This well-meaning documentary from Netflix takes a look at how the UK’s rapidly changing drag scene is surviving the Covid lockdowns. However, somewhere along it mixes its message so much and it eventually trails off into confusion. The film starts out acknowledging the hardworking local drag queens who have always been the mainstay of … Continue reading
This very exuberant and enthralling documentary which portrays a rather charming hotch-potch troupe of drag performers is full of very pleasant surprises. Firstly that it is all set in the heart of the mid-west in Columbus Ohio, and secondly the arrange of talent is remarkably good, but most importantly, it is the exceptional sense of … Continue reading
A group of 20 year gay men are out clubbing one night when one of them, Conner, espies newbie Devin across the dance floor and promptly decides that he is the new object of his affections. Devin, who still has more than one foot firmly in the closet and is clutching on tightly to his … Continue reading
When the late Laurie Lee was a Drag Queen in London in the 1970’s & 1980’s , life was much simpler. ‘Lol’ as he like to be called had done his National Service which was still compulsory in those days and he did a stint in the Merchant Navy where finding a ‘partner’ was … Continue reading
This rather muddled and affectionate profile tells part of the story of group of outrageous outsized African/American middle-aged women in Richmond Virginia who have adopted the personas of Drag Queens. Centered around Anelica O. Mark-Harris their large-than-life queen bee, these women bedeck themselves out in flamboyant camp dresses and top their look off with a wig … Continue reading