1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:18,235 --> 00:00:20,281 - I can't believe people will pay money 4 00:00:20,411 --> 00:00:22,805 to get video messages from "RuPaul's Drag Race" contestants. 5 00:00:25,155 --> 00:00:27,201 It's like they think we're celebrities or something. 6 00:00:27,331 --> 00:00:28,811 I'm just down here doing this in my basement in Rochester. 7 00:00:31,509 --> 00:00:33,468 36th birthday, big fan. 8 00:00:37,863 --> 00:00:38,647 - Two count after the beep. 9 00:00:39,778 --> 00:00:41,345 [camera beeps] 10 00:00:42,868 --> 00:00:45,828 - Hi, darling! It's me, Mrs. Kasha Davis. 11 00:00:45,958 --> 00:00:48,048 Oh, my God on a wheel! 12 00:00:48,178 --> 00:00:50,354 Dirty 36! 13 00:00:50,485 --> 00:00:54,097 I can't even believe it, you barely look 35. 14 00:00:54,228 --> 00:00:56,752 Tony, darling, can you even believe that it's me, 15 00:00:56,882 --> 00:00:58,449 Mrs. Kasha Davis, 16 00:00:58,580 --> 00:01:01,844 who had the balls to retweet your photo 17 00:01:01,931 --> 00:01:03,498 with you in your lovely blouse? 18 00:01:03,628 --> 00:01:05,717 Thank you so much for wearing my blouse 19 00:01:05,848 --> 00:01:07,763 to the grocery store, 20 00:01:07,893 --> 00:01:09,939 to the restroom at TJ Maxx, 21 00:01:10,026 --> 00:01:11,767 or wherever you may travel. 22 00:01:11,897 --> 00:01:13,725 Happy, happy birthday! 23 00:01:17,903 --> 00:01:18,774 Message number two. 24 00:01:20,602 --> 00:01:23,300 [soft string music] 25 00:02:20,488 --> 00:02:22,838 [ripping sound] 26 00:02:27,190 --> 00:02:30,715 [plastic rustles] - So we got... 27 00:02:34,980 --> 00:02:39,333 a black background for some of the photo shoots. 28 00:02:41,900 --> 00:02:44,816 We got a white background for photo shoots, 29 00:02:44,947 --> 00:02:46,818 which we're gonna use this weekend. 30 00:02:46,949 --> 00:02:49,125 [upbeat music] 31 00:02:53,390 --> 00:02:54,957 This is our makeshift studio. 32 00:02:57,351 --> 00:02:58,961 We've been filming all weekend long 33 00:03:01,311 --> 00:03:02,965 for Kasha's audition video for "RuPaul's Drag Race." 34 00:03:06,055 --> 00:03:07,839 - Hello! 35 00:03:07,970 --> 00:03:09,363 I'm Kasha Davis. 36 00:03:09,493 --> 00:03:10,668 Welcome to suburbia. 37 00:03:12,366 --> 00:03:14,019 Well, hello, my fabulous fans and friends 38 00:03:14,106 --> 00:03:15,978 and friends and fans, 39 00:03:16,108 --> 00:03:18,328 and people who are voting for me, Mrs. Kasha Davis, 40 00:03:18,459 --> 00:03:20,330 for "RuPaul's Drag Race" season five. 41 00:03:20,417 --> 00:03:22,941 Now, remember, you can vote every 24 hours. 42 00:03:23,072 --> 00:03:24,987 But, before I beg for another vote, 43 00:03:25,117 --> 00:03:26,554 I've gotta show you a little bit 44 00:03:26,684 --> 00:03:29,383 about my frantic, frantic day here in suburbia. 45 00:03:29,513 --> 00:03:30,732 It's very, very difficult. 46 00:03:32,037 --> 00:03:34,039 I was out pounding the pavement, 47 00:03:34,170 --> 00:03:35,650 delivering my Avon orders 48 00:03:35,780 --> 00:03:37,695 to those desperate bitches around the cul-de-sac 49 00:03:37,826 --> 00:03:39,436 who are trying to look as fabulous as me. 50 00:03:39,567 --> 00:03:41,003 Try, try, ladies, 51 00:03:41,133 --> 00:03:42,047 I'll keep selling you that firming cream, 52 00:03:42,134 --> 00:03:44,572 but, nothing works as well as duct tape. 53 00:03:47,357 --> 00:03:48,924 All I know is I'm ready for a cocktail, 54 00:03:49,054 --> 00:03:49,838 because, you know why? 55 00:03:51,579 --> 00:03:54,016 There's always time for a cocktail. 56 00:03:54,146 --> 00:03:55,017 Cheers, darlings! 57 00:03:55,147 --> 00:03:56,627 Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm! 58 00:04:00,065 --> 00:04:01,545 My name is Ed Popil. 59 00:04:01,676 --> 00:04:03,112 I'm 47 years old. 60 00:04:03,243 --> 00:04:04,679 I live in Rochester, New York. 61 00:04:04,809 --> 00:04:06,942 I have a husband of 14 years 62 00:04:07,072 --> 00:04:09,161 and I perform as a drag queen named Mrs. Kasha Davis. 63 00:04:11,903 --> 00:04:13,383 ♪ RuPaul's Drag Race ♪ 64 00:04:13,557 --> 00:04:15,298 ♪ Start your engines ♪ 65 00:04:15,429 --> 00:04:18,910 Season 1 of "RuPaul's Drag Race" aired in 2009. 66 00:04:19,041 --> 00:04:21,130 The whole drag community became excited 67 00:04:21,261 --> 00:04:24,612 for this opportunity to be seen on mainstream television. 68 00:04:24,742 --> 00:04:27,267 People can see not just a fabulous drag queen, 69 00:04:27,397 --> 00:04:29,138 but see the real life struggles 70 00:04:29,225 --> 00:04:31,401 that these people are going through. 71 00:04:31,532 --> 00:04:33,838 That's something that I had to be a part of. 72 00:04:36,188 --> 00:04:38,626 I auditioned every single season 73 00:04:38,756 --> 00:04:41,106 and Steve and I worked on all of those audition videos. 74 00:04:41,237 --> 00:04:43,413 [upbeat music] 75 00:04:48,113 --> 00:04:49,550 Did you see my audition tape 76 00:04:49,637 --> 00:04:52,509 for "RuPaul's Drag Race" season three? 77 00:04:52,596 --> 00:04:56,774 I've got gobs and gobs of sequins, and beads, and feathers, 78 00:04:56,905 --> 00:05:00,778 and they're just waiting to be on national television! 79 00:05:00,909 --> 00:05:03,128 We can't even get on "RuPaul's Drag Race" season four. 80 00:05:04,913 --> 00:05:08,395 I have so much passion and love for you RuPaul, 81 00:05:08,525 --> 00:05:10,571 so that I can be on your television show. 82 00:05:10,658 --> 00:05:12,268 Because you know, 83 00:05:12,399 --> 00:05:14,270 I have nothing else to do except for sit here 84 00:05:14,401 --> 00:05:15,619 and talk to my computer. 85 00:05:15,706 --> 00:05:18,970 By the way, don't forget to vote for me. 86 00:05:19,101 --> 00:05:23,235 Go to kashadavis.com and vote, vote, vote. 87 00:05:23,366 --> 00:05:24,933 Oh, we're gonna have a good time. 88 00:05:27,631 --> 00:05:28,458 Vote for me. 89 00:05:32,723 --> 00:05:34,029 I started doing drag in 2004. 90 00:05:38,033 --> 00:05:40,818 [Kasha screams] 91 00:05:40,949 --> 00:05:42,777 I thought, 92 00:05:42,907 --> 00:05:45,867 first I would create this character similar to who I was. 93 00:05:45,997 --> 00:05:48,913 I was working in a career that I didn't wanna be in, 94 00:05:49,044 --> 00:05:50,959 and I was longing to do something else. 95 00:05:51,089 --> 00:05:53,657 [dog food patters] 96 00:05:53,788 --> 00:05:55,137 [Kasha exhales loudly] 97 00:05:55,267 --> 00:05:56,399 I am going to work. 98 00:05:56,530 --> 00:05:59,794 It's time to make the donuts. 99 00:05:59,881 --> 00:06:03,145 I was the director of a call center called DialAmerica. 100 00:06:03,275 --> 00:06:05,756 I had been working at this job for 18 years. 101 00:06:05,887 --> 00:06:07,410 I never really had that chance to go out 102 00:06:07,541 --> 00:06:09,151 and fulfill the creative energies 103 00:06:09,281 --> 00:06:11,588 that I had building up inside of me. 104 00:06:11,719 --> 00:06:14,243 It was getting to the point where I'd sit at my desk 105 00:06:14,330 --> 00:06:17,246 and I'd stare across the room thinking, 106 00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:18,682 "Oh, my gosh, this is it? 107 00:06:20,118 --> 00:06:23,513 I am a performer. 108 00:06:23,644 --> 00:06:25,428 I need to be on stage. 109 00:06:25,559 --> 00:06:27,474 I'm not alive if I'm not creating." 110 00:06:29,476 --> 00:06:31,608 The inspiration really came to fruition 111 00:06:31,739 --> 00:06:33,218 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. 112 00:06:35,395 --> 00:06:39,660 Provincetown is sort of like Oz for gay people. 113 00:06:39,747 --> 00:06:40,922 You know, you're gonna see drag queens 114 00:06:41,052 --> 00:06:42,576 walking down the street 115 00:06:42,706 --> 00:06:43,620 and you're gonna see families with their children, 116 00:06:43,751 --> 00:06:45,361 and no one's looking as if it's odd. 117 00:06:48,582 --> 00:06:51,193 P-town is where I first saw Miss Richfield 1981 perform. 118 00:06:52,412 --> 00:06:54,892 [upbeat music] 119 00:06:56,938 --> 00:07:00,202 She would just, like, fly around the streets 120 00:07:00,332 --> 00:07:02,639 on her little, you know, buggy and stuff like that. 121 00:07:02,770 --> 00:07:04,162 And we were like, "Gosh, she's funny." 122 00:07:06,121 --> 00:07:09,080 I realized that you could be a drag queen 123 00:07:09,211 --> 00:07:11,300 who doesn't just focus on being pretty. 124 00:07:11,431 --> 00:07:13,084 You can have comedy and music. 125 00:07:13,215 --> 00:07:15,173 And that is something that's very entertaining for people. 126 00:07:15,347 --> 00:07:16,523 ♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪ 127 00:07:16,697 --> 00:07:17,567 ♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪ 128 00:07:17,698 --> 00:07:19,351 Oh, welcome! 129 00:07:19,482 --> 00:07:23,443 I'm so excited for our first ever Kasha Davis cooking show. 130 00:07:24,922 --> 00:07:26,489 I thought maybe, just maybe, 131 00:07:26,620 --> 00:07:29,840 you'd enjoy Kasha's balls of love. 132 00:07:29,971 --> 00:07:33,496 That's right, it's time for Kasha's balls. 133 00:07:33,583 --> 00:07:36,543 Put them right into the blender, or food processor, 134 00:07:36,673 --> 00:07:38,109 or mixer, whatever you have. 135 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:39,633 And then you take your cream cheese 136 00:07:39,763 --> 00:07:42,679 and you put that in there and you're all set. 137 00:07:42,810 --> 00:07:44,942 And, as you get all those ingredients put in together, 138 00:07:45,073 --> 00:07:46,857 you just close it on tight 139 00:07:46,944 --> 00:07:51,427 and then you start up the process here with the mixer 140 00:07:51,558 --> 00:07:55,039 and you just, you blend it all up is what you do. 141 00:07:55,170 --> 00:07:59,087 The biggest inspiration for me, creating Mrs. Kasha Davis, 142 00:07:59,217 --> 00:08:00,958 is emulating my mom. 143 00:08:01,089 --> 00:08:03,265 [melancholic music] 144 00:08:03,395 --> 00:08:05,528 She was an Italian diva. 145 00:08:05,615 --> 00:08:06,529 Strong, 146 00:08:07,095 --> 00:08:08,009 stunning, 147 00:08:08,923 --> 00:08:09,793 emotional. 148 00:08:11,839 --> 00:08:13,231 When I was little, 149 00:08:13,362 --> 00:08:15,625 I remember sitting on the side of the tub 150 00:08:15,756 --> 00:08:18,454 and watching her, you know, put on her face 151 00:08:18,585 --> 00:08:19,542 and that artwork. 152 00:08:22,850 --> 00:08:24,025 And, over time, 153 00:08:24,155 --> 00:08:25,809 performing as Mrs. Kasha Davis 154 00:08:25,940 --> 00:08:28,246 became a way to keep her spirit alive. 155 00:08:30,553 --> 00:08:33,469 I like to get gas on a Sunday 156 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,211 because it's a good day to wear a gown 157 00:08:36,341 --> 00:08:37,081 and wave at a neighbor. 158 00:08:37,212 --> 00:08:38,343 Hi darling! 159 00:08:38,430 --> 00:08:39,867 Hi, darling, I love your blouse. 160 00:08:41,608 --> 00:08:44,306 And, you know, Sunday's a good day 161 00:08:44,436 --> 00:08:46,395 to get all of your chores done. 162 00:08:46,526 --> 00:08:49,050 I like to try to get to Wegmans. 163 00:08:49,180 --> 00:08:51,922 Ooh, the grocery store. 164 00:08:52,053 --> 00:08:55,056 I like to try to get to the liquor store. 165 00:08:55,186 --> 00:08:58,276 You know, milk, bread, vodka. 166 00:08:58,407 --> 00:09:00,278 I just gravitated to my mom. 167 00:09:04,065 --> 00:09:06,676 When I was a kid in the seventies and eighties, 168 00:09:06,807 --> 00:09:08,199 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, 169 00:09:10,419 --> 00:09:12,726 there were no gay people that I knew of 170 00:09:13,944 --> 00:09:16,686 I was light in the loafers. 171 00:09:16,817 --> 00:09:18,383 I gravitated to dolls. 172 00:09:18,514 --> 00:09:19,776 And I wanted to play theater and dress up. 173 00:09:19,863 --> 00:09:22,170 And I was a little sassy. 174 00:09:22,300 --> 00:09:25,826 And so I was, there were lessons about speaking lower 175 00:09:25,956 --> 00:09:27,262 and acting more like a man. 176 00:09:29,351 --> 00:09:33,573 I got myself involved in theater and I found my tribe. 177 00:09:33,703 --> 00:09:36,663 So it was a place where I just found so much passion 178 00:09:36,793 --> 00:09:37,577 and joy. 179 00:09:38,839 --> 00:09:40,667 For me, it was clear, 180 00:09:40,754 --> 00:09:44,061 I was gonna be an entertainer some way, somehow. 