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Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

André Robert Lee Looks Back on Starrbooty, RuPaul

Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

Fausto Fernós

Comedy Interviews, Tv & Film, Comedy, Tv Reviews, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.4831 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

One of our all-time favorite wacky and wild films is RuPaul’s Starrbooty.

Created during a lull in her career, the film revives one of Ru’s early cable-access TV characters- Starbooty—a private detective turned sex worker who lands herself in increasingly ridiculous situations. The film celebrates RuPaul’s love for sexploitation, melodrama, gratuitous nudity, and her circle of kooky friends.

Many consider Starrbooty the launchpad for RuPaul’s resurgence as host of RuPaul’s Drag Race, a show that mainstreamed drag so successfully it has overshadowed many other styles and interpretations of the art form.

Today, Starrbooty producer and acclaimed filmmaker André Robert Lee joins us to revisit this wonderfully twisted film and discuss the challenges and triumphs of being a queer Black creative.

We also dive into his other fantastic projects, including Dirty Laundry (starring Jenifer Lewis and Loretta Devine) and The Prep School Negro, a documentary which follows young Black students adventures on their way to college. 

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Plus—

• George Washington Carver and our favorite queer Black luminaries.
• Is Lady Bunny on Putin’s payroll? 
• Right wing media is spreading rumors about alleged CEO shooter Luigi Maginone having 20 sex tapes. (Put up or shut up, Rupert Murdoch.)

Transcript

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0:00.0

One of our all-time favorite wacky and wild films is Rupal's Star Booty.

0:10.0

Created during a lull in her career, the film revives one of Rue's early cable access TV characters,

0:17.0

Star Booty, a private detective turned sex worker, who lands herself in increasingly ridiculous situations.

0:24.6

The film celebrates Rupal's love for sexploitation, melodrama, gratuitous nudity, and her circle of kooky friends.

0:33.6

Many consider Star Booty the launch pad for Rupal's Resurgence as host of Rupal's Drag Race,

0:39.5

a show that mainstream drag so successfully it has overshadowed many other styles and interpretations of the art form.

0:47.0

Today, Star Booty producer and acclaimed filmmaker Andre Robert Lee joins us to revisit the wonderfully twisted film and discuss the challenges and

0:56.3

triumphs of being a queer black creative. We also dive into his other fantastic projects,

1:01.6

including Dirty Laundry, starring Jennifer Lewis and Loretta Devine, and The Prep School Negro,

1:06.7

a documentary which follows young black students' adventures on their way to college.

1:11.7

Plus, George Washington Carver and our favorite queer black luminaries.

1:16.9

Is Lady Bunny on Putin's payroll?

1:19.2

And right-wing media is spreading rumors about alleged CEO shooter Luigi Maggione having 20 sex tapes. Put up or shut up, Rupert Murdoch. I'm Fausto Fáufernos.

1:32.7

I'm Mark Fillion. And this is Feast of Fun.

1:36.8

Sound Scrub. Hello. Hi. My name's Cupcake. What's yours?

1:44.0

Exactly. Oh, my God, that's perfect.. What's yours?

1:44.8

Exactly.

1:46.5

Oh, my God, that's perfect.

1:49.3

Hi, is this Andre Robert Lee?

1:50.5

I do know your name.

1:51.4

Tadda.

1:52.4

Yes, it is.

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