The Great Big DRAGisode

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🗓️ 25 June 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Drag is having a moment ⁠— from RuPaul's Drag Race, to DragCon, to drag queens appearing on the big screen. In this episode, we walk through the history of drag, chat with the creative minds of the show that made drag mainstream, and talk to some drag performers about where drag is headed next.

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0:00.0	Tell me about your outfit for folks who can't see it.
0:02.3	I am wearing a mage by me outfit.
0:04.9	I saw all of my looks.
0:05.9	I saw my own hair.
0:07.5	And there are a few things more engaging than having a drag queen tell you about her outfit.
0:13.3	My name is Jaden Dior fierce.
0:15.4	Jaden Dior fierce.
0:16.9	Talk to me backstage at RuPaul's drag con in LA this May.
0:21.2	Drag con is the biggest drag festival in the country.
0:23.8	The organizers say more than 60,000 people showed up for this one.
0:28.1	Last rhinestones all over it honey feathers.
0:30.7	Oh yes a mermaid, stowl gown, pink ostrich feathers at the bottom.
0:35.0	You may have seen Jaden before.
0:36.9	She was on a season of RuPaul's drag race.
0:39.0	Season 7.
0:40.0	Okay.
0:41.0	Jaden is one of dozens of queens here at the LA Convention Center getting ready to walk
0:45.2	the convention floor.
0:47.4	And like most of the other queens, Jaden's look is beyond.
0:51.7	Reverse sequence that are holographic.
0:54.2	And they change color.
0:55.2	You see that?
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