181 00:09:44,192 --> 00:09:45,454 But every time I brought it up to my family, 182 00:09:45,585 --> 00:09:46,455 it was discouraged. 183 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:47,891 It wasn't realistic. 184 00:09:48,022 --> 00:09:49,501 You can't, can't, can't. 185 00:09:53,070 --> 00:09:56,421 I was always trying to be what my dad wanted. 186 00:09:56,552 --> 00:09:58,859 So, I ran away from theater 187 00:09:58,989 --> 00:10:00,295 and then I made the decision 188 00:10:00,425 --> 00:10:01,992 to marry the first girl that would say yes, 189 00:10:03,864 --> 00:10:05,256 and I cried the entire day at the wedding. 190 00:10:06,910 --> 00:10:08,216 And I kept telling everyone 191 00:10:08,303 --> 00:10:10,174 it was because I was so much in love. 192 00:10:10,784 --> 00:10:12,742 But I knew that it was the final straw 193 00:10:12,829 --> 00:10:14,526 that you cannot be yourself. 194 00:10:18,443 --> 00:10:19,575 [audience laughs] 195 00:10:19,706 --> 00:10:20,968 Yes, but my mother will. 196 00:10:21,098 --> 00:10:22,752 Growing up, 197 00:10:22,883 --> 00:10:23,579 and when I came out to her, I said, "Mom, I'm gay." 198 00:10:23,666 --> 00:10:25,755 And she said, "Oh, honey, 199 00:10:25,886 --> 00:10:27,539 you don't wanna touch somebody's pickle." 200 00:10:27,627 --> 00:10:29,411 [audience laughs] 201 00:10:29,541 --> 00:10:32,414 "Or put your pickle in somebody's dupa." 202 00:10:32,544 --> 00:10:34,590 It was what you call 203 00:10:34,721 --> 00:10:36,244 only the medical terms in our household. 204 00:10:37,811 --> 00:10:40,291 When I did come out to my parents, 205 00:10:40,422 --> 00:10:43,512 at that point, I was in the process of divorce. 206 00:10:45,296 --> 00:10:47,472 Mom, of course, was dramatic and cried. 207 00:10:47,603 --> 00:10:49,823 And dad just spit in my face 208 00:10:49,953 --> 00:10:50,650 and told me to get out. 209 00:10:52,913 --> 00:10:55,480 And I did 210 00:10:55,611 --> 00:10:58,222 because it was time for me to be myself. 211 00:10:58,353 --> 00:11:00,355 [melancholic music] 212 00:11:13,847 --> 00:11:16,850 I moved to Rochester and that's when my life started. 213 00:11:16,980 --> 00:11:19,461 And I'm very excited because I'm doing a show at Rain Lounge 214 00:11:19,548 --> 00:11:21,898 for the Christmas holiday. 215 00:11:22,029 --> 00:11:26,163 Darienne Lake, season six superstar on "RuPaul's Drag Race" 216 00:11:26,294 --> 00:11:27,643 is gonna be there. 217 00:11:27,730 --> 00:11:30,951 And, my fabulous gal pal Aggy Dune! 218 00:11:31,038 --> 00:11:32,474 See you in a bit. 219 00:11:32,561 --> 00:11:34,041 Well, here we are at Rain Lounge, 220 00:11:34,171 --> 00:11:37,087 and, you know, just a subtle poster for Darienne Lake. 221 00:11:37,218 --> 00:11:40,090 You know, it's the size of the building. 222 00:11:40,221 --> 00:11:42,005 - Mrs. Kasha Davis came to the scene, probably like, 223 00:11:42,136 --> 00:11:43,441 was it like, right around the turn of the century? 224 00:11:45,966 --> 00:11:48,751 She was sort of a fan, newly out of the closet. 225 00:11:48,838 --> 00:11:51,362 So everything was a complete candyland. 226 00:11:51,493 --> 00:11:52,886 We just had a great time. 227 00:11:54,539 --> 00:11:56,672 - Mrs. Kasha Davis. 228 00:11:56,803 --> 00:11:58,456 She is a married lady. 229 00:11:58,543 --> 00:12:00,284 She is a housewife. 230 00:12:00,415 --> 00:12:02,547 She likes lime Jell-o and marshmallows. 231 00:12:02,678 --> 00:12:04,158 She is a little crazy. 232 00:12:06,203 --> 00:12:09,685 I love that he had an idea of who Mrs. Kasha Davis was 233 00:12:09,816 --> 00:12:12,862 from the very first time he was on stage. 234 00:12:12,993 --> 00:12:16,605 - She is a true foundation of Rochester now. 235 00:12:16,736 --> 00:12:18,738 And by that, I mean, foundation. 236 00:12:18,868 --> 00:12:20,696 She's a brick. 237 00:12:20,827 --> 00:12:22,437 - But I think the first time that I met you two, 238 00:12:22,567 --> 00:12:23,830 I was backstage at Muther's 239 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:25,005 and getting ready in the mirror, 240 00:12:25,092 --> 00:12:26,528 and they turned to me and said, 241 00:12:26,658 --> 00:12:29,226 "Don't be afraid to try and look pretty! 242 00:12:29,357 --> 00:12:31,011 Just try, Kasha!" 243 00:12:32,229 --> 00:12:34,014 [pop music] 244 00:12:35,711 --> 00:12:37,017 Rochester is a small enough town 245 00:12:37,147 --> 00:12:39,802 where people really know each other. 246 00:12:39,933 --> 00:12:42,283 When I moved there, I was like 247 00:12:42,413 --> 00:12:44,154 What! Gay acceptance! 248 00:12:44,241 --> 00:12:45,982 Gay pride. 249 00:12:46,113 --> 00:12:47,897 I saw rainbow flags, I didn't know what they were. 250 00:12:47,984 --> 00:12:49,420 I started going out to the gay clubs 251 00:12:49,551 --> 00:12:51,379 and I went to a place called Muther's 252 00:12:51,509 --> 00:12:54,077 and I saw all of these amazing performers. 253 00:12:54,208 --> 00:12:56,906 There was Darienne Lake, 254 00:12:56,993 --> 00:12:58,342 Pandora Boxx, 255 00:12:58,473 --> 00:13:00,344 Ambrosia Salad, 256 00:13:00,475 --> 00:13:02,564 Aggy Dune, 257 00:13:02,694 --> 00:13:04,827 and then when I mentioned to Ambrosia Salad 258 00:13:04,958 --> 00:13:06,524 that I wanted to do drag, 259 00:13:06,655 --> 00:13:08,613 the whole group really encouraged me 260 00:13:08,744 --> 00:13:11,486 and helped me to develop Mrs. Kasha Davis. 261 00:13:11,573 --> 00:13:12,530 Really, it was a family. 262 00:13:14,228 --> 00:13:17,709 - My drag persona name is Ambrosia Salad. 263 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:19,494 And I've been doing drag here for, 264 00:13:21,148 --> 00:13:23,585 I think maybe 25 years, around there. 265 00:13:26,109 --> 00:13:29,547 Oh God, that's a quarter of a century. [laughs] 266 00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:36,119 You know, I'm six foot, three. 267 00:13:36,206 --> 00:13:37,555 Size 12 foot. 268 00:13:37,642 --> 00:13:40,907 I just was like, "Where do I get stuff?" 269 00:13:41,037 --> 00:13:44,301 There was a store here in Rochester called La Belle Grande. 270 00:13:44,432 --> 00:13:45,825 And that was the only place you could go 271 00:13:45,955 --> 00:13:47,652 to get the larger size shoe. 272 00:13:47,783 --> 00:13:50,003 And I just thought that was the funniest name in the world, 273 00:13:50,133 --> 00:13:53,310 the big woman. [giggles] 274 00:13:53,441 --> 00:13:55,095 And you paid a lot of money for crappy shoes. 275 00:13:57,010 --> 00:13:59,055 - Aggy Dune has been around for about 35 years. 276 00:13:59,186 --> 00:14:00,665 She's the grande dame of Rochester, 277 00:14:00,796 --> 00:14:03,320 so she's kind of like the head supreme 278 00:14:03,451 --> 00:14:05,757 where all the other ones were kind of, 279 00:14:05,888 --> 00:14:07,716 they sprouted off like gremlins 280 00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:09,413 when they threw a drink on her after midnight. 281 00:14:09,544 --> 00:14:11,981 Kind of like Kasha Davis, Darienne Lake, and Pandora Boxx. 282 00:14:12,112 --> 00:14:15,463 - Good evening, Chicago stud puppets. 283 00:14:15,593 --> 00:14:18,074 [audience cheers] 284 00:14:18,205 --> 00:14:20,990 I'm your giver goddess from the Empire State. 285 00:14:21,121 --> 00:14:23,384 I'm the reigning Miss Continental New York State. 286 00:14:23,514 --> 00:14:26,039 [audience cheers] 287 00:14:30,739 --> 00:14:32,262 - The Rochester drag community 288 00:14:32,393 --> 00:14:34,308 has always been really fantastic. 289 00:14:34,395 --> 00:14:36,005 Even 30 years ago when I started. 290 00:14:37,354 --> 00:14:39,922 When you talk to other big queens 291 00:14:40,009 --> 00:14:41,576 that travel the country all the time, they come here, 292 00:14:41,706 --> 00:14:43,447 they're always like, 293 00:14:43,534 --> 00:14:45,188 "You guys have some seriously good drag here. 294 00:14:45,319 --> 00:14:46,711 What's in the water?" 295 00:14:46,842 --> 00:14:48,844 I'm like, "Mostly chemicals from Kodak." 296 00:14:48,975 --> 00:14:50,933 But, you know, we live a Technicolor life, 297 00:14:51,064 --> 00:14:52,282 and that really helps us out here. 298 00:14:54,502 --> 00:14:56,765 - Through the years, we've had great bar owners 299 00:14:56,896 --> 00:14:58,419 who will stay up until 4:00 am 300 00:14:58,549 --> 00:15:02,336 smoking cigarettes in their trailers, sewing you a dress. 301 00:15:02,423 --> 00:15:05,208 The winters are really fucking long in Upstate New York. 302 00:15:05,339 --> 00:15:07,123 And so you're like trapped inside your house 303 00:15:07,254 --> 00:15:09,082 and you have cabin fever, 304 00:15:09,212 --> 00:15:10,779 and you're like, "What can I do today that's creative?" 305 00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:11,780 You know, something. 306 00:15:14,870 --> 00:15:18,439 - Doing drag with these queens on nights and weekends 307 00:15:18,569 --> 00:15:21,007 completely changed my life. 308 00:15:21,094 --> 00:15:25,533 And it was the first time when I was 100% me. 309 00:15:28,884 --> 00:15:29,885 And look at that, push a button. 310 00:15:30,016 --> 00:15:32,453 [beeping sound] 311 00:15:35,673 --> 00:15:37,066 - Like a Transformer. 312 00:15:37,197 --> 00:15:38,938 Drag queen in the sky. 313 00:15:39,068 --> 00:15:42,637 - This is my best friend and fabulous entertainer, 314 00:15:42,767 --> 00:15:44,421 Miss Aggy Dune, Tom Smalley. 315 00:15:44,552 --> 00:15:46,423 - Well, hello, hello. 316 00:15:46,510 --> 00:15:49,426 - And, my God, I've been doing drag 317 00:15:49,557 --> 00:15:51,559 as long as I've known you. 318 00:15:51,689 --> 00:15:52,777 I probably met you in the like, 319 00:15:52,908 --> 00:15:53,996 second or third time I did drag. 320 00:15:54,083 --> 00:15:57,782 So that's, at this point, I figured it out, 321 00:15:57,913 --> 00:16:00,394 it is 13 years. 322 00:16:00,481 --> 00:16:01,917 - [Aggy] Oh, my God. 323 00:16:02,004 --> 00:16:03,701 How long were you married to your wife? 324 00:16:03,832 --> 00:16:05,573 [laughing] 325 00:16:05,703 --> 00:16:07,096 - From '93 to '98. 326 00:16:07,227 --> 00:16:09,142 - [Aggy] So our relationship has lasted- 327 00:16:09,272 --> 00:16:11,187 - It's lasted longer. 328 00:16:11,318 --> 00:16:14,234 - Hi, it's Liza Minnelli and- 329 00:16:14,321 --> 00:16:17,759 - Hello, I'm back from the dead for a moment. 330 00:16:20,936 --> 00:16:23,069 - Well, here we are on our way to this benefit. 331 00:16:23,199 --> 00:16:26,507 Whereupon, we're going to be modeling 332 00:16:28,335 --> 00:16:30,380 and being around for pictures and all that jazz. 333 00:16:32,382 --> 00:16:34,906 - [Kasha] And it was so early on, like, for me with like, 334 00:16:35,037 --> 00:16:36,082 'cause all I knew was theater 335 00:16:36,212 --> 00:16:37,648 and I really hadn't done much drag. 336 00:16:37,779 --> 00:16:39,607 And so, I thought, what's the script? 337 00:16:39,737 --> 00:16:42,262 And Aggy was like, "Nope, there's no script." 338 00:16:42,392 --> 00:16:44,786 So you really taught me like a crash course 339 00:16:44,916 --> 00:16:47,267 in developing Mrs. Kasha Davis, 340 00:16:47,397 --> 00:16:50,748 as well as us developing what we originally thought was like 341 00:16:50,879 --> 00:16:53,490 Lucy-Ethel impersonation. - Yeah. 342 00:16:53,621 --> 00:16:55,405 Sonny, Cher. - Yeah. 343 00:16:55,536 --> 00:16:57,103 It was a matter of elevating drag 344 00:16:57,190 --> 00:16:58,278 from a place of, 345 00:17:02,847 --> 00:17:04,980 you know, just the hole in the wall bar scene. 346 00:17:05,111 --> 00:17:08,244 And we were able to take it into party houses. 347 00:17:08,375 --> 00:17:11,595 - Yeah, we elevated out of the bar into the- 348 00:17:11,726 --> 00:17:14,033 - Golden Ponds! - Into the Polden ponds. 349 00:17:14,163 --> 00:17:17,862 The Italian buffet. - Yeah, you know, high class. 350 00:17:17,993 --> 00:17:20,952 - Italian restaurant in a strip mall in the suburbs. 351 00:17:21,083 --> 00:17:22,911 - Right. - So we have made it. 352 00:17:25,392 --> 00:17:26,784 [upbeat dance music] 353 00:17:31,572 --> 00:17:33,791 - We sound like two cats in heat. 354 00:17:33,878 --> 00:17:36,968 [hissing sounds] 355 00:17:40,102 --> 00:17:41,886 We're actually Betty and Wilma from "The Flintstones." 