RuPaul: 'Identity Is a Hoax, People!' | Episode 3

Cannonball with Wesley Morris

The New York Times

News, News Commentary, Arts, Society & Culture

4.7 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

While we are discussing the Emmys, which Jenna barely wanted to watch, something amazing happens: a call from somebody who actually has an Emmy! Yup, it’s RuPaul. He talks about both the importance of his Emmy-winning show, “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” and its non-importance, which, according to him, is its actual importance: “Identity is a hoax, people!” Then it’s on to a conversation about “Bridget Jones’s Baby” and “Snowden,” two films with nothing in common — well, except in Wesley's experience of them. Ultimately, the week’s news — police shootings, political insults, and, yes, superstar divorce — proves too much for us. So we escape to Bryant Park, where Jenna gives Wesley some advice for how to detox.

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0:00.0	I'm Jenna Wertham. I'm Wesley Morris. We're two cult writers for the New York Times. And this is still processing.
0:14.0	And this week we're talking about the necessity of Oliver Stone Snowden. As well as the problem with Renee Zellberger as Bridget Jones in 2016. Yes. And we also have an extra extra extra extra special guest this week. And you're going to die.
0:29.0	So just wait for it. That's coming up soon. Okay. Well before before my face falls off. Do you want to thank me for anything?
0:35.0	We want to say thank you. We want to say hey daddy.
0:38.0	No.
0:40.0	Okay.
0:42.0	All right. Well, I love you and I'll muster the thanks.
0:47.0	No, I'm embarrassed. I'm really embarrassed because I will say that before this weekend I didn't really look.
0:53.0	Look, people would be like, do you know about the Emmys? And I would pull a Mariah Carey and be like, I don't know her.
0:58.0	Like, I didn't know what they were about. And you said, girl, go ahead and watch him. And I did. And I had such a good time.
1:05.0	I'm, you know, I didn't have my TV up and running. So I had to watch it. My friend Shawnees. But it was great. I had such a good time watching the Emmys.
1:12.0	Great. I'm glad you did. You're welcome.
1:15.0	Jimmy Kimmel, best hosting job I've seen on any award show in a long time.
1:20.0	He didn't just give you all monologue at the front and you stay for the whole show funny whole time.
1:25.0	Cross some lines. Even the line crossing was interesting.
1:28.0	I mean, the Bill Cosby joke was hilarious.
1:31.0	So at some point,
1:33.0	we come back from commercial.
1:35.0	Ladies and gentlemen,
1:36.0	or time Emmy Award winner, Dr. Bill Cosby.
1:41.0	And I mean, I was sort of looking around like, what is going on?
1:46.0	And there was a long space in which nothing happened.
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