Varla Jean Merman
Hi Jinkx! with Jinkx Monsoon
Moguls of Media
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2021
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Jinkx is joined by drag icon and Cross Fit enthusiast Varla Jean Merman. They talk about her start doing drag in New Orleans and New York, her expansive and varied performance career ranging from gay bars, to operas, and even on Broadway, and her iconic role in the film “Girls Will Be Girls.” Plus a little holiday cheer sprinkled in there too!
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| 0:00.0 | Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.co. |
| 0:05.5 | com.uk-Uk.woundary. That's audible.combe.ukes slash wondering. |
| 0:11.3 | Hello, everyone. I'm Jinks Monsoon, and welcome to another episode of, |
| 0:17.1 | Hi, Jinks with me, Jinks Monsoon. Today, our guest is Varla Jean Merman, who not only played the voice of Nanog, the sentient eggnog from my holiday special with Bendelikram, but she is a living legend in the Old Guard of Drag, one of the most multi-talented, |
| 0:39.1 | multifaceted performers, I know. |
| 0:41.9 | And also, she's a redhead, |
| 0:43.9 | so she's got that going for her. |
| 0:45.9 | So hunker down and strap in for some brand new. |
| 0:50.2 | Hi, Jinks. |
| 0:53.4 | Forever! Dog'Bing! |
| 0:56.0 | Dog! Hello everyone. I'm Jinks Monsoon and welcome to, hi Jinks, a podcast where I, an internationally tolerated drag superstar, get to interview compelling and fascinating people about |
| 1:29.6 | how they became who they are and why they do what they do. Today we are joined by a chippy red-headed |
| 1:37.6 | bimbo with broad shoulders and a voracious appetite. It's Varla Jean Merman. Hi, Varla. Hi, Jinks. How are you doing? Are you, |
| 1:50.4 | where are you in the world right now? I'm in Florida, as you know, I've nestled here. That's what |
| 1:55.8 | old gays do. You either go to Palm Springs or Fort Lauderdale and we chose Fort Lauderdale. |
| 2:02.6 | And you went there from Nalins, right? |
| 2:06.3 | Yes, I was from New Orleans. |
| 2:08.0 | Yes, I lived there pretty much my whole life. |
| 2:10.1 | And then I lived in New York for a little bit and then I came back after 9-11. |
| 2:14.0 | Okay, because I lived by the trade towers. |
| 2:16.3 | Cheery story to start the show with. |
| 2:18.7 | I went back to New Orleans and then Katrina happened. |
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