356 00:17:44,889 --> 00:17:46,543 - This is from the yabba dabba don't collection. 357 00:17:46,674 --> 00:17:48,676 - Exactly. 358 00:17:48,806 --> 00:17:51,070 - So when I started out performing and doing drag, 359 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:52,854 we didn't have the internet to reference 360 00:17:52,984 --> 00:17:54,899 or learn how to do makeup, 361 00:17:55,030 --> 00:17:57,163 or I could just go and click to go to dragqueensgalore.com 362 00:17:57,293 --> 00:18:00,079 and buy everything in one shopping cart. 363 00:18:00,209 --> 00:18:02,820 You had to go out and find everything yourself. 364 00:18:02,951 --> 00:18:06,346 I remember the day you had to find out where to buy boobs. 365 00:18:06,476 --> 00:18:08,826 You had to build your own things and figure out all of it, 366 00:18:08,957 --> 00:18:10,611 which was for me, the fun part of it. 367 00:18:12,613 --> 00:18:15,877 And now it's just click a button and there it is, 368 00:18:16,007 --> 00:18:17,139 instant drag queen, just add vodka. 369 00:18:19,489 --> 00:18:22,449 These are some of the impersonation wigs that I use a lot. 370 00:18:22,579 --> 00:18:25,582 So, well, let's see, who do we have in here? 371 00:18:25,669 --> 00:18:26,670 Oh, this one. 372 00:18:26,801 --> 00:18:27,715 She's always a favorite. 373 00:18:28,803 --> 00:18:29,673 Don't fall. 374 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:32,589 So she's always a favorite. 375 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:33,634 It's... 376 00:18:34,809 --> 00:18:36,637 Bette Davis. 377 00:18:36,767 --> 00:18:38,856 Because everyone loves a nice sensible short wig. 378 00:18:40,336 --> 00:18:42,686 So, we like Bette Davis. 379 00:18:42,773 --> 00:18:46,603 We have Liza, Celine, Peggy Lee, 380 00:18:46,734 --> 00:18:48,692 Baby Jane. 381 00:18:48,823 --> 00:18:49,693 Everyone loves her. 382 00:18:49,780 --> 00:18:50,694 Elsa for the kids. 383 00:18:52,305 --> 00:18:54,437 Barbra, Tina, Reba. 384 00:18:56,047 --> 00:18:57,875 Cher, Cher, Cher, Cher, Cher. 385 00:18:58,006 --> 00:18:58,876 'Cause she makes the most money. 386 00:18:58,963 --> 00:19:01,140 [audience laughs] 387 00:19:01,270 --> 00:19:03,838 - Now, I will give you a lesson from Mrs. Kasha Davis. 388 00:19:03,968 --> 00:19:06,362 The best thing that you can do when picking a fella 389 00:19:06,493 --> 00:19:10,410 is to make sure that he has a penis, a pulse, 390 00:19:10,497 --> 00:19:13,587 and good credit. [audience laughs] 391 00:19:13,717 --> 00:19:15,371 Welcome to Mr. Davis in the corner. 392 00:19:15,502 --> 00:19:17,460 [audience laughs] 393 00:19:17,591 --> 00:19:18,983 It was check mark on all three 394 00:19:19,114 --> 00:19:20,246 and I said, "Let's get married." 395 00:19:22,683 --> 00:19:23,901 - [Steven] I'm Steven Levins and I'm 54 years old. 396 00:19:26,643 --> 00:19:28,993 Ed and I have been together for 14 years. 397 00:19:30,299 --> 00:19:31,474 When we got legally married, 398 00:19:31,605 --> 00:19:33,998 that just automatically made me Mr. Davis. 399 00:19:37,872 --> 00:19:40,918 - Oh! [laughs loudly] 400 00:19:41,049 --> 00:19:42,920 - I think one of the most important things 401 00:19:43,051 --> 00:19:47,316 is to help your partner in their endeavors. 402 00:19:47,403 --> 00:19:50,014 I mean, right from the beginning, we made the decision. 403 00:19:50,101 --> 00:19:51,886 If he was gonna do drag, 404 00:19:52,016 --> 00:19:54,018 that I was gonna support him in any way I can. 405 00:19:56,195 --> 00:19:58,588 I often help out Mrs. Kasha Davis 406 00:19:58,719 --> 00:20:02,853 by filming and running the lights and sound. 407 00:20:02,984 --> 00:20:05,900 Behind the scenes stuff that Kasha cares nothing about. 408 00:20:07,945 --> 00:20:08,772 - [Kasha] You're cute. 409 00:20:10,687 --> 00:20:12,167 - I like being on the other side of the camera. 410 00:20:12,254 --> 00:20:14,038 - I know, but you're really cute on this side of the camera. 411 00:20:14,169 --> 00:20:16,040 [Steven laughs lightly] 412 00:20:16,171 --> 00:20:19,653 There would be no Mrs. Davis without Mr. Davis. 413 00:20:19,740 --> 00:20:21,829 We are a team in every way, shape, and form. 414 00:20:23,787 --> 00:20:27,400 - In the process of Kasha Davis becoming who she is today, 415 00:20:27,530 --> 00:20:32,013 we thought, "Hey, let's start doing some YouTube videos." 416 00:20:32,143 --> 00:20:34,624 [comedic music] 417 00:20:40,891 --> 00:20:42,719 - [Woman] Making sure it's the good stuff? 418 00:20:42,850 --> 00:20:43,981 - It is the good stuff. - Oh! 419 00:20:44,068 --> 00:20:45,418 [woman laughs] 420 00:20:45,548 --> 00:20:46,680 - Now, what do you have, darling? 421 00:20:46,810 --> 00:20:48,421 - Oh, I don't drink the good stuff. 422 00:20:48,551 --> 00:20:49,509 - You drink the Black Velvet? 423 00:20:49,639 --> 00:20:51,162 Oh, my God. 424 00:20:51,293 --> 00:20:52,773 That's fabulous! 425 00:20:52,903 --> 00:20:53,948 - Why is that fabulous? 426 00:20:54,078 --> 00:20:54,862 - Because, look at you. 427 00:20:56,342 --> 00:20:57,821 - I don't drink that much. 428 00:20:57,908 --> 00:21:00,302 It's just I have it in the house. 429 00:21:00,433 --> 00:21:01,216 - Well that's the way I think of it. 430 00:21:01,347 --> 00:21:03,740 - Where are you going now? 431 00:21:03,871 --> 00:21:04,828 - Oh, to the Wegmans. 432 00:21:06,830 --> 00:21:08,441 Just to the grocery store. - Don't put me on that! 433 00:21:08,571 --> 00:21:10,269 [Kasha and Steven laugh] 434 00:21:10,356 --> 00:21:12,662 Oh, my God, what's this all about? 435 00:21:18,015 --> 00:21:19,321 - [Steven] What are you doing? 436 00:21:19,452 --> 00:21:20,540 - I'm weeding and in case of snakes, 437 00:21:20,670 --> 00:21:21,889 I have my protective gear on. 438 00:21:23,586 --> 00:21:25,153 - [Steven] What kind of socks are those? 439 00:21:25,284 --> 00:21:27,024 - [Kasha] Beige. -[Steven snorts] 440 00:21:27,111 --> 00:21:29,679 - [Steven] Do snakes hate beige? 441 00:21:29,810 --> 00:21:30,985 - They hate beige. 442 00:21:31,115 --> 00:21:32,856 Snakes are like, "Ugh, beige!" 443 00:21:32,987 --> 00:21:35,076 And they go [hisses] 444 00:21:35,163 --> 00:21:37,470 So we have had two weddings. 445 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:38,645 One was just, you know, 446 00:21:38,775 --> 00:21:40,473 because we thought that Jesus 447 00:21:40,603 --> 00:21:42,562 and the rest of all of the Holy Spirits would just bless us 448 00:21:42,692 --> 00:21:44,694 because the government wouldn't. 449 00:21:44,825 --> 00:21:45,826 - The fake one. 450 00:21:45,956 --> 00:21:47,349 - That was, but it was the real one. 451 00:21:47,436 --> 00:21:49,786 - It was real in our... Well, that's the one we count. 452 00:21:49,873 --> 00:21:52,093 - Yeah and then we had another one that we can put on paper. 453 00:21:52,180 --> 00:21:54,791 - Yeah, we followed up with the paperwork six years later. 454 00:21:54,922 --> 00:21:57,490 - Yeah. - And that was four years ago. 455 00:21:57,620 --> 00:21:58,665 - Four years. 456 00:21:58,752 --> 00:21:59,753 Married bliss! 457 00:21:59,883 --> 00:22:00,928 And I say, when people ask me, 458 00:22:01,058 --> 00:22:02,799 "How do you keep the marriage alive?" 459 00:22:02,930 --> 00:22:04,584 And I answer, quite frankly, "Blow jobs." 460 00:22:07,456 --> 00:22:10,459 And I'm also very proud of the fact that I'm married. 461 00:22:10,590 --> 00:22:14,245 And back when Mrs. Kasha Davis was created, 462 00:22:17,292 --> 00:22:19,947 I mean, gay marriage wasn't legal. 463 00:22:20,034 --> 00:22:24,386 And so we were talking about something that was taboo. 464 00:22:27,389 --> 00:22:30,305 A lot of people say, "You two love each other so much." 465 00:22:30,436 --> 00:22:32,525 We talk about it on videos and everything else, 466 00:22:32,612 --> 00:22:35,919 but, the things that I think is important is that, 467 00:22:36,050 --> 00:22:37,921 we have very similar situation. 468 00:22:38,052 --> 00:22:39,183 We were both married to women. 469 00:22:41,664 --> 00:22:45,320 - For me, after I came out, it was really difficult 470 00:22:45,451 --> 00:22:47,235 because a lot of people didn't wanna date someone with kids. 471 00:22:49,803 --> 00:22:52,066 - It was so funny because I was like, 472 00:22:52,196 --> 00:22:56,679 crying, crying, "I'm never gonna have children. 473 00:22:56,810 --> 00:22:58,028 It's never gonna happen. 474 00:22:58,159 --> 00:22:59,726 This is why I, you know, 475 00:22:59,856 --> 00:23:02,598 I don't wanna be gay because I wanna have a family." 476 00:23:02,729 --> 00:23:06,036 - It was really cool because he not only accepted the kids, 477 00:23:06,123 --> 00:23:08,517 he really wanted to meet them 478 00:23:08,648 --> 00:23:10,084 and wanted to have a relationship with them. 479 00:23:12,260 --> 00:23:14,697 - Early on, I remember thinking to myself, 480 00:23:14,828 --> 00:23:17,787 "Wow, if I ever had kids, 481 00:23:17,918 --> 00:23:19,615 they'd be just like Melissa and Jessica." 482 00:23:19,702 --> 00:23:21,312 And then I was like... [gasps] 483 00:23:21,443 --> 00:23:22,488 And then it hit me like a ton of bricks. 484 00:23:22,618 --> 00:23:23,967 I was like, "I do have kids. 485 00:23:24,098 --> 00:23:25,752 And they are Melissa and Jessica." 486 00:23:25,882 --> 00:23:27,362 And so, it was perfect. 487 00:23:32,411 --> 00:23:34,978 Rushing after work to go to Darienne Lake's 488 00:23:36,806 --> 00:23:38,591 viewing party at the Forum, 489 00:23:38,721 --> 00:23:40,506 the Bachelor Forum here in Rochester, New York. 490 00:23:40,636 --> 00:23:43,073 "RuPaul's Drag Race," season six. 491 00:23:43,204 --> 00:23:45,206 Hopefully, they'll do the same for me for season seven 492 00:23:45,336 --> 00:23:46,381 when I'm cast. 493 00:23:46,512 --> 00:23:48,122 I'm Mrs. Kasha Davis. 494 00:23:48,252 --> 00:23:50,559 That's right, Mrs. 495 00:23:50,690 --> 00:23:54,215 Oh, and I am so proud to be auditioning for season seven 496 00:23:54,345 --> 00:23:57,523 of "RuPaul's Drag Race." 497 00:23:57,653 --> 00:23:58,567 Oh, I've been here a couple of times. 498 00:23:58,698 --> 00:23:59,742 You know that, Ru. 499 00:23:59,873 --> 00:24:01,352 But this is it. 500 00:24:01,483 --> 00:24:04,573 I am America's next drag superstar. 501 00:24:04,704 --> 00:24:06,314 And you know why? 502 00:24:06,445 --> 00:24:09,273 Because you've seen me for seven years in a row. 503 00:24:09,404 --> 00:24:10,623 And I know you know me. 504 00:24:10,753 --> 00:24:11,928 I know in my heart. 505 00:24:12,059 --> 00:24:14,322 I know you watched the videos. 506 00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:17,368 I know that you do take a look at all of us gals out there, 507 00:24:17,456 --> 00:24:20,067 and I wanna represent what you've built for us. 508 00:24:20,154 --> 00:24:22,722 I am so proud of what you have done for our community. 509 00:24:22,852 --> 00:24:26,465 And I would love to be a part of it. 510 00:24:26,595 --> 00:24:29,032 And I would love to lead it with those winning queens, 511 00:24:29,163 --> 00:24:30,251 as a matter of fact. 512 00:24:30,599 --> 00:24:32,819 - Well guess what? What? 513 00:24:32,906 --> 00:24:34,255 - You've got a chance 514 00:24:34,385 --> 00:24:35,256 because you've been officially selected 515 00:24:35,386 --> 00:24:37,171 for season seven of "Drag Race." 516 00:24:37,301 --> 00:24:41,697 - Oh, my God on a wheel! [laughs loudly] 517 00:24:43,003 --> 00:24:44,961 Holy shit balls! 518 00:24:45,092 --> 00:24:47,224 Jesus Christ, you put me through the frickin' wringer! 519 00:24:49,966 --> 00:24:52,708 I have this towel here to dry myself off. 520 00:24:54,057 --> 00:24:55,145 I think I peed a little. 521 00:24:55,276 --> 00:24:57,017 I mean... [exhales loudly] 522 00:24:57,147 --> 00:24:59,889 You know, a woman of my age, I've gotta have poise. 523 00:25:00,020 --> 00:25:01,108 I've got, I'm wearing Depends now. 524 00:25:01,238 --> 00:25:03,197 You made me wahhh... 525 00:25:03,327 --> 00:25:05,025 - Hey, everybody. 526 00:25:05,155 --> 00:25:07,418 It's been about three weeks since we got the call 527 00:25:07,506 --> 00:25:10,900 and it is 5:30 in the morning on July 12th. 528 00:25:13,424 --> 00:25:14,687 [Kasha grunts] 529 00:25:14,774 --> 00:25:16,297 - I can't take it. [Steven laughs] 530 00:25:16,427 --> 00:25:17,646 - Don't look, just squish. 