Loosey tried to reason with Luxx by telling her, “My energy is very much like this character of Heaven.” And Mistress Isabelle Brooks-the big-brained genius she is-immediately fired back by reading the character descriptions. But unlike when her team was fighting to do the metal genre in the old biddy rapping challenge, Luxx had plenty of reason here. In true Luxx form, she happily steamrolled her competition into getting the part. Loosey LaDuca and Luxx Noir London were both adamant that they were right for the role of Heaven. We saw what happens when this group of queens is left to assign their own parts of a meaty challenge with Metal-gate a few weeks ago. Most notable is Heaven Bacon, the ambitious, young baby drag queen going against the grain in a town where their passion is outlawed. All of the parts are, of course, parodic draggy takes on the characters of the film it’s inspired by. Update your settings here to see it.Īnd they did just that when they were assigned Wigloose. ![]() This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. ![]() Thankfully, anyone looking for radical opposition to intolerance could find it in the hearts of the queens as they dissected our current reality, and reaffirmed drag as a stunning art form on the main stage. While it’s a pertinent idea, the musical’s execution is all big ideas, with very little substance. The queens were assigned to take on a film where dancing has been banned for corrupting the youth of a small town, and apply its ideas to our modern world where drag is in political contention. Tonight’s RuSical maxi challenge, “Wigloose: the RuSical,” sent up-you guessed it- Footloose. In short: family-friendly drag performances, drag queen story-times at libraries, and any completely good-natured, well-intentioned events that do nothing to harm any children in attendance were deemed unlawful. Just two weeks ago, Tennessee passed a bill banning “adult cabaret performances” in public spaces. However, we don’t have to call that prescience or coincidence-the pushback against drag by conservative politicians has been creeping into the rhetoric since the Trump administration emboldened alt-right cronies across the country. Though this season of Drag Race was filmed last summer, this week’s dose of highly queer, deeply chaotic campiness is scarily relevant. Rendon/The Daily Beast/MTVĪs if RuPaul’s Drag Race airing its 15th season wasn’t already direct counterprogramming to the anti-drag bills being considered or passed in many parts of the country, this week’s episode stiffened RuPaul and co.’s firm middle finger to the agendas of bigoted politicians.
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