29,500 --> 00:59:32,125
Gaga walks in the room
and everyone just gasps,

1125
00:59:32,208 --> 00:59:35,625
and there's all the faggots
screaming, "Aaaaah!!!"

1126
00:59:35,709 --> 00:59:38,583
- But it was us. We were the faggots screaming.
- I know!

1127
00:59:44,125 --> 00:59:45,792
Oh, yikes.

1128
00:59:45,875 --> 00:59:50,375
Once upon a time I was a business
student, an NYU-ster,

1129
00:59:50,458 --> 00:59:52,542
can you believe it?
Oh, my God.

1130
00:59:52,625 --> 00:59:54,667
I'm so embarrassed.

1131
00:59:58,959 --> 01:00:01,834
Lots of boys. Lots of boys.

1132
01:00:01,917 --> 01:00:03,917
- Lots of boys.
- Lots of boys.

1133
01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:07,458
But that's not one.

1134
01:00:26,500 --> 01:00:29,792
The proportioning
of drag is an aggression,

1135
01:00:29,875 --> 01:00:31,500
is a heightened femininity,

1136
01:00:31,583 --> 01:00:34,166
because femininity
is the aggression.

1137
01:00:34,250 --> 01:00:37,000
So the bigger the lip,
the bigger the sin.

1138
01:00:57,834 --> 01:01:00,333
Ladies and Gentlemen,
your lovely ladies!

1139
01:02:27,667 --> 01:02:29,792
Stop!

1140
01:02:30,875 --> 01:02:33,250
"To Robert."
So crazy.

1141
01:02:33,333 --> 01:02:36,417
Right.
I hadn't even then become Bobbie yet.

1142
01:02:36,500 --> 01:02:37,542
Yeah.

1143
01:02:38,625 --> 01:02:40,125
Wow.

1144
01:02:40,208 --> 01:02:44,000
I know her. I know her.
I know her.

1145
01:02:44,083 --> 01:02:45,917
Linda! Stop!

1146
01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:48,792
Linda Simpson looks
the literal exact same.

1147
01:02:48,875 --> 01:02:53,750
Thought it'll be fun
getting people to sign this,

1148
01:02:53,834 --> 01:02:57,291
and I go and figure out where,
like, Bunny was DJing that night

1149
01:02:57,375 --> 01:02:59,959
and then having to
sneak into the Monster

1150
01:03:00,041 --> 01:03:02,250
'cause you're only
19 years old

1151
01:03:02,333 --> 01:03:03,875
and the doorman's upset at you,

1152
01:03:03,959 --> 01:03:05,709
and you're like,
"You don't understand, sir,

1153
01:03:05,792 --> 01:03:08,291
I have this Wigstock flyer that
I need to get Bunny to sign.

1154
01:03:08,375 --> 01:03:10,625
What if she dies tomorrow?
I'm freaking out."

1155
01:03:10,709 --> 01:03:13,083
Ya know?

1156
01:03:13,166 --> 01:03:15,333
My God. Fuck.

1157
01:03:15,417 --> 01:03:17,083
These girls
look like us.

1158
01:03:19,667 --> 01:03:21,166
When'd you come to New York?

1159
01:03:21,250 --> 01:03:24,417
I came to New York in 2011,

1160
01:03:24,500 --> 01:03:28,125
- I was 16, and...
- Damn, girl.

1161
01:03:28,208 --> 01:03:31,625
I really, really,
really resonated with Wigstock

1162
01:03:31,709 --> 01:03:34,750
when I was 14--
I got AIDS,

1163
01:03:34,834 --> 01:03:36,166
you know what I mean?

1164
01:03:36,250 --> 01:03:38,500
From the get-go,
I was like--

1165
01:03:38,583 --> 01:03:42,250
- I needed Wigstock...
- Yeah.

1166
01:03:42,333 --> 01:03:44,291
to find, like, people
in this world

1167
01:03:44,375 --> 01:03:47,917
that are fighting
a similar fight to me,

1168
01:03:48,000 --> 01:03:49,291
- and alive.
- Yeah.

1169
01:03:49,375 --> 01:03:51,667
Flotilla and Lypsinka,

1170
01:03:51,750 --> 01:03:53,583
and Lady Bunny,

1171
01:03:53,667 --> 01:03:55,625
they saw, within me,

1172
01:03:55,709 --> 01:03:57,875
a way to almost help me out,

1173
01:03:58,000 --> 01:03:59,875
because this city
tears you down.

1174
01:03:59,959 --> 01:04:02,041
I mean, I could be

1175
01:04:02,125 --> 01:04:07,000
just like all the other people
I knew who disappear.

1176
01:04:07,083 --> 01:04:10,000
Tabboo! gave me
the name Bobbie,

1177
01:04:10,083 --> 01:04:15,125
and Myka pretty much I'd wear
all of her hand-me-downs, and...

1178
01:04:15,208 --> 01:04:17,000
You were parented
by the legends.

1179
01:04:17,083 --> 01:04:19,166
I was parented...
by the legends,

1180
01:04:19,250 --> 01:04:21,875
but just because they're
the greatest people ever.

1181
01:04:21,959 --> 01:04:25,041
I mean, they're really
the best people ever.

1182
01:04:25,125 --> 01:04:27,208
I'm excited to end
this summer out

1183
01:04:27,291 --> 01:04:31,792
and get to Wigstock
and see what it's all about.