531 00:25:19,735 --> 00:25:22,956 - I could, basically, projectile vomit right now. 532 00:25:23,086 --> 00:25:25,088 But, I will not do that 'cause it's on television 533 00:25:26,220 --> 00:25:27,613 or YouTube. 534 00:25:27,700 --> 00:25:29,266 We don't do that. 535 00:25:29,397 --> 00:25:31,355 - That would be disgusting. - Disgusting. 536 00:25:32,879 --> 00:25:34,184 - But, you're flying to New York. 537 00:25:34,315 --> 00:25:36,622 - New York and then L.A. 538 00:25:36,752 --> 00:25:38,798 I can't believe it. - Then straight to HOLLYWOOD! 539 00:25:38,928 --> 00:25:40,669 - I'm so grateful and honored. 540 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:42,628 I can't wait to... 541 00:25:42,758 --> 00:25:46,109 I'm gonna do my best, whatever that is. 542 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,329 It was an absolute dream come true. 543 00:25:48,416 --> 00:25:49,939 And, of course, I didn't wanna fuck it up. 544 00:25:51,637 --> 00:25:52,551 Hi, my honeys! 545 00:25:52,681 --> 00:25:55,728 I'm home! [laughs joyously] 546 00:25:55,858 --> 00:25:57,251 [queens laugh] 547 00:25:57,338 --> 00:25:58,861 - Are there any other queens here? 548 00:25:58,992 --> 00:26:02,256 Oh, just me, I guess. [laughs lightly] 549 00:26:02,386 --> 00:26:05,215 My name is Mrs. Kasha Davis. [laughs joyously] 550 00:26:05,302 --> 00:26:07,870 And I'm an international celebrity housewife 551 00:26:08,001 --> 00:26:10,177 because of that one time I performed in Canada. 552 00:26:10,264 --> 00:26:13,702 Being on a reality show, it just, it changes your life. 553 00:26:13,789 --> 00:26:16,183 You are under a microscope. 554 00:26:16,313 --> 00:26:18,968 [upbeat music] 555 00:26:19,099 --> 00:26:22,145 The entire time that I was there, 556 00:26:22,276 --> 00:26:25,409 you are locked in a hotel room 557 00:26:25,496 --> 00:26:27,890 where they duct tape the door closed. 558 00:26:28,021 --> 00:26:29,936 I had no telephone. 559 00:26:30,066 --> 00:26:31,502 You're working 12, 15 hours, 560 00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:33,374 and the only people you can talk to in the world 561 00:26:33,504 --> 00:26:34,418 is this little group. 562 00:26:36,072 --> 00:26:38,335 You'd look up and there's the Hollywood sign. 563 00:26:38,466 --> 00:26:41,208 And you felt like this is gonna be a whole new adventure, 564 00:26:41,338 --> 00:26:42,165 a whole new life. 565 00:26:43,732 --> 00:26:45,473 Hi, everybody! 566 00:26:45,604 --> 00:26:48,650 I'm here to tell you to put up your tray tables. 567 00:26:50,870 --> 00:26:52,349 [scat singing] 568 00:26:55,701 --> 00:26:56,702 ♪ Put up your tray ♪ 569 00:26:56,876 --> 00:27:01,097 ♪ Put up your tray tables ♪ 570 00:27:01,271 --> 00:27:02,969 ♪ Aah ♪ 571 00:27:03,056 --> 00:27:04,231 ♪ Put up your, put up your ♪ 572 00:27:04,318 --> 00:27:08,409 ♪ Put up your, put up your tray ♪ 573 00:27:08,583 --> 00:27:10,803 ♪ Please, put it up now ♪ 574 00:27:10,977 --> 00:27:12,413 ♪ Put up yours ♪ 575 00:27:14,981 --> 00:27:17,592 - Wasn't she just great, ladies and gentlemen? 576 00:27:17,723 --> 00:27:19,986 - When I got cast on "RuPaul's Drag Race," 577 00:27:20,116 --> 00:27:23,206 I was grateful and excited, but, it's a competition. 578 00:27:23,337 --> 00:27:25,556 And, they were kind of cutthroat, 579 00:27:25,687 --> 00:27:27,558 you know, as queens can be. 580 00:27:27,689 --> 00:27:29,256 And I'm used to a family atmosphere 581 00:27:29,386 --> 00:27:30,605 where we support one another. 582 00:27:30,736 --> 00:27:34,000 - Next up, Pearl and Max. 583 00:27:34,130 --> 00:27:37,481 - And last, but certainly not youngest, Mrs. Kasha Davis! 584 00:27:39,614 --> 00:27:41,877 - Did you hear that, dear? 585 00:27:42,008 --> 00:27:45,185 [RuPaul laughs] 586 00:27:45,315 --> 00:27:48,449 - I get frustrated with our community saying, 587 00:27:48,536 --> 00:27:51,104 "You're too old, roll over and die." 588 00:27:51,234 --> 00:27:53,541 And, "Everybody should be young and thin." 589 00:27:53,672 --> 00:27:55,630 Why? 590 00:27:55,761 --> 00:27:56,718 - Honey, when they picked that group, 591 00:27:56,849 --> 00:27:58,589 I know there's a lot of buffoonery because 592 00:27:58,677 --> 00:27:59,852 they all look alike. 593 00:27:59,982 --> 00:28:00,809 They're all the same height. 594 00:28:00,940 --> 00:28:02,811 They all weigh two pounds. 595 00:28:02,898 --> 00:28:03,899 - This may sound like old lady bullshit or whatever, 596 00:28:04,030 --> 00:28:06,119 but, after trying for this for seven years 597 00:28:06,249 --> 00:28:07,990 and somebody's like, "Ugh, fuck this." 598 00:28:08,077 --> 00:28:09,209 That pisses me off. - Yeah. 599 00:28:10,471 --> 00:28:11,820 - You know, it's like, 600 00:28:11,907 --> 00:28:13,779 sometimes you have that pop of attitude. 601 00:28:13,909 --> 00:28:15,258 - It's your shtick. You know that. 602 00:28:15,389 --> 00:28:16,216 What was the first thing you said to me 603 00:28:16,346 --> 00:28:17,652 when we stood at the table 604 00:28:17,783 --> 00:28:19,088 when we first walked in the workroom? 605 00:28:19,175 --> 00:28:20,873 - Something about your man arms? 606 00:28:21,003 --> 00:28:22,526 - Yeah, man arms and then we'll see if you have any talent. 607 00:28:25,094 --> 00:28:27,444 I was so anxious, you know? 608 00:28:27,575 --> 00:28:32,014 It was the sole thing I wanted in my life. 609 00:28:32,798 --> 00:28:34,190 [drum rolls] 610 00:28:34,321 --> 00:28:37,977 - And now, our hostesses with the mostesses, 611 00:28:38,107 --> 00:28:41,067 Mrs. Kasha Davis and Katya! 612 00:28:42,938 --> 00:28:44,679 - Oh, my goodness, everyone. 613 00:28:44,810 --> 00:28:46,681 We wanna welcyum- 614 00:28:46,812 --> 00:28:50,511 welcome you to the first annual DESPY Awards. 615 00:28:50,641 --> 00:28:52,469 - That's a hard job opening the show. 616 00:28:52,556 --> 00:28:54,080 That's tough, you know? 617 00:28:54,210 --> 00:28:56,865 To be overshadowed by the people following you. 618 00:28:56,996 --> 00:28:58,998 Here's someone who really has the chops 619 00:28:59,128 --> 00:29:00,347 and didn't bring it tonight. 620 00:29:00,477 --> 00:29:01,957 I find that very frustrating. 621 00:29:02,088 --> 00:29:04,481 - This is like a workhorse queen, you know? 622 00:29:04,612 --> 00:29:07,876 And a workhorse queen has to make us laugh 623 00:29:08,007 --> 00:29:09,269 the minute we see her. 624 00:29:09,399 --> 00:29:11,619 - It didn't happen tonight. 625 00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:14,143 - Ladies, I've made my decision. 626 00:29:14,274 --> 00:29:18,104 [suspenseful music] 627 00:29:18,234 --> 00:29:21,672 Mrs. Kasha Davis, your big opening was a little sloppy. 628 00:29:25,502 --> 00:29:29,419 Call Mr. Davis and tell him, "Mama's coming home." 629 00:29:29,550 --> 00:29:31,378 [Ross laughs lightly] 630 00:29:31,508 --> 00:29:32,727 Sashay away. 631 00:29:35,164 --> 00:29:36,905 - Love you gals! - Love you! 632 00:29:37,036 --> 00:29:39,778 [contestants applaud] 633 00:29:39,908 --> 00:29:40,866 - There's always time for a cocktail. 634 00:29:43,129 --> 00:29:45,784 [melancholic music] 635 00:30:01,669 --> 00:30:02,496 I was really, really disappointed. 636 00:30:06,413 --> 00:30:09,590 I knew I wasn't competing up to my personal expectations 637 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:10,939 and to what other people expected of me. 638 00:30:13,202 --> 00:30:16,075 I felt like I was disappointing my husband and my kids. 639 00:30:16,205 --> 00:30:17,598 They had these ideas of me winning. 640 00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:24,170 - I got a phone call in the middle of the day 641 00:30:24,257 --> 00:30:26,737 and it was Ed, 642 00:30:26,868 --> 00:30:29,175 and I was disappointed for him 643 00:30:29,305 --> 00:30:31,090 because I knew he wanted to do well. 644 00:30:31,177 --> 00:30:32,743 And I know that it was his passion. 645 00:30:36,095 --> 00:30:38,184 - I was the fifth queen sent home on season seven 646 00:30:38,271 --> 00:30:39,750 of "RuPaul's Drag Race." 647 00:30:42,014 --> 00:30:45,626 It was hard to go home and face everyone. 648 00:30:45,713 --> 00:30:47,280 It was hard to face myself. 649 00:30:48,716 --> 00:30:52,763 My name is Mrs. Kasha Davis. 650 00:30:52,894 --> 00:30:54,809 International celebrity housewife 651 00:30:54,940 --> 00:30:56,811 because of that one gig in Montreal. 652 00:30:56,942 --> 00:30:58,465 [audience laughs] 653 00:30:58,595 --> 00:31:00,728 Now, I don't know if any of you ever have watched 654 00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:03,339 the reality television show, "RuPaul's Drag Race." 655 00:31:03,470 --> 00:31:05,428 [audience cheers] 656 00:31:05,559 --> 00:31:06,908 Thank you. 657 00:31:07,039 --> 00:31:08,997 And if you've watched season seven, 658 00:31:09,128 --> 00:31:11,304 you might remember me from the opening credits. 659 00:31:11,391 --> 00:31:13,654 [audience laughs] 660 00:31:13,784 --> 00:31:15,177 In other words, I did shitty. 661 00:31:15,308 --> 00:31:17,701 [audience laughs] 662 00:31:23,794 --> 00:31:25,318 I have these shoes 663 00:31:25,448 --> 00:31:27,146 and I don't know what to wear with them tonight. 664 00:31:28,625 --> 00:31:29,931 I think something with gold. 665 00:31:30,018 --> 00:31:32,107 - [Steven] Talk about shoes in a pile. 666 00:31:32,238 --> 00:31:34,718 It's like your shoe cupboard threw up. 667 00:31:36,416 --> 00:31:40,028 - I get told that I'm basic a lot. 668 00:31:40,159 --> 00:31:42,639 And there's a degree of that that I own. 669 00:31:42,726 --> 00:31:44,032 And sometimes it is an insecurity on my age. 670 00:31:44,163 --> 00:31:46,513 I mean, look at this forehead, right? 671 00:31:49,211 --> 00:31:50,996 Well, hello. It's Mrs. Kasha Davis. 672 00:31:51,126 --> 00:31:53,041 How are you? 673 00:31:53,128 --> 00:31:53,912 - Pretty good, how are you? [indistinct voice on phone] 674 00:31:54,042 --> 00:31:55,609 I'm good! Who's calling? 675 00:31:55,739 --> 00:31:57,959 [indistinct voice on phone] 676 00:31:58,090 --> 00:31:59,091 Hi! 677 00:31:59,221 --> 00:32:01,354 [indistinct voice on phone] 678 00:32:01,441 --> 00:32:02,790 I'm doing fine. 679 00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:04,096 I can't believe... 680 00:32:04,226 --> 00:32:07,360 How goofy am I that I decided to 681 00:32:07,490 --> 00:32:08,752 put my phone number accidentally on Twitter? 682 00:32:10,754 --> 00:32:12,234 And I tweeted my phone number 683 00:32:12,365 --> 00:32:14,410 to get in contact about performance. 684 00:32:14,541 --> 00:32:17,631 And when it said, "Reply," I did tweet. 685 00:32:17,761 --> 00:32:19,850 'Cause I don't understand technology. 686 00:32:19,981 --> 00:32:21,417 So I wasn't realizing what I was doing. 687 00:32:21,504 --> 00:32:23,637 I tweeted the number and then got all these phone calls. 688 00:32:23,767 --> 00:32:24,768 Hi there, darling. 689 00:32:24,899 --> 00:32:27,510 It's Mrs. Kasha Davis. 690 00:32:27,641 --> 00:32:28,685 - Hi Kasha! [indistinct voice on phone] 691 00:32:28,772 --> 00:32:30,644 Hi! 692 00:32:30,774 --> 00:32:32,124 - Oh my goodness! [indistinct voice on phone] 693 00:32:32,254 --> 00:32:32,951 - I actually got through! [indistinct voice on phone] 694 00:32:33,081 --> 00:32:34,082 Oh, my gosh. 695 00:32:34,213 --> 00:32:35,214 What's your name? 696 00:32:35,344 --> 00:32:38,913 I realized this was my opportunity 697 00:32:39,044 --> 00:32:42,482 because even if I got kicked off early, 698 00:32:42,569 --> 00:32:44,310 believe it or not, 699 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:45,528 "RuPaul's Drag Race" girls are considered celebrities. 700 00:32:45,615 --> 00:32:48,967 [upbeat music] 701 00:32:49,097 --> 00:32:53,319 Season seven of "RuPaul's Drag Race" aired in 2015. 702 00:32:53,406 --> 00:32:55,582 [upbeat music] 703 00:32:55,669 --> 00:32:57,671 - TV definitely changed the game. 704 00:32:57,801 --> 00:32:59,107 I never thought I would do the show. 705 00:32:59,238 --> 00:33:00,761 I never thought I'd be interested in it. 706 00:33:00,891 --> 00:33:02,154 I never thought drag would be a career. 