Brody's Scribbles... I Have A Soft Spot For Drag Queens

By Brody Levesque (Washington DC) Jan 28 | I have a serious soft spot for drag queens. One of my all time favorite movies is the Academy Award winning 1994 Australian film; The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. It's the Australian film that blitzed overseas box offices. It caused a near riot at the Cannes Film Festival. It's fun, daring, over-the-top and unforgettable. It's a road movie with attitude and the occasional frock.

So imagine my pleasure when I spotted this article today in the LA Times by Staff Writer Maria Elena Fernandez:

RuPaul gives drag queens the royal treatment 
Older and younger men bond and compete on 'Drag Race,' seen on Logo.

Drag queens sashay down the runway, lip-syncing to RuPaul’s "Main Event," escorted by their drag mothers. The mother-daughter fashion show has begun, and immediately we realize: we've never seen anything like this on TV. The mamas are only mommies for a day -- older gay men plucked out of their quiet lives to be transformed into drag queens as part of a reality show challenge. They've never worn heels, makeup  

Debbie Reynolds hugs RuPaul    
Photo By Mark Boster   Los Angeles Times 

And a test it is. Heels prove a giant obstacle for a couple of "mothers" who have trouble walking in their own shoes because of disabilities. But there they were in a Culver City studio last July, filming an episode of the second season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” which premieres at 9 p.m. Monday on Logo. [ Read More...]