1184
01:04:31,875 --> 01:04:33,083
Me too.

1185
01:04:38,709 --> 01:04:41,208
Something
happened that was interesting

1186
01:04:41,291 --> 01:04:46,250
that made me know that there's
something still unique about New York.

1187
01:04:46,333 --> 01:04:49,291
I was late for a gig,
wearing a long dress,

1188
01:04:49,375 --> 01:04:53,250
jumped in a cab, slammed the
door, the dress was hangin' out.

1189
01:04:53,333 --> 01:04:55,709
All of a sudden,
there's a commotion outside.

1190
01:04:55,792 --> 01:04:57,917
Two young kids, 10, 12,

1191
01:04:58,000 --> 01:05:01,041
an old couple, 70, 80,

1192
01:05:01,125 --> 01:05:04,083
they were all trying
to get my attention.

1193
01:05:04,166 --> 01:05:08,917
They did not look at me
and think...

1194
01:05:09,000 --> 01:05:11,625
"That's a punk-ass faggot."

1195
01:05:11,709 --> 01:05:14,458
These people said,
"Help that fool!"

1196
01:05:14,542 --> 01:05:16,291
"Help that fool.

1197
01:05:16,375 --> 01:05:18,542
It's in me to want
to help that fool."

1198
01:05:18,625 --> 01:05:20,583
Without any judgements.

1199
01:05:20,667 --> 01:05:24,166
This is what I want to prove
by bringing this festival back:

1200
01:05:24,250 --> 01:05:25,917
that we are a community

1201
01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:28,166
and that we're not fighting
among each other so much

1202
01:05:28,250 --> 01:05:30,750
to where we can't even
get together.

1203
01:05:30,834 --> 01:05:33,917
It's humanizing
to be this close together.

1204
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:37,458
And that's the thing that
still's great about New York.

1205
01:05:52,500 --> 01:05:55,291
- Hey! Mwah!
- How are you?

1206
01:06:01,500 --> 01:06:03,500
- Huh?
- Is this your spot?

1207
01:06:03,583 --> 01:06:06,166
Yeah! Why?

1208
01:06:06,250 --> 01:06:09,583
Do you not think
it's good enough, either?

1209
01:06:11,959 --> 01:06:13,625
We did it, Bunny.

1210
01:06:16,083 --> 01:06:19,750
♪ Sometimes I still
breathe in ♪

1211
01:06:19,834 --> 01:06:22,917
♪ What I don't believe ♪

1212
01:06:23,000 --> 01:06:26,417
- Aaaaah!
- ♪ As if superstition ♪

1213
01:06:26,500 --> 01:06:29,291
- ♪ Could keep you away from me ♪
- We made it!

1214
01:06:29,375 --> 01:06:32,709
♪ Well, it's the same
as it never ♪

1215
01:06:32,792 --> 01:06:34,375
♪ Forever was ♪

1216
01:06:34,458 --> 01:06:38,959
♪ Haunted by who can I be now ♪

1217
01:06:39,041 --> 01:06:40,667
♪ Same as forever ♪

1218
01:06:40,750 --> 01:06:42,333
♪ I never was ♪

1219
01:06:42,417 --> 01:06:46,333
♪ Excuse me
while I kiss the sky ♪

1220
01:06:46,417 --> 01:06:48,375
♪ Ay-ay-ay ♪

1221
01:06:48,458 --> 01:06:52,083
♪ I always knew
you would come back ♪

1222
01:06:52,166 --> 01:06:54,333
♪ I always knew
you would come back to me ♪

1223
01:06:54,417 --> 01:06:56,667
Brace yourself.
You have eight hours of this.

1224
01:06:56,750 --> 01:07:00,125
♪ I always knew
you would come back ♪

1225
01:07:00,208 --> 01:07:05,583
♪ I always knew you would come
back, come back to me ♪

1226
01:07:05,667 --> 01:07:07,667
I'm a princess!

1227
01:07:07,750 --> 01:07:09,625
Who's got the drugs?

1228
01:07:09,709 --> 01:07:12,917
Drugs over in this corner,
please!

1229
01:07:13,000 --> 01:07:15,041
♪ Ay-ay-ay ♪

1230
01:07:17,500 --> 01:07:21,125
Are we supposed to act like
the camera's not there?

1231
01:07:21,208 --> 01:07:22,667
Well, the camera's a little low

1232
01:07:22,750 --> 01:07:24,625
for someone with
my fuckin' neck.

1233
01:07:24,709 --> 01:07:27,542
I'm doing psychic readings.

1234
01:07:27,625 --> 01:07:32,834
People are Venmo'ing me $10,
and I say, "You're gonna die."

1235
01:07:32,917 --> 01:07:35,083
Come on, it's funny.
It's dark.

