Lady Bunny on ‘Drag Race’ vs Drag, RuPaul, Wigstock

Hot Takes & Deep Dives

Jess Rothschild

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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Jess is joined by drag legend LADY BUNNY! Lady Bunny discusses Drag Race's impact on modern day queens vs. experimental avant-garde style, questionable music choices on RPDR, gender & identity politics, organizing Wigstock in Tompkins Square Park & Pier 17, creating culture vs. mimicking reality TV, being held at gunpoint in the East Village and her rise alongside RuPaul at The Pyramid Club.

See Lady Bunny at The Green Room 42 in May & June!

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Hot Takes and Deep Dives and Lady Bunny is no mere drag queen, she is
0:19.6	a drag monarch.
0:21.5	After cutting her teeth and Atlanta drag clubs in the early 80s where she formed a lifelong
0:25.5	friendship with RuPaul, she moved to New York City in 1984 and became a staple at the
0:30.5	Pyramid Club.
0:31.8	The following year she co-founded Wixstock, a legendary annual drag festival.
0:36.5	Today she is a DJ who sings and tours with her act and has an upcoming residency here
0:41.6	in New York City at the Green Room 42.
0:44.3	Hi Lady Bunny.
0:45.8	Hello, darling.
0:47.8	How are you?
0:48.8	I'm good.
0:49.8	How are you?
0:50.8	I'm doing well.
0:51.8	I'm excited because the weather turned nice and, you know, that they say, March, what
0:58.4	is it in like a lion out like a lamb?
1:02.1	Yes.
1:03.1	So we got two days of lamb and then the lion came back and then we'll have a couple
1:06.9	days before the April showers start, but at least the April showers before they bring
1:12.2	the May flowers, take some of the allergens out of the air.
1:17.2	Yes.
1:18.2	You're doing a, can we call it a residency at the Green Room 42 right here in New York
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