707 00:33:02,284 --> 00:33:04,156 I just didn't. 708 00:33:04,286 --> 00:33:07,028 But I'm extremely grateful for what it's opened up 709 00:33:07,159 --> 00:33:09,770 and what I've been able to get to do. 710 00:33:09,900 --> 00:33:10,727 - You know, you hear a lot of people say, 711 00:33:10,858 --> 00:33:12,903 "Oh, they are an Instagram queen. 712 00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:14,905 They're a YouTube queen. They have tutorials. 713 00:33:15,036 --> 00:33:17,082 They have this, they have that." Great! 714 00:33:17,212 --> 00:33:18,605 That's what we're working towards, 715 00:33:18,735 --> 00:33:19,910 so that they can have that freedom. 716 00:33:22,435 --> 00:33:24,045 "RuPaul's Drag Race," 717 00:33:24,176 --> 00:33:26,787 allowed people to see that they're a part of something. 718 00:33:29,355 --> 00:33:32,923 And I know that's what Ru really wants. 719 00:33:34,838 --> 00:33:36,144 - With every season, 720 00:33:36,275 --> 00:33:37,754 I feel like there's more and more variety 721 00:33:37,841 --> 00:33:39,843 of new types of queens. 722 00:33:39,930 --> 00:33:42,237 You know, you can do whatever you want to. 723 00:33:42,368 --> 00:33:44,413 "RuPaul's Drag Race" has this wonderful platform 724 00:33:44,544 --> 00:33:45,893 where we bring these people in, 725 00:33:46,024 --> 00:33:47,460 but there aren't that many spots on the show. 726 00:33:47,590 --> 00:33:51,855 And there are a bazillion more talented queens 727 00:33:51,986 --> 00:33:53,727 who have not been cast yet. 728 00:33:54,858 --> 00:33:55,816 [audience murmur] 729 00:33:59,254 --> 00:34:01,735 - This next gal and the fabulous Wednesday Westwood, 730 00:34:01,865 --> 00:34:03,519 need your positive energy 731 00:34:03,650 --> 00:34:05,347 'cause they are auditioning for "RuPaul's Drag Race." 732 00:34:05,478 --> 00:34:07,871 [audience cheers] 733 00:34:08,002 --> 00:34:09,873 She's my sister and gal pal. 734 00:34:10,004 --> 00:34:12,833 I know you'll love her, Miss Aggy Dune! 735 00:34:12,963 --> 00:34:13,790 [audience cheers] 736 00:34:17,620 --> 00:34:20,275 ♪ One, two, three, one, two, three, drink ♪ 737 00:34:20,362 --> 00:34:22,712 ♪ Throw 'em back 'til I lose count ♪ 738 00:34:22,886 --> 00:34:27,848 ♪ I'm gonna swing ♪ 739 00:34:28,022 --> 00:34:30,459 ♪ from the chandelier ♪ 740 00:34:30,590 --> 00:34:34,768 - I wanna be on "Drag Race" to have that recognition, 741 00:34:34,898 --> 00:34:37,945 to say to all the people who supported me 742 00:34:38,076 --> 00:34:39,773 for the last 35 years that say, 743 00:34:39,903 --> 00:34:40,861 "You should really be on there." 744 00:34:40,991 --> 00:34:42,819 I just kinda wanna, 745 00:34:42,950 --> 00:34:44,299 I wanna do it for them as much as for myself. 746 00:34:47,824 --> 00:34:49,783 Now with "Drag Race," 747 00:34:49,913 --> 00:34:50,871 the crowd doesn't wanna come out 748 00:34:51,001 --> 00:34:54,483 unless there's a celebrity there 749 00:34:54,614 --> 00:34:57,138 so they can take a selfie and post it on their Instagram. 750 00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:00,576 It's always fun. 751 00:35:00,707 --> 00:35:02,448 It's like, "We're gonna do a meet and greet. Great! 752 00:35:02,578 --> 00:35:03,797 No, one's here to stand next to me." 753 00:35:08,193 --> 00:35:10,108 So many of the people here in town, 754 00:35:10,238 --> 00:35:11,283 that have made it onto the show 755 00:35:11,413 --> 00:35:13,067 that I've mentored and helped 756 00:35:13,198 --> 00:35:16,592 and been a part of their drag growth in their career, 757 00:35:16,723 --> 00:35:19,421 have gotten onto the show, and I'm so excited for them. 758 00:35:19,552 --> 00:35:22,642 I know how much I want it, 759 00:35:22,729 --> 00:35:24,948 so I know how much it means to them to get on there. 760 00:35:25,035 --> 00:35:27,037 And I am truly excited for 'em. 761 00:35:27,168 --> 00:35:29,910 It kills me that I have not gotten on there. 762 00:35:32,217 --> 00:35:34,436 I'm sorry, I can't go on with the scene. 763 00:35:34,567 --> 00:35:36,395 I'm too happy. 764 00:35:36,525 --> 00:35:38,832 Mr. RuPaul, do you mind if I say a few words? 765 00:35:38,919 --> 00:35:39,876 Thank you. 766 00:35:41,661 --> 00:35:43,706 I just wanna tell you all how happy I am 767 00:35:43,837 --> 00:35:44,881 to be back in the studio, making an audition tape again. 768 00:35:47,710 --> 00:35:49,495 You don't know how much I've missed all of you. 769 00:35:51,453 --> 00:35:53,803 And I promise you, I'll never desert you again 770 00:35:53,934 --> 00:35:54,848 because after season 10, 771 00:35:54,978 --> 00:35:56,197 I'll make another audition tape, 772 00:35:56,328 --> 00:35:57,372 and another audition tape. 773 00:35:58,852 --> 00:36:02,116 You see, this is my life. 774 00:36:03,900 --> 00:36:05,032 It always will be. 775 00:36:06,294 --> 00:36:08,644 There's nothing else, just us. 776 00:36:11,908 --> 00:36:16,174 It changes your friends structure of what you have 777 00:36:18,306 --> 00:36:21,135 because you can't share something that they're doing. 778 00:36:21,266 --> 00:36:24,182 So, they're hesitant to talk about their success 779 00:36:24,312 --> 00:36:25,574 and some of the things they're having, 780 00:36:25,661 --> 00:36:27,402 'cause they know how much you're not part of it, 781 00:36:27,533 --> 00:36:29,883 which makes it more difficult to continue 782 00:36:30,013 --> 00:36:31,885 to have that close friendship, 783 00:36:31,972 --> 00:36:34,931 because there's now things that you can't talk about. 784 00:36:35,062 --> 00:36:37,934 So, I just kinda wanna get on, mainly, 785 00:36:38,021 --> 00:36:39,936 so I can get all my friends back 786 00:36:40,067 --> 00:36:41,634 to the way that things were 787 00:36:41,764 --> 00:36:45,899 before "Drag Race" shifted the entire drag world. 788 00:36:47,727 --> 00:36:49,772 - Are you frustrated at trolling the internet, 789 00:36:49,903 --> 00:36:52,514 looking at drag queens' social media pages, 790 00:36:52,601 --> 00:36:55,213 just to find the same old posts over and over again? 791 00:36:55,343 --> 00:36:56,214 How boring! 792 00:36:58,738 --> 00:37:01,436 Are you overwhelmed at all the audition tapes 793 00:37:01,567 --> 00:37:04,744 just to see the same old death drops again and again? 794 00:37:04,831 --> 00:37:07,442 Oh, yikes! 795 00:37:07,573 --> 00:37:09,009 - I'd say one of the biggest hardships 796 00:37:09,139 --> 00:37:12,099 that I've had doing drag has been, well, 797 00:37:12,186 --> 00:37:14,057 auditioning for "RuPaul's Drag Race" 798 00:37:14,188 --> 00:37:15,798 for eight seasons in a row. 799 00:37:15,885 --> 00:37:18,236 [crowd chatters] 800 00:37:22,327 --> 00:37:23,893 - So when you first come off "Drag Race," 801 00:37:24,024 --> 00:37:24,938 it was busy, busy, busy. 802 00:37:25,068 --> 00:37:26,200 There were tours lined up. 803 00:37:26,331 --> 00:37:27,157 Promotional things. 804 00:37:30,248 --> 00:37:31,988 I'm gonna go on tour this week. 805 00:37:32,119 --> 00:37:33,120 It's gonna be fabulous. 806 00:37:33,251 --> 00:37:33,903 - Oh, it's gonna be a crazy week. 807 00:37:34,034 --> 00:37:35,035 - I know. 808 00:37:35,818 --> 00:37:38,386 Roscoe's in Chicago with the entire cast of season seven. 809 00:37:38,517 --> 00:37:40,258 So I always wanted to be a full-time performer. 810 00:37:40,388 --> 00:37:43,086 And, finally, I have this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. 811 00:37:43,217 --> 00:37:45,480 But, you know, financially, 812 00:37:45,567 --> 00:37:47,830 how am I going to support my family? 813 00:37:47,961 --> 00:37:50,703 It's important for Steven and I 814 00:37:50,833 --> 00:37:53,662 to continue to maintain our home. 815 00:37:55,751 --> 00:37:58,928 Looking at the gay world, we didn't necessarily fit in. 816 00:37:59,059 --> 00:38:00,887 It was always a dream of ours to have the home, 817 00:38:00,974 --> 00:38:02,802 the pool, the kids. 818 00:38:04,847 --> 00:38:06,196 You have girl-size feet. 819 00:38:06,327 --> 00:38:07,110 What size shoe do you wear? 820 00:38:07,241 --> 00:38:09,069 - Correct. 821 00:38:09,199 --> 00:38:10,070 [Kasha laughs] 822 00:38:10,157 --> 00:38:11,419 - Correct. 823 00:38:11,550 --> 00:38:12,333 I can't get this. 824 00:38:14,857 --> 00:38:17,817 - [Pandora] Oh, it's so hard to open a Diet Coke. 825 00:38:17,947 --> 00:38:20,602 Oh, my God. I can't possibly! 826 00:38:20,733 --> 00:38:25,172 Oh, it's so hard, living in the suburbs. 827 00:38:26,956 --> 00:38:28,480 With a pool and a house and children 828 00:38:28,610 --> 00:38:30,786 and the money and a convertible. 829 00:38:30,917 --> 00:38:32,310 [Kasha laughs] 830 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,225 Look! Could somebody open my soda for me? 831 00:38:35,356 --> 00:38:36,749 - Somebody open my Diet Coke. 832 00:38:36,836 --> 00:38:38,446 I can't possibly. 833 00:38:38,577 --> 00:38:39,752 - [Pandora] Oh, I couldn't possibly. 834 00:38:42,189 --> 00:38:43,364 - You see, this is my friend. 835 00:38:45,105 --> 00:38:46,672 - We really needed to make a decision. 836 00:38:46,802 --> 00:38:48,848 Was he gonna stay with his job 837 00:38:48,978 --> 00:38:52,504 or was he gonna jump in full force and try to make a career? 838 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:58,031 We both agreed that we were gonna give it at least a year. 839 00:38:58,118 --> 00:38:59,554 And, if things weren't working out, 840 00:38:59,685 --> 00:39:02,427 then he would not do it full-time anymore. 841 00:39:02,514 --> 00:39:04,603 - At that time I was 44 years old 842 00:39:04,733 --> 00:39:06,648 and I realized I can do this 843 00:39:06,779 --> 00:39:07,823 and I'm gonna go for it. 844 00:39:07,954 --> 00:39:10,957 [upbeat music] 845 00:39:11,087 --> 00:39:13,612 [audience cheers] 846 00:39:18,138 --> 00:39:19,182 - [Steven] This was just the beginning 847 00:39:19,313 --> 00:39:21,707 of a whole new career phase. 848 00:39:23,448 --> 00:39:25,101 - [Kasha] On my post-season tour, 849 00:39:25,232 --> 00:39:27,190 we traveled to New York City, we were in LA, 850 00:39:27,321 --> 00:39:31,325 we were in Las Vegas, New Orleans, and Miami. 851 00:39:31,456 --> 00:39:33,849 I was so busy. I was able to tour 852 00:39:33,980 --> 00:39:35,329 and meet so many different fans of the show. 853 00:39:35,460 --> 00:39:36,678 It was amazing. 854 00:39:38,201 --> 00:39:39,681 I could not believe these people 855 00:39:39,812 --> 00:39:43,903 that were so obsessed with the queens. 856 00:39:43,990 --> 00:39:45,208 I could not get over this! 857 00:39:47,689 --> 00:39:49,604 When my season first aired, 858 00:39:49,735 --> 00:39:51,432 every time I would get on an airplane, people were like, 859 00:39:51,519 --> 00:39:53,347 "There's always time for a cocktail." 860 00:39:53,478 --> 00:39:55,871 And they would hand me bottles of booze. 861 00:39:56,002 --> 00:39:58,004 I was like, "Wow, this is fantastic." 862 00:39:59,701 --> 00:40:02,400 After the excitement of that tour ended, 863 00:40:02,530 --> 00:40:05,533 the bookings slowed down and then it kind of trickled. 864 00:40:05,664 --> 00:40:07,361 And then there was some interest and then it died. 865 00:40:09,885 --> 00:40:13,411 As time went on, I started to see my calendar looking blank 866 00:40:14,629 --> 00:40:16,544 and I'm looking at my husband 867 00:40:16,675 --> 00:40:18,416 wondering what I've done 868 00:40:18,546 --> 00:40:20,069 with my contribution to our relationship, 869 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:22,550 by leaving my full-time job for this. 870 00:40:22,681 --> 00:40:26,032 - One of the hardest parts of being a drag husband 871 00:40:26,162 --> 00:40:29,992 is when your drag wife comes home from a gig 872 00:40:30,079 --> 00:40:32,604 and maybe one that she was really excited about 873 00:40:32,734 --> 00:40:35,084 and it wasn't well attended, 874 00:40:35,215 --> 00:40:37,173 or a number didn't go over as well as she thought. 875 00:40:40,350 --> 00:40:41,787 Say, "Goodnight, Gracie." 876 00:40:43,179 --> 00:40:44,137 - Goodnight, Gracie. 877 00:40:46,574 --> 00:40:49,272 I identified with my nine-to-five job. 878 00:40:49,403 --> 00:40:51,361 During that period of time I was productive 879 00:40:51,492 --> 00:40:52,667 and I could abstain from alcohol. 880 00:40:54,669 --> 00:40:56,279 I knew that I was good at lifting people up 881 00:40:56,366 --> 00:40:57,237 and managing people. 