1236
01:07:39,792 --> 01:07:42,250
♪ What you do, what you do,
what you do ♪

1237
01:07:42,333 --> 01:07:45,000
♪ What you do to me ♪

1238
01:07:46,291 --> 01:07:48,291
♪ What you do to me ♪

1239
01:07:48,375 --> 01:07:50,208
♪ What you
do to me ♪

1240
01:07:50,291 --> 01:07:52,625
♪ What you do to me ♪

1241
01:07:54,625 --> 01:07:57,875
♪ Hey, what you do to me ♪

1242
01:07:57,959 --> 01:08:01,125
♪ Energy's gettin'
through to me ♪

1243
01:08:01,208 --> 01:08:04,125
♪ And I got my eyes forward ♪

1244
01:08:04,208 --> 01:08:07,375
♪ And that's how
they ought to be ♪

1245
01:08:07,458 --> 01:08:10,166
♪ Baby, baby, I'm here ♪

1246
01:08:10,250 --> 01:08:12,875
♪ Where I need to be ♪

1247
01:08:12,959 --> 01:08:15,792
♪ Feelin' fear,
but no need to be ♪

1248
01:08:15,875 --> 01:08:19,083
♪ And I've been
caught dead in my tracks ♪

1249
01:08:19,166 --> 01:08:23,291
♪ But that's no way to be ♪

1250
01:08:26,166 --> 01:08:28,083
It's quite
exciting to be here at Wigstock,

1251
01:08:28,166 --> 01:08:30,542
and I know that there's several
old people that are up here

1252
01:08:30,625 --> 01:08:33,291
that are gonna tell you about their
memories and relive their moments

1253
01:08:33,375 --> 01:08:35,166
and flip through their purse
and find Polaroids

1254
01:08:35,250 --> 01:08:36,834
of their dreams
and aspirations,

1255
01:08:36,917 --> 01:08:39,583
but you realize, we all end up
at this shitty event,

1256
01:08:39,667 --> 01:08:41,041
and that's the magic
of gay life.

1257
01:08:41,125 --> 01:08:43,458
It doesn't get better,
it gets awkward.

1258
01:08:45,291 --> 01:08:49,041
♪ Moments late at night ♪

1259
01:08:49,125 --> 01:08:51,417
♪ But I ain't feelin' right ♪

1260
01:08:51,500 --> 01:08:54,709
Ladies and
gentlemen, boys as girls,

1261
01:08:54,792 --> 01:08:59,333
are you ready for excitement,
glamor, and sophistication?

1262
01:08:59,417 --> 01:09:03,083
Then you have come
to the wrong place, honey.

1263
01:09:03,166 --> 01:09:06,041
This is Wigstock 2.0!

1264
01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:13,667
Hi, Wigstock!
How y'all doin', honeys?

1265
01:09:13,750 --> 01:09:15,125
New York City!

1266
01:09:19,250 --> 01:09:23,041
Get out here
and tear this stage up!

1267
01:09:25,709 --> 01:09:27,583
♪ Burn down, take me on ♪

1268
01:09:29,250 --> 01:09:32,000
♪ Bend down, move along ♪

1269
01:09:32,083 --> 01:09:36,417
♪ I need a hot shot ♪

1270
01:09:37,583 --> 01:09:39,333
♪ Burn down with the proud... ♪

1271
01:09:39,417 --> 01:09:41,041
Wig cannon! Get a wig! Go!

1272
01:09:41,125 --> 01:09:44,000
♪ And the music's loud ♪

1273
01:09:44,083 --> 01:09:49,000
♪ I need a hot shot ♪

1274
01:10:03,208 --> 01:10:05,750
I just realized
that this documentary

1275
01:10:05,834 --> 01:10:09,208
was being shot in HD.

1276
01:10:09,291 --> 01:10:12,166
Which at my age
means "haggard dog."

1277
01:10:13,959 --> 01:10:15,500
Anyway, we're back!

1278
01:10:15,583 --> 01:10:18,709
♪ Ooh, baby, baby, baby, baby ♪

1279
01:10:18,792 --> 01:10:21,250
♪ I wanna feel it in my soul,
come on and move it ♪

1280
01:10:21,333 --> 01:10:24,583
♪ You know you never, never,
never gonna lose control ♪

1281
01:10:24,667 --> 01:10:25,959
♪ My fire's burning ♪

1282
01:10:26,041 --> 01:10:29,041
♪ It's getting real hot... ♪

1283
01:10:29,125 --> 01:10:32,834
Let's hear it for Javier Ninja!

1284
01:10:38,125 --> 01:10:41,000
Ladies and
gentlemen, Perfidia!

1285
01:10:41,083 --> 01:10:43,375
Was that bitch dynamite,
or what?

1286
01:10:43,458 --> 01:10:44,792
Give her some more love!

1287
01:10:49,333 --> 01:10:54,291
You can never stop
the spirit of Wigstock!

1288
01:10:55,500 --> 01:10:57,291
Whoo!
How we doing, Wigstock!

1289
01:10:57,375 --> 01:10:59,875
If you're having a good time,
make some noise!

1290
01:11:01,375 --> 01:11:05,208
Thank you, Wigstock!
Thank you, Bunny!

1291
01:11:05,291 --> 01:11:08,166
♪ That brought me
out of my seat ♪

1292
01:11:08,250 --> 01:11:13,208
♪ I need a hot shot ♪

1293
01:11:15,417 --> 01:11:17,250
I need to crank this music

1294
01:11:17,333 --> 01:11:21,792
like it was a nightclub
in 1993!

1295
01:11:21,875 --> 01:11:25,291
Can you hear it out there?
Can you hear it out there?

1296
01:11:25,375 --> 01:11:27,709
OK.

