Still Buffering: Paris is Burning (1990)

Still Buffering

Sydnee McElroy

Comedy

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Pride marches on this week on Still Buffering, as we discuss the incredibly important documentary Paris is Burning. Capturing the vibrant high days of the NYC ballroom scene, the birthplace for much of the queer culture we now enjoy. Pay your respects and learn your history, and of course, Protect the Dolls!

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0:00.0	Maybe you change your mind too many times over and over again.
0:05.0	Over and over again. Baby you change your mind
0:23.3	For too many times
0:25.4	Over and over again
0:27.3	Over and over again
0:30.4	Hello and welcome to still buffering
0:32.3	A cross-generational guide to the culture that made us
0:34.3	I'm Sidney McRoy
0:35.2	And I'm Taylor Smurrow
0:37.0	Uh well Taylor have you been getting a lot of rain up there? to The Culture That Made Us. I'm Sidney McRoy. And I'm Taylor Smurrow.
0:43.0	Well, Taylor, have you been getting a lot of rain up there? I haven't asked you that.
0:46.8	Oh, yeah, rain and cold.
0:47.8	Oh, it's cold?
0:51.9	I don't, it is cold. This is, I just have to take it.
0:54.5	It's a personal offense. It is the month of pride in New York City, the month where you want to take it. It's a personal offense.
1:03.2	It is the month of pride in New York City, the month where you want to walk around, like, half-naked, covered in glitter as many days as possible in a row.
1:09.4	And it was 56 degrees yesterday.
1:10.7	Oh, my gosh.
1:11.8	Five, six.
1:12.5	And rainy.
1:16.1	That is a personal attack, is what that feels like.
1:17.2	It's a personal attack.
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