882 00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:02,242 And then I was literally a housewife. 883 00:41:02,372 --> 00:41:04,070 [vacuum cleaner whirring] 884 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:05,985 I was at home all day 885 00:41:06,115 --> 00:41:07,639 and I would look at all the other queens from my season 886 00:41:07,769 --> 00:41:10,076 who were getting tours, and shows, and opportunities. 887 00:41:10,206 --> 00:41:12,252 [lawn mower whirring] 888 00:41:12,382 --> 00:41:13,732 My insecurities took over 889 00:41:13,862 --> 00:41:16,517 and it really began to get out of control. 890 00:41:16,648 --> 00:41:19,172 Well, I'm so very, very proud to say 891 00:41:19,302 --> 00:41:22,784 that just a couple of you were requesting another video. 892 00:41:22,915 --> 00:41:24,525 And I thought, "Well, I have a moment 893 00:41:24,656 --> 00:41:26,309 and a couple of things to share." 894 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:30,923 And I thought, "Why not sit down on April 20th 895 00:41:31,053 --> 00:41:35,057 and have a glass of wine with my friends on the W W W?" 896 00:41:35,188 --> 00:41:37,669 Mmm hmmm! Mm mm! 897 00:41:37,799 --> 00:41:39,540 I love a good boxed wine. 898 00:41:39,671 --> 00:41:41,803 I mean, it's good for a bargain, 899 00:41:41,890 --> 00:41:43,239 and you can take it with you everywhere. 900 00:41:43,326 --> 00:41:45,241 They go in totes and everything. 901 00:41:45,372 --> 00:41:46,721 Well, everybody likes a cocktail. 902 00:41:46,852 --> 00:41:49,768 There's always time for a cocktail. 903 00:41:49,898 --> 00:41:52,858 There's always time for a cocktail. 904 00:41:56,775 --> 00:41:58,341 - We used to have an expression about Kasha Davis. 905 00:41:58,472 --> 00:41:59,691 "When the Tanqueray turns." 906 00:42:01,257 --> 00:42:02,302 It was sort of like she was fun 907 00:42:02,432 --> 00:42:03,912 and having a great time, 908 00:42:04,043 --> 00:42:05,871 and then that tipping point of the drinking, 909 00:42:06,001 --> 00:42:08,743 as the Tanqueray turns. 910 00:42:08,874 --> 00:42:11,006 And then she would just get nasty. [laughs] 911 00:42:11,137 --> 00:42:12,878 She'd be really mean. 912 00:42:12,965 --> 00:42:16,359 And we're like, "Okay, it's time to call it a night. 913 00:42:16,490 --> 00:42:17,752 You know, we'll see you later, bye!" 914 00:42:19,362 --> 00:42:24,367 - When you're that thick into your addiction, 915 00:42:24,498 --> 00:42:25,978 you're either drinking, 916 00:42:26,108 --> 00:42:27,806 you're thinking about the next time you're gonna drink, 917 00:42:27,893 --> 00:42:28,763 or you're hungover. 918 00:42:30,417 --> 00:42:32,071 You gravitate to the liquor store. 919 00:42:32,201 --> 00:42:34,639 You gravitate to the box of wine. 920 00:42:34,769 --> 00:42:36,336 And then, if you're a comedian like me, 921 00:42:36,423 --> 00:42:38,686 you kinda make fun of it. 922 00:42:38,817 --> 00:42:40,775 When you walk into a club and go to perform, 923 00:42:40,906 --> 00:42:42,995 you think that everybody's as drunk as you. 924 00:42:43,125 --> 00:42:45,998 And now I realized, "Nobody was that drunk." 925 00:42:46,172 --> 00:42:50,480 ♪ On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me ♪ 926 00:42:50,655 --> 00:42:55,050 ♪ Five shots of Tanqueray ♪ 927 00:42:55,224 --> 00:42:56,443 ♪ Four vodka tonics ♪ 928 00:42:56,530 --> 00:42:58,314 ♪ Three Tom Collins ♪ 929 00:42:58,401 --> 00:43:00,099 ♪ Two Kasha's balls ♪ 930 00:43:00,273 --> 00:43:03,058 ♪ And a stupid tree in [inaudible] ♪ 931 00:43:03,189 --> 00:43:04,712 [audience laughs] 932 00:43:04,843 --> 00:43:08,890 And it was after five, six, seven days of traveling 933 00:43:09,021 --> 00:43:10,718 all different places, New York City, Philadelphia, 934 00:43:10,849 --> 00:43:12,198 back to Rochester. 935 00:43:12,328 --> 00:43:13,373 And I was driving and I was drinking. 936 00:43:15,244 --> 00:43:18,465 And it was a really bad weekend of excess. 937 00:43:23,601 --> 00:43:25,603 - [Steven] His drinking had started to escalate. 938 00:43:27,256 --> 00:43:29,737 He was in Scranton to do a show 939 00:43:29,868 --> 00:43:32,522 and we agreed that he would sleep overnight 940 00:43:32,653 --> 00:43:34,394 and then come home in the morning for a gig. 941 00:43:36,657 --> 00:43:40,095 That morning, I could tell that he had been drinking 942 00:43:40,226 --> 00:43:43,490 before I even saw him. 943 00:43:43,621 --> 00:43:47,189 30 minutes later, I got a text that he was arrested. 944 00:43:49,104 --> 00:43:52,368 - When I came to the next day, Steve said to me, 945 00:43:52,499 --> 00:43:54,936 "You know, that it was reported 946 00:43:55,067 --> 00:43:58,026 that you were swerving from children." 947 00:43:59,637 --> 00:44:01,073 - We just had a big blow out. 948 00:44:01,203 --> 00:44:04,032 I told him I couldn't do it anymore, I was done. 949 00:44:04,119 --> 00:44:08,167 And at that point I was ready to end the relationship 950 00:44:08,297 --> 00:44:12,388 because I couldn't take the drinking anymore. 951 00:44:12,519 --> 00:44:15,261 [piano music] 952 00:44:24,270 --> 00:44:28,883 ♪ I am a bird girl ♪ 953 00:44:30,755 --> 00:44:32,582 ♪ I am a bird girl ♪ 954 00:44:37,718 --> 00:44:40,416 - That's when I realized I'm an alcoholic 955 00:44:40,547 --> 00:44:43,463 and I may have to lose everything. 956 00:44:43,593 --> 00:44:47,946 I may have to lose my husband, my children, my career, 957 00:44:49,817 --> 00:44:51,906 but I wasn't gonna lose myself. 958 00:44:52,037 --> 00:44:53,516 I was going to stop. 959 00:44:57,129 --> 00:44:59,697 ♪ Here in my hands ♪ 960 00:45:01,829 --> 00:45:04,876 I enlisted in outpatient rehab 961 00:45:05,006 --> 00:45:08,706 and that was the foundation for a lifetime of recovery. 962 00:45:13,667 --> 00:45:15,495 - He just took complete responsibility 963 00:45:15,625 --> 00:45:17,497 and started going to AA. 964 00:45:17,627 --> 00:45:19,064 And that really, I think, 965 00:45:19,194 --> 00:45:22,328 I credit that moment to saving our marriage. 966 00:45:22,458 --> 00:45:24,896 And, actually, it's become so much better 967 00:45:26,985 --> 00:45:30,510 because he's now sober and fully present in the marriage. 968 00:45:34,383 --> 00:45:36,559 [Kasha and Steven laugh] 969 00:45:41,608 --> 00:45:42,478 - I'm grateful to be alive. 970 00:45:44,176 --> 00:45:45,481 And I would not be able to do any of this 971 00:45:45,568 --> 00:45:47,614 without my husband. 972 00:45:47,701 --> 00:45:51,618 ♪ Into soon the sky ♪ 973 00:45:51,705 --> 00:45:56,057 ♪ I'm gonna be born ♪ 974 00:45:56,231 --> 00:45:58,843 ♪ Into soon the sky ♪ 975 00:46:01,846 --> 00:46:02,977 With the love and support of Steve, 976 00:46:03,108 --> 00:46:05,414 I was able to continue working as Mrs. Kasha Davis, 977 00:46:05,545 --> 00:46:06,894 going to rehab, 978 00:46:07,025 --> 00:46:10,245 and really addressing this problem head on 979 00:46:10,376 --> 00:46:11,159 one day at a time. 980 00:46:12,900 --> 00:46:14,902 And again, we want you to have those cocktails. 981 00:46:14,989 --> 00:46:16,338 I have a phrase called, 982 00:46:16,469 --> 00:46:18,906 "There's always time for a cocktail." 983 00:46:18,993 --> 00:46:20,821 My mother used to say that every morning, noon, and night. 984 00:46:20,952 --> 00:46:23,041 God rest her NyQuil-chugging soul. 985 00:46:23,128 --> 00:46:24,956 [audience laughs] 986 00:46:25,086 --> 00:46:29,047 At any rate, I digest. [laughs lightly] 987 00:46:29,177 --> 00:46:30,004 Thank you. 988 00:46:31,789 --> 00:46:34,748 You know, I'm almost three years sober now, kids. 989 00:46:34,879 --> 00:46:37,490 Can you believe that shit? [audience applauds] 990 00:46:37,577 --> 00:46:38,839 Yeah, thank you so much. 991 00:46:38,970 --> 00:46:41,320 Through the process of rehabilitation, 992 00:46:41,450 --> 00:46:45,628 one of the things that did, you know, pop up in my mind is, 993 00:46:45,759 --> 00:46:47,674 "Who is Mrs. Kasha Davis 994 00:46:47,805 --> 00:46:49,719 if she doesn't have a glass of wine in her hand? 995 00:46:49,850 --> 00:46:51,417 How is she going to go on by saying, 996 00:46:51,547 --> 00:46:52,679 'There's always time for a cocktail?' 997 00:46:52,810 --> 00:46:53,898 Do I have to change it to, 998 00:46:54,028 --> 00:46:55,290 'There's always time for a mocktail?' 999 00:46:55,377 --> 00:46:58,903 Can I get that level of excitement on stage?" 1000 00:46:58,990 --> 00:47:00,382 [audience laughs] 1001 00:47:00,513 --> 00:47:01,906 You know, my phrase, 1002 00:47:01,993 --> 00:47:04,343 "There's always time for a cocktail," I'm sober. 1003 00:47:04,430 --> 00:47:07,041 What had happened was, is that I was drinking so much, 1004 00:47:07,172 --> 00:47:09,522 I realized I was allergic to alcohol 1005 00:47:09,652 --> 00:47:12,612 because every time I drank, I broke out in handcuffs. 1006 00:47:12,742 --> 00:47:14,092 [audience laughs] 1007 00:47:14,222 --> 00:47:17,269 It's much safer for the community 1008 00:47:17,399 --> 00:47:21,708 at large, small, and medium. 1009 00:47:21,795 --> 00:47:26,234 I started to look at how I could potentially begin to repair 1010 00:47:26,365 --> 00:47:27,279 the relationship with my family. 1011 00:47:29,237 --> 00:47:32,153 I was somebody who took a look in the mirror 1012 00:47:32,284 --> 00:47:34,547 in the early forties and said, "I'm not done. 1013 00:47:34,677 --> 00:47:36,157 I can't be done." 1014 00:47:36,288 --> 00:47:37,942 Let's try lime jell-o- 1015 00:47:38,029 --> 00:47:42,120 And I began to put together a one-woman-show. 1016 00:47:43,208 --> 00:47:44,644 - Hey, everybody. 1017 00:47:44,731 --> 00:47:47,865 We are here at the JCC for "Cocktail." 1018 00:47:47,995 --> 00:47:50,171 [crowd chatters] 1019 00:47:50,302 --> 00:47:52,870 Wow, looks like we have a full house. 1020 00:47:55,046 --> 00:47:58,876 - Grandma was a Vaudeville star in her day. 1021 00:47:59,006 --> 00:48:00,660 A whistler! 1022 00:48:00,790 --> 00:48:02,488 And, boy, could she blow! 1023 00:48:02,618 --> 00:48:05,360 [audience laughs] 1024 00:48:07,754 --> 00:48:09,495 I guess I'm a lot like her. 1025 00:48:09,625 --> 00:48:12,063 [audience laughs] 1026 00:48:13,368 --> 00:48:14,674 Through my one-woman-show, 1027 00:48:14,761 --> 00:48:16,110 "There's Always Time for a Cocktail," 1028 00:48:16,241 --> 00:48:19,374 I wanted to share the story of my life. 1029 00:48:19,505 --> 00:48:21,507 It's my coming out story. 1030 00:48:21,637 --> 00:48:25,076 I talk about my battle with addiction. 1031 00:48:25,206 --> 00:48:26,860 I talk about the battle with my father. 1032 00:48:28,470 --> 00:48:29,950 I talk about my marriage to my ex-wife. 1033 00:48:31,691 --> 00:48:34,476 And, of course, the joy of my husband 1034 00:48:34,563 --> 00:48:36,261 and Mr. Davis and the children. 1035 00:48:37,523 --> 00:48:40,482 Mom was my ultimate queen. 1036 00:48:40,613 --> 00:48:44,965 She always smelled like coffee, Avon perfume, 1037 00:48:45,096 --> 00:48:49,100 cigarette smoke, and Aqua Net. [audience laughs] 1038 00:48:49,230 --> 00:48:51,058 Basically, she smelled flammable. 1039 00:48:51,189 --> 00:48:54,670 [audience laughs] 1040 00:48:54,801 --> 00:48:56,194 When Dad would come home from work 1041 00:48:56,324 --> 00:48:59,023 and dinner wouldn't be ready on the table, 1042 00:48:59,153 --> 00:49:01,416 she'd yell, "Eddie, hurry up, hurry up! 1043 00:49:01,547 --> 00:49:03,288 Help me set the table! 1044 00:49:03,375 --> 00:49:04,985 Your father's gonna kill me if dinner's not ready." 1045 00:49:05,116 --> 00:49:07,509 Inevitably, Dad would barge in, 1046 00:49:07,640 --> 00:49:11,426 "Ellen, why isn't dinner ready when I come home from work? 1047 00:49:11,557 --> 00:49:13,124 You're the wife!" 1048 00:49:13,254 --> 00:49:14,734 He'd get so angry sometimes 1049 00:49:14,821 --> 00:49:16,040 he'd kick in the side of the television. 1050 00:49:17,606 --> 00:49:19,739 As a child, I remember, 1051 00:49:19,869 --> 00:49:22,133 always feeling like I had to protect my mother. 