1297
01:11:27,792 --> 01:11:29,667
Everyone is always saying,
"Bunny,

1298
01:11:29,750 --> 01:11:31,250
you and Ru
are such good friends,

1299
01:11:31,333 --> 01:11:33,750
why don't you get on
that fuckin' show?"

1300
01:11:33,834 --> 01:11:39,500
And I said, "Honey,
by not wanting to be on that show,

1301
01:11:39,583 --> 01:11:43,542
I can read all their asses
to filth."

1302
01:11:45,125 --> 01:11:48,417
Is Wigstock 2.0 audience
ready to...

1303
01:11:48,500 --> 01:11:51,083
...spill some tea?

1304
01:12:01,375 --> 01:12:05,166
♪ Makes no difference
if you're butch or a femme ♪

1305
01:12:05,250 --> 01:12:09,625
♪ Or even look like a girl ♪

1306
01:12:09,709 --> 01:12:12,959
♪ Takes no talent
to impress 'em today ♪

1307
01:12:13,041 --> 01:12:17,041
♪ You're on "Drag Race"
till you sashay away ♪

1308
01:12:17,125 --> 01:12:20,709
- ♪ Come on and contour your nose ♪
- ♪ Nose ♪

1309
01:12:20,792 --> 01:12:24,458
♪ Lip sync for your life
to the music ♪

1310
01:12:24,542 --> 01:12:26,208
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

1311
01:12:26,291 --> 01:12:28,709
- ♪ Contour your nose ♪
- ♪ Nose ♪

1312
01:12:28,792 --> 01:12:32,583
♪ Find a catchphrase
and overuse it ♪

1313
01:12:32,667 --> 01:12:34,750
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

1314
01:12:36,667 --> 01:12:37,959
♪ Pose ♪

1315
01:12:39,625 --> 01:12:41,417
♪ I said pose ♪

1316
01:12:46,792 --> 01:12:49,667
♪ Pose ♪

1317
01:13:01,959 --> 01:13:04,125
♪ Hi ♪

1318
01:13:10,291 --> 01:13:14,333
What do Neal Patrick Harris
and an ambulance have in common?

1319
01:13:14,417 --> 01:13:17,333
Both take it in the back
and go, "Whoop! Whoop!"

1320
01:13:21,166 --> 01:13:25,542
What's the difference between
Bianca Del Rio and a bag of trash?

1321
01:13:25,625 --> 01:13:28,667
Trash gets picked up
every once in a while.

1322
01:13:35,333 --> 01:13:36,792
Thank you!

1323
01:13:42,333 --> 01:13:45,417
The Ladies of Lips!
Clap for those bitches!

1324
01:13:45,500 --> 01:13:50,000
'Cause if you've ever been to Lips,
they're never that entertaining.

1325
01:13:50,083 --> 01:13:53,583
What fuckin' useless cunts!
Get back to your shift, cunts!

1326
01:13:54,917 --> 01:13:58,166
All right, here we are!

1327
01:14:01,709 --> 01:14:05,458
This is so funny, because I'm
wearing Formika's dress from '94.

1328
01:14:05,542 --> 01:14:07,041
- Really?
- Yeah, yeah.

1329
01:14:08,834 --> 01:14:10,041
Have my morning
cup of coffee,

1330
01:14:10,125 --> 01:14:12,875
and I'm all ready
for a drag show.

1331
01:14:12,959 --> 01:14:15,542
Happy Wigstock '94, everybody.

1332
01:14:15,625 --> 01:14:18,583
Hello, New York,
how's everybody doin'?

1333
01:14:18,667 --> 01:14:22,709
You all look so fuckin' good!

1334
01:14:22,792 --> 01:14:26,709
I was born in '94, so it's like
a full circle moment for me.

1335
01:14:26,792 --> 01:14:29,917
Wigstock is
not about hate or fighting,

1336
01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:31,750
it's about love.

1337
01:14:31,834 --> 01:14:33,667
It's time for us
to have some rights!

1338
01:14:33,750 --> 01:14:36,041
It's time for us
to take charge!

1339
01:14:36,125 --> 01:14:38,291
Take it away, baby.

1340
01:14:38,375 --> 01:14:41,000
I know that a lot of us are
down in the dumps these days,

1341
01:14:41,083 --> 01:14:43,291
things are pretty crazy
in this country,

1342
01:14:43,375 --> 01:14:46,041
and I just wanna say
when you get real depressed

1343
01:14:46,125 --> 01:14:48,583
and you find yourself
in a deep, dark valley,

1344
01:14:48,667 --> 01:14:52,250
it's really, really important
to remember

1345
01:14:52,333 --> 01:14:55,000
that I am coming out
with a new album...

1346
01:14:55,083 --> 01:14:59,375
and I would like to sing a track from that right now.

1347
01:14:59,458 --> 01:15:04,208
The name of the album is "Dina
Martina: Mysteries of the Thyroid."

1348
01:15:04,291 --> 01:15:05,959
Thank you. Hit it!

1349
01:15:20,583 --> 01:15:23,917
♪ Some say love ♪

1350
01:15:24,000 --> 01:15:29,375
♪ Becomes the rose ♪

1351
01:15:34,458 --> 01:15:36,959
Thank you. Off the charts.

1352
01:15:43,417 --> 01:15:47,542
Wait. Can every drag queen
from "Drag Race" take note?

1353
01:15:47,625 --> 01:15:49,709
That's how you do an album,
bitch!

1354
01:15:49,792 --> 01:15:52,333
That's how you do
a fuckin' album!

1355
01:15:52,417 --> 01:15:55,667
The bitch started and left!

1356
01:15:55,750 --> 01:16:00,041
Girl, I was standing backstage
going, "She finished?"

1357
01:16:00,125 --> 01:16:02,041
I thought, "That's good."
And there are six people

1358
01:16:02,125 --> 01:16:06,375
in a fuckin' high tower over there
going, "Liza looks horrible!"

1359
01:16:08,750 --> 01:16:10,166
Oh, no!

1360
01:16:11,375 --> 01:16:15,458
The g-- ha ha ha!
Look at you.

1361
01:16:15,542 --> 01:16:20,291
You look...
consistently relic-like.

1362
01:16:20,375 --> 01:16:24,500
I know, I know.
Usually the balls are on my chins.

1363
01:16:24,583 --> 01:16:27,542
To cover the hair.
Yeah, it looks good.

1364
01:16:27,625 --> 01:16:29,834
You know,
we joke around a lot,

1365
01:16:29,917 --> 01:16:32,417
but when I call her and say,
"Your plane's gonna crash,"

1366
01:16:32,500 --> 01:16:33,583
I'm only kidding.

1367
01:16:33,667 --> 01:16:36,250
We're good friends,
it's a joke.

1368
01:16:36,333 --> 01:16:39,583
When Bianca leaves here,
she will arrive...

1369
01:16:39,667 --> 01:16:42,417
- safely and on time...
- Thank you.

1370
01:16:42,500 --> 01:16:45,458
- in Syria.
- Ha ha ha ha!

1371
01:16:45,542 --> 01:16:47,417
'Cause I'll work anywhere!
I'm here!

1372
01:16:47,500 --> 01:16:50,208
Take it away, cunt!
Here we go!

1373
01:16:50,291 --> 01:16:51,875
Ladies and gentlemen,

1374
01:16:51,959 --> 01:16:53,917
a New York City
nightlife legend--

1375
01:16:54,000 --> 01:16:57,166
Kevin Aviance!

1376
01:16:59,125 --> 01:17:01,208
♪ I believe,
I believe, I believe ♪

1377
01:17:01,291 --> 01:17:04,333
♪ I believe, I believe ♪

1378
01:17:04,417 --> 01:17:08,667
♪ I believe, believe,
believe, believe ♪

1379
01:17:08,750 --> 01:17:11,959
♪ Believe, believe,
believe, believe ♪

1380
01:17:12,041 --> 01:17:15,542
♪ Believe, aaaaah! ♪

1381
01:17:15,625 --> 01:17:20,291
♪ I
believe, I believe, I believe ♪

1382
01:17:20,375 --> 01:17:24,959
♪ I believe, I believe ♪

1383
01:17:25,041 --> 01:17:27,959
♪ I believe ♪

1384
01:17:28,041 --> 01:17:29,834
♪ I believe ♪

1385
01:17:29,917 --> 01:17:34,959
Welcome the most
famous transsexual in the world,

1386
01:17:35,041 --> 01:17:38,750
Amanda Lepore!

1387
01:17:38,834 --> 01:17:41,750
The incredible Raven O!

1388
01:17:41,834 --> 01:17:45,208
♪ What is love
if you got in between it ♪

1389
01:17:45,291 --> 01:17:48,834
♪ No one cares if you're ever
gonna achieve it ♪

1390
01:17:48,917 --> 01:17:51,208
♪ And nobody knows ♪

1391
01:17:52,625 --> 01:17:55,667
♪ Nobody knows ♪

1392
01:17:55,750 --> 01:17:59,166
♪ And what do we care
if they always walk with us ♪

1393
01:17:59,250 --> 01:18:02,917
♪ They want us to break,
but who cares, they don't know us ♪

1394
01:18:03,000 --> 01:18:04,917
♪ And still we don't know ♪

1395
01:18:06,917 --> 01:18:09,667
♪ So I say
whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪

1396
01:18:09,750 --> 01:18:12,250
♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪

1397
01:18:12,333 --> 01:18:14,291
♪ Can you let us go ♪

1398
01:18:17,667 --> 01:18:19,166
Ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girls,

1399
01:18:19,250 --> 01:18:20,917
those undecided
and those in between,

1400
01:18:21,000 --> 01:18:22,500
I just want you guys to know

1401
01:18:22,583 --> 01:18:24,583
how much of an honor it is
for me to be here.

1402
01:18:38,458 --> 01:18:42,166
♪ This is my
hair, I don't wear wigs ♪

1403
01:18:42,250 --> 01:18:47,208
- ♪ Everybody, this is my hair ♪
- Crowd: ♪ I don't wear wigs ♪

1404
01:18:47,291 --> 01:18:49,375
♪ This is my hair ♪

1405
01:18:57,792 --> 01:18:59,208
Ladies and gentlemen,

1406
01:18:59,291 --> 01:19:02,583
give it up for
Alaska Thunderfuck!

1407
01:19:02,667 --> 01:19:04,875
I love your vagina! Mwah!