1052 00:49:22,263 --> 00:49:26,224 And so I would take a large brunt 1053 00:49:26,311 --> 00:49:29,401 of my dad's physical anger because I challenged him. 1054 00:49:31,838 --> 00:49:33,666 My dad was a retired U.S. Marshal, 1055 00:49:35,537 --> 00:49:39,280 and he tried everything to make sure 1056 00:49:39,411 --> 00:49:42,762 that I was the man that he wanted to share his name 1057 00:49:42,892 --> 00:49:45,939 versus the boy that I was. 1058 00:49:47,723 --> 00:49:49,334 And to the point where that he would 1059 00:49:49,464 --> 00:49:51,901 try to beat the girl out of me. 1060 00:49:51,989 --> 00:49:55,818 Oh, he would say, "Eddie, boys don't like dancing or dolls, 1061 00:49:56,994 --> 00:49:57,907 they like sports. 1062 00:50:00,084 --> 00:50:02,086 Eddie, let's go outside and play catch. 1063 00:50:02,216 --> 00:50:04,044 Well I got kind of excited, 1064 00:50:04,175 --> 00:50:05,393 'cause, you know, I thought this was a little bonding time 1065 00:50:05,524 --> 00:50:08,266 and I do love balls. 1066 00:50:08,353 --> 00:50:10,442 [audience laughs] 1067 00:50:10,572 --> 00:50:11,834 We went outside, 1068 00:50:11,921 --> 00:50:13,923 "Eddie, stand over there 1069 00:50:14,054 --> 00:50:15,969 and put your arms at your side. 1070 00:50:18,102 --> 00:50:21,061 And I'm gonna hit you with this ball over and over again. 1071 00:50:23,281 --> 00:50:25,065 So you know what it feels like to get hit with it, 1072 00:50:25,196 --> 00:50:25,848 maybe then you wouldn't be so afraid of it." 1073 00:50:28,068 --> 00:50:30,853 I was definitely a mama's boy. 1074 00:50:30,984 --> 00:50:34,031 And, as mom grew older, 1075 00:50:34,161 --> 00:50:38,165 we grew apart because I was coming out as gay 1076 00:50:38,296 --> 00:50:39,819 and it broke my heart 1077 00:50:39,906 --> 00:50:41,647 because we had many years of separation 1078 00:50:41,777 --> 00:50:44,215 and then she got sick 1079 00:50:44,302 --> 00:50:47,740 and she suffered from an addiction to pain meds. 1080 00:50:50,047 --> 00:50:53,224 The damage from the fire burned off all her hair. 1081 00:50:56,444 --> 00:50:59,795 And she didn't even have but one eyelash. 1082 00:50:59,882 --> 00:51:01,710 And the long story short, 1083 00:51:01,797 --> 00:51:05,845 she was smoking while she was on her oxygen tank 1084 00:51:07,629 --> 00:51:08,543 and caught herself, her face on fire. 1085 00:51:10,241 --> 00:51:14,810 And, she was airlifted to a hospital. 1086 00:51:14,941 --> 00:51:16,290 And I just remember walking in 1087 00:51:16,421 --> 00:51:21,034 and the queen that I knew and loved 1088 00:51:21,165 --> 00:51:23,080 was completely unrecognizable. 1089 00:51:23,210 --> 00:51:24,646 Her hair was burnt off. 1090 00:51:24,733 --> 00:51:26,605 Her face was essentially melted. 1091 00:51:26,735 --> 00:51:30,261 And she turned to me and I was holding her hand 1092 00:51:30,391 --> 00:51:34,656 and she just said, you know, "What did I do with my life?" 1093 00:51:36,963 --> 00:51:41,272 Well, unfortunately, my mom passed away 1094 00:51:41,402 --> 00:51:45,624 due to complications of the same disease that I have, 1095 00:51:45,754 --> 00:51:46,668 through addiction. 1096 00:51:50,019 --> 00:51:52,935 After that, dad and I started to somehow 1097 00:51:53,066 --> 00:51:55,851 seem to have a relationship. 1098 00:51:55,938 --> 00:51:57,157 He began to change. 1099 00:51:57,288 --> 00:51:59,203 He realized how precious life was. 1100 00:51:59,333 --> 00:52:02,162 And it was time for us to find ways 1101 00:52:02,249 --> 00:52:05,034 to mend both sides of the street. 1102 00:52:06,732 --> 00:52:09,256 Well, "RuPaul's Drag Race" happened. 1103 00:52:09,343 --> 00:52:12,477 And, you know, you get all kinds of fancy gigs, right? 1104 00:52:12,607 --> 00:52:14,305 Well, I got offered a gig in Scranton, Pennsylvania 1105 00:52:14,435 --> 00:52:15,871 at a Toyota dealership. 1106 00:52:15,958 --> 00:52:18,744 [audience laughs] 1107 00:52:18,874 --> 00:52:21,007 Wow! 1108 00:52:21,138 --> 00:52:22,182 I visit Dad, "How's it going?" 1109 00:52:22,313 --> 00:52:23,966 "Good, how are you?" 1110 00:52:24,097 --> 00:52:27,100 He never saw me in drag. 1111 00:52:27,231 --> 00:52:28,275 We never talked about it. 1112 00:52:30,712 --> 00:52:33,193 "I see your picture on the paper, you got a show tonight?" 1113 00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:34,455 "Yeah." 1114 00:52:34,586 --> 00:52:35,674 "Six o'clock?" 1115 00:52:35,761 --> 00:52:36,892 "Mm-hmm." 1116 00:52:37,023 --> 00:52:38,155 "I'm coming." 1117 00:52:38,285 --> 00:52:41,158 Shit my pants! [audience laughs] 1118 00:52:41,288 --> 00:52:42,985 47 years old and I'm still like 1119 00:52:43,116 --> 00:52:45,205 Ahhhh! 1120 00:52:45,336 --> 00:52:48,252 "Uhh, you know, dad, I'm in drag." 1121 00:52:48,339 --> 00:52:50,515 "Yeah, I know, I saw the newspaper." 1122 00:52:52,038 --> 00:52:54,736 But Dad came backstage, 1123 00:52:54,867 --> 00:52:56,477 also known as the sales department. 1124 00:52:56,608 --> 00:52:58,087 [audience laughs] 1125 00:53:00,612 --> 00:53:04,877 He turned the corner and he just gasped 1126 00:53:04,964 --> 00:53:06,095 and said, 1127 00:53:06,226 --> 00:53:10,535 "Eddie. Wow. You're beautiful." 1128 00:53:12,406 --> 00:53:15,801 Words I never expected to hear 1129 00:53:15,931 --> 00:53:18,107 from the man that said I was too much like a girl. 1130 00:53:20,066 --> 00:53:22,024 [soft music] 1131 00:53:29,510 --> 00:53:33,862 As I've gotten older and gone through my recovery process, 1132 00:53:33,993 --> 00:53:36,822 there's a level of forgiveness there that I have to, 1133 00:53:36,909 --> 00:53:39,041 no, that I've chosen to give him. 1134 00:53:44,786 --> 00:53:47,180 As I performed "There's Always Time for a Cocktail," 1135 00:53:47,311 --> 00:53:50,488 I started on the journey of really accepting 1136 00:53:50,618 --> 00:53:52,185 and loving my most genuine self. 1137 00:53:55,536 --> 00:53:57,843 It can be very easy for me to get disappointed 1138 00:53:57,973 --> 00:54:01,890 and to slip back into comparing, scrolling, 1139 00:54:01,977 --> 00:54:03,936 and looking at what other people are doing. 1140 00:54:05,894 --> 00:54:09,158 The artist who feels as though they can sit back 1141 00:54:09,289 --> 00:54:11,248 and wait for stuff to come, will lose. 1142 00:54:11,378 --> 00:54:12,988 I don't care how popular you are. 1143 00:54:15,034 --> 00:54:17,123 Your fire will go out and you have to go back at it. 1144 00:54:18,907 --> 00:54:20,082 As I'm working on my one-woman-play, 1145 00:54:20,213 --> 00:54:21,910 "There's Always Time for a Cocktail," 1146 00:54:22,041 --> 00:54:25,827 "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 2" airs. 1147 00:54:25,914 --> 00:54:27,307 - [Announcer 1] "Drag Race All Stars" returns. 1148 00:54:27,394 --> 00:54:29,614 And Thursday, queens are wild. 1149 00:54:29,744 --> 00:54:31,224 - Hiyeeeee! - Watch out, girls. 1150 00:54:31,355 --> 00:54:33,444 This bitch is back. 1151 00:54:33,574 --> 00:54:35,620 - Essentially all the queens that were cast 1152 00:54:35,750 --> 00:54:38,405 on "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 2," 1153 00:54:38,536 --> 00:54:42,496 began to gain more popularity and more followers. 1154 00:54:42,627 --> 00:54:44,803 I felt like it was necessary for me 1155 00:54:44,933 --> 00:54:46,674 to get cast on "All Stars," 1156 00:54:46,761 --> 00:54:50,461 to compete and build upon what I had started. 1157 00:54:50,591 --> 00:54:52,289 It is something that, frankly, 1158 00:54:52,419 --> 00:54:54,073 I'm chomping at the bit to be a part of. 1159 00:54:54,203 --> 00:54:57,294 [upbeat music] 1160 00:54:57,381 --> 00:55:01,298 - Hi, Syracuse! [audience cheers] 1161 00:55:01,385 --> 00:55:04,301 We're here for one reason, really, aren't we? 1162 00:55:04,431 --> 00:55:05,650 Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, 1163 00:55:05,780 --> 00:55:08,653 here she is, the fabulous and fantastic, 1164 00:55:08,783 --> 00:55:09,915 gorgeous and beautiful, 1165 00:55:10,045 --> 00:55:13,266 please give her a warm Syracuse welcome, 1166 00:55:13,397 --> 00:55:14,920 Miss Tatianna! 1167 00:55:15,050 --> 00:55:17,314 [audience cheers] 1168 00:55:17,488 --> 00:55:20,447 ♪ I want you to take over control ♪ 1169 00:55:20,621 --> 00:55:22,057 ♪ Take over control ♪ 1170 00:55:22,231 --> 00:55:24,103 ♪ Take, take, take, take over control ♪ 1171 00:55:24,277 --> 00:55:28,629 ♪ Oh, oh, oh, I want you to take over control ♪ 1172 00:55:29,978 --> 00:55:31,850 ♪ Plug it in and turn me on ♪ 1173 00:55:31,980 --> 00:55:33,199 - My name is Tatianna, 1174 00:55:33,330 --> 00:55:37,464 and I was on "RuPaul's Drag Race" season two. 1175 00:55:37,595 --> 00:55:41,163 And then again on "All Stars" season two. 1176 00:55:41,294 --> 00:55:43,905 The last year has been crazy. 1177 00:55:44,036 --> 00:55:46,604 I've been to so many different countries. 1178 00:55:46,734 --> 00:55:48,432 Like, have you ever seen that Lady Gaga? 1179 00:55:48,519 --> 00:55:52,131 It's like club, another club, bus... 1180 00:55:52,261 --> 00:55:53,306 It could be that. 1181 00:55:53,437 --> 00:55:55,569 So, it's been, 1182 00:55:55,700 --> 00:55:57,789 it's taken me a little bit of time to get used to it 1183 00:55:57,919 --> 00:55:59,138 just 'cause from season two, 1184 00:56:00,879 --> 00:56:02,533 it was not like that, 1185 00:56:02,663 --> 00:56:03,969 but I like it. 1186 00:56:04,099 --> 00:56:06,885 And I also feel like a fun pop star. 1187 00:56:07,015 --> 00:56:08,713 I'm just like, 1188 00:56:08,800 --> 00:56:09,453 "I'm just living my life touring." [laughs joyously] 1189 00:56:09,540 --> 00:56:12,107 [audience cheers] 1190 00:56:13,805 --> 00:56:16,198 - Since I didn't do well on my season, 1191 00:56:16,329 --> 00:56:17,896 and I haven't been cast on "All Stars," 1192 00:56:18,026 --> 00:56:20,159 I decided to do whatever I could 1193 00:56:20,246 --> 00:56:23,205 to attract the producer's attention. 1194 00:56:23,336 --> 00:56:25,773 I have to work that much harder on social media 1195 00:56:25,860 --> 00:56:28,515 in order to get the attention to get gigs. 1196 00:56:28,646 --> 00:56:32,693 Social media has changed drag so much. 1197 00:56:32,824 --> 00:56:35,130 At this point, the fans have expectations 1198 00:56:35,261 --> 00:56:36,784 for the queens that have been on the show. 1199 00:56:36,915 --> 00:56:38,786 The pressure's on! 1200 00:56:38,917 --> 00:56:41,659 Thatchwork Designs! Davy has come through 1201 00:56:41,789 --> 00:56:45,706 with some dresses for this weekend's show. 1202 00:56:47,447 --> 00:56:49,318 Mr. Davis looks on with... 1203 00:56:51,625 --> 00:56:53,410 So at the end of the show, we're all wearing green. 1204 00:56:54,715 --> 00:56:55,499 And so this is my gown. 1205 00:56:57,762 --> 00:56:59,720 Fabulousness, right? 1206 00:57:01,287 --> 00:57:03,071 Look at that. 1207 00:57:03,202 --> 00:57:04,333 [dog whines] 1208 00:57:04,464 --> 00:57:05,334 Very Grecian. 1209 00:57:05,422 --> 00:57:07,206 - Max likes it. 1210 00:57:07,336 --> 00:57:08,294 And then... 1211 00:57:08,381 --> 00:57:10,339 [dog howls] 1212 00:57:10,427 --> 00:57:12,254 Max, one more! 1213 00:57:12,385 --> 00:57:16,041 And we have a housewife dress that I'm excited about. 1214 00:57:16,128 --> 00:57:18,043 Looks like a tablecloth, but, I love it. 1215 00:57:19,697 --> 00:57:21,568 Lookit, Max, it's a housewife dress. 1216 00:57:21,699 --> 00:57:23,483 [dog grumbles] 1217 00:57:23,614 --> 00:57:24,832 - He's saying, "Not another housewife dress." 1218 00:57:24,963 --> 00:57:26,573 [dog howls] 1219 00:57:26,704 --> 00:57:28,140 - In this day and age, 1220 00:57:28,270 --> 00:57:32,797 something that you wear on social media is done. 1221 00:57:32,927 --> 00:57:36,453 It's time to constantly be updating your looks 1222 00:57:36,583 --> 00:57:38,411 and finding new things, so, it's a challenge. 1223 00:57:38,542 --> 00:57:40,761 How's everybody tonight? 1224 00:57:40,892 --> 00:57:43,068 [audience cheers] 1225 00:57:43,198 --> 00:57:45,810 Oh, look at you looking all fierce 1226 00:57:45,940 --> 00:57:47,942 and fabulous there, Topher? 1227 00:57:49,596 --> 00:57:51,642 Put your hand up and wave to everybody. 1228 00:57:51,772 --> 00:57:55,733 That's a lady over there. [audience cheers] 1229 00:57:55,863 --> 00:57:56,995 Yeah! 1230 00:57:57,125 --> 00:58:00,694 Ladies, in 2018, 19, fiscal year, 1231 00:58:00,781 --> 00:58:03,218 come in all shapes, sizes, beards, forms, and gloves. 1232 00:58:05,743 --> 00:58:07,048 It's fantastic. 