1408
01:19:06,792 --> 01:19:09,041
Our next performer

1409
01:19:09,125 --> 01:19:12,709
taught me how to walk
and how to cock a hip

1410
01:19:12,792 --> 01:19:15,709
when I was Hedwig
in "The Angry Inch."

1411
01:19:15,792 --> 01:19:21,625
Please welcome the disgusting
and the sexy Willam!

1412
01:19:29,250 --> 01:19:32,333
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

1413
01:19:38,959 --> 01:19:42,792
Oh, the bubbles are tickling my rectum!
I love it! Oh!

1414
01:19:44,458 --> 01:19:47,291
Wait, hold on,
hold on one second. One second.

1415
01:19:47,375 --> 01:19:51,500
Ohh, ohh! Spin me around,
I wanna do spin art.

1416
01:19:51,583 --> 01:19:53,333
Make me spin art.

1417
01:19:53,417 --> 01:19:56,208
Ohh. Oh, yeah. Uhh.

1418
01:19:56,291 --> 01:19:57,709
Show 'em my shart, please.

1419
01:19:57,792 --> 01:20:01,417
Put a big "B" on it
for Bunny and me!

1420
01:20:01,500 --> 01:20:04,041
Yay! Look at me.

1421
01:20:06,208 --> 01:20:09,375
That's what I did
with my pussy. You're welcome.

1422
01:20:11,000 --> 01:20:13,625
Does anybody want a Coors?
They're not a sponsor.

1423
01:20:13,709 --> 01:20:14,959
Here, girl.

1424
01:20:16,375 --> 01:20:17,917
I'm here representing

1425
01:20:18,000 --> 01:20:19,583
the girls of Stonewall.

1426
01:20:21,583 --> 01:20:24,166
This piece was written
by Mr. Jimmy Camicia.

1427
01:20:24,250 --> 01:20:26,959
"Spare Change
for a Dying Queen."

1428
01:20:27,041 --> 01:20:30,500
Can you spare some change
for a dying queen, darling?

1429
01:20:30,583 --> 01:20:33,875
Oh, I am dying.
I know you don't believe me.

1430
01:20:33,959 --> 01:20:36,792
But us queens know what we're
talkin' about, yes, we do!

1431
01:20:36,875 --> 01:20:40,083
We're from the liberation!
Yes, we are.

1432
01:20:41,709 --> 01:20:44,750
Sometimes when I pass
those gay bars

1433
01:20:44,834 --> 01:20:47,333
and I see my gay sisters and
brothers havin' a good time

1434
01:20:47,417 --> 01:20:49,959
and turning it out
in all their liberated glory,

1435
01:20:50,041 --> 01:20:52,375
and I see that sign
over that bar that says,

1436
01:20:52,458 --> 01:20:56,333
"No drunks, no dogs, no drags."

1437
01:20:56,417 --> 01:20:58,542
Could you imagine
comparing me to a dog?

1438
01:20:58,625 --> 01:21:01,667
- No!
- I just want to break down and--

1439
01:21:01,750 --> 01:21:04,208
But that's OK, darlin',
because I pay it no mind.

1440
01:21:04,291 --> 01:21:07,083
Because when they 86 me,
I tip,

1441
01:21:07,166 --> 01:21:09,792
and when I tip,
I stay tipped.

1442
01:21:11,917 --> 01:21:14,125
Because I got my friends,
that's right,

1443
01:21:14,208 --> 01:21:16,041
and I know who my friends are!

1444
01:21:16,125 --> 01:21:19,792
My friends are people
who got change to spare.

1445
01:21:19,875 --> 01:21:22,291
My friends are people
who smile at me

1446
01:21:22,375 --> 01:21:27,667
and understand when I say, "Can you spare
some change for a dying queen, darlin'?"

1447
01:21:27,750 --> 01:21:30,500
So if you're in
one of those bars

1448
01:21:30,583 --> 01:21:32,208
and you see that sign,

1449
01:21:32,291 --> 01:21:35,709
"No drunks, no dogs, no drags,"

1450
01:21:35,792 --> 01:21:39,250
and you see them turning out on
my of gay brothers and sisters,

1451
01:21:39,333 --> 01:21:42,041
I want you to dig
real deep down in your pocket

1452
01:21:42,125 --> 01:21:44,208
and pull out
some of that change

1453
01:21:44,291 --> 01:21:46,750
that you're saving for your
cold beer and your hot dogs,

1454
01:21:46,834 --> 01:21:51,333
and get over yourself and spare
some change for a dying queen...

1455
01:21:57,959 --> 01:22:00,375
...darling.

1456
01:22:00,458 --> 01:22:02,875
Ladies and gentlemen,

1457
01:22:02,959 --> 01:22:05,792
whether you like it or not...

1458
01:22:05,875 --> 01:22:07,750
Hedwig!

1459
01:22:24,792 --> 01:22:27,333
♪ Last time I saw you ♪

1460
01:22:27,417 --> 01:22:29,750
♪ We'd just split in two ♪

1461
01:22:29,834 --> 01:22:31,750
♪ You were lookin' at me ♪

1462
01:22:31,834 --> 01:22:33,542
♪ I was looking at you ♪

1463
01:22:33,625 --> 01:22:36,458
♪ You had a way so familiar ♪

1464
01:22:36,542 --> 01:22:38,250
♪ I could not recognize ♪

1465
01:22:38,333 --> 01:22:40,709
♪ 'Cause you had blood
on your face ♪

1466
01:22:40,792 --> 01:22:43,333
♪ I had blood in my eyes ♪

1467
01:22:43,417 --> 01:22:45,959
♪ But I could swear
by your expression ♪

1468
01:22:46,041 --> 01:22:48,417
♪ That the pain
down in your soul ♪

1469
01:22:48,500 --> 01:22:52,041
♪ Was the same
as the one down in mine ♪

1470
01:22:52,125 --> 01:22:54,959
♪ Oh, that's the pain ♪

1471
01:22:55,041 --> 01:22:59,458
♪ That cuts a straight line
down through the heart ♪

1472
01:22:59,542 --> 01:23:01,667
♪ We call it love ♪

1473
01:23:01,750 --> 01:23:04,625
♪ The origin of love ♪

1474
01:23:04,709 --> 01:23:06,417
♪ Oh, yeah ♪

1475
01:23:06,500 --> 01:23:08,625
♪ The origin of love ♪

1476
01:23:08,709 --> 01:23:13,417
♪ Oh, oh, the origin of love ♪

1477
01:23:13,500 --> 01:23:16,000
♪ Love, love, love, love ♪

1478
01:23:16,083 --> 01:23:19,709
♪ The origin of ♪

1479
01:23:33,709 --> 01:23:36,041
♪ Six inches forward
and five inches back ♪

1480
01:23:36,125 --> 01:23:38,834
♪ I got,
I got an angry inch ♪

1481
01:23:38,917 --> 01:23:41,834
♪ Six inches forward
and five inches back ♪

1482
01:23:41,917 --> 01:23:45,041
♪ I got a,
I got an angry inch ♪

1483
01:23:45,125 --> 01:23:47,917
♪ Six inches forward,
five inches back ♪

1484
01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:51,208
♪ Stay under cover till
the night turns to black ♪

1485
01:23:51,291 --> 01:23:53,458
♪ I got my inch,
I'm set to attack ♪

1486
01:23:53,542 --> 01:23:57,250
♪ I got an angry inch,
an angry inch ♪

1487
01:24:28,333 --> 01:24:32,500
Ladies and
gentlemen, comin' up next we have

1488
01:24:32,583 --> 01:24:34,667
one of
the Bushwig favorites.

1489
01:24:34,750 --> 01:24:37,375
I want you
to put your hands together

1490
01:24:37,458 --> 01:24:40,792
for the wild,
the uncontrollable,

1491
01:24:40,875 --> 01:24:42,875
the unpredictable,

1492
01:24:42,959 --> 01:24:45,333
Charlene Incarnate!

1493
01:24:47,792 --> 01:24:50,375
Her Wigstock debut!

1494
01:24:58,667 --> 01:25:01,959
♪ You're struttin' into town
like you're slingin' a gun ♪

1495
01:25:02,041 --> 01:25:06,750
♪ Just a small town dude
with a big city attitude ♪

1496
01:25:06,834 --> 01:25:10,750
♪ Honey, are you looking for
some trouble tonight? ♪

1497
01:25:10,834 --> 01:25:12,750
♪ Well, all right ♪

1498
01:25:12,834 --> 01:25:14,500
♪ You think you'll
knock me off my feet ♪

1499
01:25:14,583 --> 01:25:16,333
♪ Till I'm flat on the floor ♪

1500
01:25:16,417 --> 01:25:20,125
♪ Till my heart is crying Indian
and I'm begging for more ♪

1501
01:25:20,208 --> 01:25:23,583
♪ So come on, baby,
come on, baby ♪

1502
01:25:23,667 --> 01:25:26,834
♪ Come on, baby, show me
what that loaded gun is for ♪

1503
01:25:26,917 --> 01:25:30,083
♪ If you're so tough,
come on and prove it ♪

1504
01:25:30,166 --> 01:25:31,917
♪ Your heart
is down for the count ♪

1505
01:25:32,000 --> 01:25:34,917
♪ And you know
you're gonna lose it ♪

1506
01:25:35,000 --> 01:25:39,417
♪ Tonight, you're gonna
go down in flames ♪

1507
01:25:39,500 --> 01:25:42,583
♪ Just like Jesse James ♪

1508
01:25:47,542 --> 01:25:49,417
♪ Well, you've had your way
with love ♪

1509
01:25:49,500 --> 01:25:51,083
♪ But it's the end of the day ♪

1510
01:25:51,166 --> 01:25:52,875
♪ Now a team of wild horses ♪

1511
01:25:52,959 --> 01:25:54,792
♪ Couldn't drag
your heart away ♪

1512
01:25:54,875 --> 01:25:59,041
♪ So come on, baby,
come on, baby, come on, baby ♪

1513
01:25:59,125 --> 01:26:01,500
♪ You know there ain't nothin'
left to say ♪

1514
01:26:01,583 --> 01:26:04,417
♪ If you're so tough,
come on and prove it ♪

1515
01:26:04,500 --> 01:26:06,041
♪ Your heart is down
for the count ♪

1516
01:26:06,125 --> 01:26:08,959
♪ And you know
you're gonna lose it ♪

1517
01:26:09,041 --> 01:26:13,208
♪ Tonight you're gonna
go down in flames ♪

1518
01:26:13,291 --> 01:26:15,834
♪ Just like Jesse James ♪

1519
01:26:15,917 --> 01:26:19,875
♪ Tonight you're gonna
go down in flames

1520
01:26:19,959 --> 01:26:24,959
♪ Just like Jesse James ♪

1521
01:26:26,291 --> 01:26:27,792
♪ I'm gonna shoot you down ♪

1522
01:26:27,875 --> 01:26:29,959
♪ Jesse James ♪

1523
01:26:40,458 --> 01:26:44,709
Let's hear it
for Charlene Incarnate!

1524
01:26:55,041 --> 01:26:59,000
Thank you. Thank you.

1525
01:26:59,083 --> 01:27:01,625
Thank you, everyone.

1526
01:27:12,291 --> 01:27:18,166
♪ Goodbyes sound better ♪

1527
01:27:18,250 --> 01:27:23,583
♪ I wish you a good goodbye ♪

1528
01:27:26,041 --> 01:27:28,208
'Cause you're part of history.

1529
01:27:28,291 --> 01:27:30,917
This is gonna be one of those
things years and years from now

1530
01:27:31,000 --> 01:27:32,709
when it's long gone
and the era has passed

1531
01:27:32,792 --> 01:27:37,250
that people are trying to relive
and capture and hold onto.

1532
01:27:37,333 --> 01:27:39,959
So feel yourself special
to be a part of it.

1533
01:27:40,041 --> 01:27:43,750
♪ In all of the hours and times
that I tried to be..."

1534
01:27:43,834 --> 01:27:45,750
I've been to the deserts,

1535
01:27:45,834 --> 01:27:47,750
I've been to the seas,
honey.

1536
01:27:47,834 --> 01:27:49,208
And there's no other
drag community

1537
01:27:49,291 --> 01:27:50,917
like New York City, darling.

1538
01:27:51,000 --> 01:27:53,250
Give it up for these queens,
darling.

1539
01:27:53,333 --> 01:27:56,166
Up, up, up, up, up, up, up!

1540
01:27:58,834 --> 01:28:02,583
These girls now are watching
us and they're admiring us.

1541
01:28:02,667 --> 01:28:07,917
Girls, I want to tell you, there's
room for all of us. This is for you.

1542
01:28:11,208 --> 01:28:13,000
Thank you so much.

1543
01:28:13,083 --> 01:28:14,667
I live the life I love,

1544
01:28:14,750 --> 01:28:16,333
and I love the life I live,

1545
01:28:16,417 --> 01:28:20,083
and I love sharing it
with all of you here.

1546
01:28:21,542 --> 01:28:23,250
It's the audience.

1547
01:28:23,333 --> 01:28:25,417
It's you that is Wigstock,

1548
01:28:25,500 --> 01:28:28,291
and I lift my wigs
to you all.

1549
01:28:28,375 --> 01:28:31,500
♪ Goodbye-ay-ay-ay-ay ♪

1550
01:28:31,583 --> 01:28:34,250
♪ Sweet summer ♪

1551
01:28:51,333 --> 01:28:55,834
♪ I finally feel like
I'm gonna be feeling this way ♪

1552
01:28:55,917 --> 01:29:00,375
♪ For a long time, baby ♪

1553
01:29:00,458 --> 01:29:02,083
♪ Yeah ♪

1554
01:29:20,959 --> 01:29:25,500
♪ Set me down
and tell me you love me ♪

1555
01:29:25,583 --> 01:29:27,458
♪ Take me by the hand ♪

1556
01:29:27,542 --> 01:29:30,417
♪ In the cover of the trees ♪

1557
01:29:30,500 --> 01:29:32,709
♪ As we drive on this road ♪ ♪

1558
01:29:32,792 --> 01:29:35,083
♪ I can see you must know ♪

1559
01:29:35,166 --> 01:29:39,583
♪ How much, how much
you mean to me ♪

1560
01:29:39,667 --> 01:29:42,291
♪ Come run and tell me
you love me ♪

1561
01:29:42,375 --> 01:29:44,458
♪ Come on and hold my hand ♪

1562
01:29:44,542 --> 01:29:47,208
♪ Come run and take me
for a long time ♪

1563
01:29:47,291 --> 01:29:49,583
♪ Until you leave this land ♪

1564
01:29:49,667 --> 01:29:51,750
♪ Tell me that
we're going to be ♪

1565
01:29:51,834 --> 01:29:55,583
♪ Together forever, baby ♪

1566
01:29:55,667 --> 01:29:58,709
♪ Forever ♪

1567
01:29:58,792 --> 01:30:00,709
♪ I finally feel like ♪

1568
01:30:00,792 --> 01:30:03,667
♪ I'm gonna be feeling
this way ♪

1569
01:30:03,750 --> 01:30:07,834
♪ For a long time, baby ♪

1570
01:30:07,917 --> 01:30:10,250
♪ I finally feel like ♪

1571
01:30:10,333 --> 01:30:13,250
♪ I'm gonna be
feeling this way ♪

1572
01:30:13,333 --> 01:30:17,166
♪ For a long time, baby ♪

1573
01:30:17,250 --> 01:30:22,875
♪ I finally feel like
I'm gonna be feeling this way ♪

1574
01:30:23,000 --> 01:30:27,208
♪ For a long time, baby ♪

1575
01:30:27,291 --> 01:30:28,625
♪ Yeah ♪