1233 00:58:07,179 --> 00:58:08,746 You look fantastic, you really do. 1234 00:58:08,833 --> 00:58:10,312 You really do. 1235 00:58:10,443 --> 00:58:11,226 - Kasha Davis came out with a video. 1236 00:58:11,313 --> 00:58:13,141 A music video. 1237 00:58:13,272 --> 00:58:15,622 So I wrote her on Facebook and was like, 1238 00:58:15,753 --> 00:58:17,450 "Honey, where did you get those bracelets?" 1239 00:58:17,581 --> 00:58:19,452 And she was like, "What's your address?" 1240 00:58:19,583 --> 00:58:21,323 Three days later, I get this box, 1241 00:58:21,410 --> 00:58:23,108 and I opened the box and there were the bracelets, 1242 00:58:23,238 --> 00:58:25,589 and a CD, and an autographed picture. 1243 00:58:25,719 --> 00:58:26,981 I cried. 1244 00:58:27,112 --> 00:58:28,113 I cried, I called my mom. 1245 00:58:28,243 --> 00:58:30,811 'Cause my mom had watched the show with me 1246 00:58:30,942 --> 00:58:33,031 and was just like, "I can't believe this." 1247 00:58:33,161 --> 00:58:34,772 So, like, it was very emotional. 1248 00:58:34,902 --> 00:58:35,903 And then, like, I have them, like, 1249 00:58:35,990 --> 00:58:36,948 in a little shrine in my room. 1250 00:58:39,385 --> 00:58:41,474 - Kasha is my inspiration, 1251 00:58:41,605 --> 00:58:45,696 really because doing drag in the smaller cities 1252 00:58:45,826 --> 00:58:48,742 or areas that they don't generally get drag shows, 1253 00:58:48,873 --> 00:58:51,353 I think is extremely important. 1254 00:58:51,440 --> 00:58:55,836 I see kids today that struggle with who they are 1255 00:58:57,098 --> 00:58:58,926 and while it's not the struggle 1256 00:58:59,057 --> 00:59:01,494 that I went through when I was younger, 1257 00:59:01,625 --> 00:59:04,062 where kids are a little bit more accepting, 1258 00:59:04,192 --> 00:59:08,893 I do see those kids that want to express themself 1259 00:59:09,023 --> 00:59:11,373 and have a hard time doing it. 1260 00:59:14,289 --> 00:59:16,596 [gentle music] 1261 00:59:26,563 --> 00:59:30,479 [loud music drowns out speaker] 1262 00:59:30,567 --> 00:59:32,351 - Get over yourself! 1263 00:59:32,481 --> 00:59:33,265 You're not a woman! 1264 00:59:34,396 --> 00:59:36,224 You're not a woman! 1265 00:59:36,355 --> 00:59:37,225 You're a man! 1266 00:59:39,445 --> 00:59:40,315 Alright, people! 1267 00:59:41,969 --> 00:59:45,190 Your show is inside, not here. 1268 00:59:45,320 --> 00:59:48,367 - Take your show elsewhere. - Your show is inside. 1269 00:59:48,497 --> 00:59:51,152 Be nice? I am being very nice. 1270 00:59:51,283 --> 00:59:52,806 - No you're not! 1271 00:59:52,937 --> 00:59:55,200 High heels do not make you a woman. 1272 00:59:58,246 --> 01:00:00,509 [gentle music] 1273 01:00:13,305 --> 01:00:15,960 [audience applauds] 1274 01:00:18,310 --> 01:00:19,616 - There are some people who do think 1275 01:00:19,746 --> 01:00:21,356 that the mainstreaming of drag 1276 01:00:21,487 --> 01:00:24,098 is kind of taking the fun out of it, 1277 01:00:24,229 --> 01:00:27,406 or is it, you know, it has a flip side, bad side to it. 1278 01:00:27,536 --> 01:00:31,671 - I miss- - The underground. 1279 01:00:31,758 --> 01:00:34,587 - Underground, seedy, sex underground. 1280 01:00:34,718 --> 01:00:38,983 I miss some of that, like, naughty, 1281 01:00:39,070 --> 01:00:42,595 feeling like dad would be so horrified if he knew 1282 01:00:42,726 --> 01:00:43,944 what I was doing. 1283 01:00:44,075 --> 01:00:45,337 - Exactly and Heklina touched on this. 1284 01:00:45,467 --> 01:00:46,643 We used to be so subversive. 1285 01:00:46,773 --> 01:00:47,774 We were so underground. 1286 01:00:47,905 --> 01:00:48,819 We were shocking. 1287 01:00:48,949 --> 01:00:50,342 We were rebels. 1288 01:00:50,472 --> 01:00:51,778 We were breaking boundaries -Yes, anarchists. 1289 01:00:51,909 --> 01:00:54,128 and doing things that people didn't dare do before. 1290 01:00:54,259 --> 01:00:56,870 But I think that this normalization, if you wanna say, 1291 01:00:56,957 --> 01:00:58,916 of drag is something you can see 1292 01:00:59,003 --> 01:01:01,048 in our community in general. 1293 01:01:01,179 --> 01:01:04,399 The more that the LGBTQ community fights for equal rights 1294 01:01:04,530 --> 01:01:06,488 and recognition, and to be understood, 1295 01:01:06,619 --> 01:01:07,576 and to be at the table, 1296 01:01:07,707 --> 01:01:09,143 and to have the same sort of experience 1297 01:01:09,230 --> 01:01:10,405 that other people have, 1298 01:01:10,536 --> 01:01:12,494 the more our community is becoming 1299 01:01:12,625 --> 01:01:15,846 more involved with regular outside our communities. 1300 01:01:15,933 --> 01:01:17,325 So, it's sort of like, 1301 01:01:17,456 --> 01:01:19,893 a homogenization of LGBTQ in general, 1302 01:01:20,024 --> 01:01:22,026 which I find a little disheartening. 1303 01:01:22,156 --> 01:01:23,592 I wanna be a freak. 1304 01:01:23,680 --> 01:01:25,420 - I wanna be a freak. - Yeah! 1305 01:01:25,507 --> 01:01:27,292 - Don't call me normal. 1306 01:01:27,422 --> 01:01:29,598 Please, no, I don't think I'm in danger of that, 1307 01:01:29,729 --> 01:01:31,905 but, don't ever call me normal. 1308 01:01:32,036 --> 01:01:33,472 - Yeah, don't assume that I want, 1309 01:01:35,387 --> 01:01:36,823 I want you to accept me for who I am, 1310 01:01:36,954 --> 01:01:38,825 but I don't want the white picket fence. 1311 01:01:38,912 --> 01:01:40,697 I don't want marriange. I don't wanna be in the military. 1312 01:01:40,784 --> 01:01:43,525 So all those things that we've been fighting to get- 1313 01:01:43,656 --> 01:01:45,484 - It's important for them to love, check it, check it. 1314 01:01:45,614 --> 01:01:46,703 - Yeah, but, you know- 1315 01:01:46,790 --> 01:01:47,921 - I live in the suburbs. 1316 01:01:48,052 --> 01:01:50,184 [audience laughs] 1317 01:01:50,315 --> 01:01:52,839 All of the white picket fences and all of that. 1318 01:01:52,970 --> 01:01:57,278 And I absolutely love being the queen of the cul-de-sac. 1319 01:01:57,409 --> 01:01:58,366 Yes, yes. 1320 01:01:58,453 --> 01:02:00,107 And what is wonderful is that 1321 01:02:00,194 --> 01:02:02,544 I'm able to walk around that neighborhood, sashay around, 1322 01:02:02,675 --> 01:02:04,677 and I've got people who come to my drag story hour 1323 01:02:04,808 --> 01:02:07,332 or other people who come to the different shows 1324 01:02:07,419 --> 01:02:09,073 that we do in town. 1325 01:02:09,203 --> 01:02:11,031 And that normalization for me is comfortable. 1326 01:02:11,162 --> 01:02:13,773 So there's room for everybody at that table. 1327 01:02:13,904 --> 01:02:15,470 I do like that. 1328 01:02:15,601 --> 01:02:18,735 [crowd chatters] 1329 01:02:18,865 --> 01:02:19,823 - Juicy Couture? - Juicy. 1330 01:02:19,910 --> 01:02:20,911 And I bought it. 1331 01:02:21,041 --> 01:02:22,347 I just wanna thank you, 1332 01:02:22,477 --> 01:02:23,652 because now I've been wearing it ever since. 1333 01:02:23,783 --> 01:02:25,002 Because I haven't been able to find a perfume 1334 01:02:25,132 --> 01:02:26,743 that for every day that I like. 1335 01:02:26,873 --> 01:02:28,005 - Everyday. - And now I wear it. 1336 01:02:28,135 --> 01:02:29,136 - And you can get it at Marshalls, 1337 01:02:29,267 --> 01:02:29,484 you can get it at TJ Maxx. 1338 01:02:31,660 --> 01:02:32,661 - I have to fix this, 1339 01:02:32,792 --> 01:02:34,098 'cause this is making me crazy. 1340 01:02:34,228 --> 01:02:36,056 Why do they have these? 1341 01:02:36,187 --> 01:02:37,623 Hi, honey! - Hi! 1342 01:02:37,710 --> 01:02:38,842 - How are you? - Good. 1343 01:02:38,972 --> 01:02:40,104 - What's your name? - Lilith. 1344 01:02:40,234 --> 01:02:41,540 - Lilith? 1345 01:02:41,670 --> 01:02:42,584 You're just stunning. 1346 01:02:42,715 --> 01:02:43,629 Is this your first DragCon? 1347 01:02:43,760 --> 01:02:45,283 - No, I've been here since I was six. 1348 01:02:45,413 --> 01:02:46,763 - Since you were six? 1349 01:02:46,893 --> 01:02:48,199 All that time ago? - Three years ago. 1350 01:02:48,286 --> 01:02:49,243 - Three years? 1351 01:02:49,330 --> 01:02:50,549 Let's get a picture together. 1352 01:02:50,679 --> 01:02:51,724 This is fantastic. 1353 01:02:51,855 --> 01:02:53,160 - Thank you so much. 1354 01:02:53,291 --> 01:02:54,727 Thank you! 1355 01:02:54,814 --> 01:02:55,772 You're welcome. -I love you! 1356 01:02:55,902 --> 01:02:57,338 Are you gonna be here tomorrow? 1357 01:02:57,469 --> 01:02:59,123 I have Drag Story Hour tomorrow, one o'clock. 1358 01:03:00,428 --> 01:03:02,169 It's a panel. So, come join us. 1359 01:03:02,300 --> 01:03:03,605 - I'm doing it! - She's doing it! 1360 01:03:03,692 --> 01:03:04,606 High five. 1361 01:03:04,737 --> 01:03:05,956 Fabulous. 1362 01:03:06,043 --> 01:03:07,784 - Thank you! - All right, have fun. 1363 01:03:07,914 --> 01:03:10,830 This morning, I was on social media 1364 01:03:10,961 --> 01:03:13,224 and what's fabulous today, 1365 01:03:13,354 --> 01:03:15,139 texting and everything my youngest daughter, 1366 01:03:15,226 --> 01:03:17,576 Jessica, graduated from Brockport today. 1367 01:03:17,706 --> 01:03:19,970 She's at graduation. 1368 01:03:20,057 --> 01:03:22,320 So, my heart's a little broken that I'm not there, 1369 01:03:22,450 --> 01:03:24,670 but it's, you know, it's the way of the world. 1370 01:03:24,801 --> 01:03:26,193 She's graduating, 1371 01:03:26,324 --> 01:03:27,194 but she's going to get her master's degree. 1372 01:03:27,325 --> 01:03:28,326 She's not just stopping there 1373 01:03:28,456 --> 01:03:29,980 and she's opening a hair salon. 1374 01:03:30,110 --> 01:03:33,592 She's an overachiever like her stepmother, father, Ed. 1375 01:03:33,722 --> 01:03:34,549 [woman laughs] 1376 01:03:36,813 --> 01:03:39,119 - Do you love it? - Yeah, filter it. 1377 01:03:39,250 --> 01:03:40,817 There, good. [laughs] 1378 01:03:40,947 --> 01:03:42,427 - Thank you. - Always a filter. 1379 01:03:42,514 --> 01:03:43,732 - By the way, 1380 01:03:43,863 --> 01:03:44,777 everyone would love to see you on All Stars four. 1381 01:03:44,908 --> 01:03:45,822 - Wouldn't that be great? 1382 01:03:45,952 --> 01:03:47,214 - Everyone would love it so much. 1383 01:03:47,345 --> 01:03:48,346 - From your lips to RuPaul's ears. 1384 01:03:50,696 --> 01:03:52,350 Uh-oh, now this is the point of the day 1385 01:03:52,480 --> 01:03:54,613 where the foam padding starts to rip the hairs 1386 01:03:54,743 --> 01:03:55,832 out of my asshole. 1387 01:03:56,658 --> 01:03:57,921 That feels great. 1388 01:03:59,096 --> 01:04:01,838 'Cause it's friction, friction, friction, friction. 1389 01:04:01,968 --> 01:04:03,927 We won't tell the kids that at Drag Story Hour though. 1390 01:04:04,057 --> 01:04:06,973 It's not information they're interested in, I don't think. 1391 01:04:09,019 --> 01:04:10,803 Are you gonna come to Drag Story Hour? 1392 01:04:10,934 --> 01:04:11,978 Perfect! [woman laughs] 1393 01:04:12,109 --> 01:04:12,892 You're going now. 1394 01:04:20,813 --> 01:04:21,640 This is what happens when you throw something together 1395 01:04:21,727 --> 01:04:22,554 last minute. 1396 01:04:25,035 --> 01:04:27,515 - [Announcer] Without further ado, 1397 01:04:27,646 --> 01:04:29,343 let's give a warm welcome to the best storyteller in town, 1398 01:04:29,474 --> 01:04:31,171 Mrs. Kasha Davis. 1399 01:04:31,302 --> 01:04:33,913 [audience applauds] 1400 01:04:35,610 --> 01:04:36,481 [Kasha laughs lightly] 1401 01:04:36,611 --> 01:04:37,917 Isn't this fantastic? 1402 01:04:38,004 --> 01:04:40,485 Oh, my God on a wheel. 1403 01:04:40,615 --> 01:04:44,358 I was downstairs, 1404 01:04:44,445 --> 01:04:45,838 and I was saying to myself, 1405 01:04:45,925 --> 01:04:47,622 "Look at all these fabulous faces." 1406 01:04:47,753 --> 01:04:49,624 And every one of the fabulous faces I saw 1407 01:04:49,711 --> 01:04:50,669 came up to this panel. 1408 01:04:50,799 --> 01:04:51,670 Isn't that lovely? 1409 01:04:51,800 --> 01:04:52,889 [audience cheers] 1410 01:04:53,019 --> 01:04:54,586 Give yourselves a warm hand. 1411 01:04:54,716 --> 01:04:56,283 [audience applauds] 1412 01:04:56,370 --> 01:04:59,112 Now, since we're a small group 1413 01:04:59,243 --> 01:05:00,461 and we're gonna really get to know each other, 1414 01:05:00,548 --> 01:05:02,289 wouldn't it be great if everybody just came down 1415 01:05:02,376 --> 01:05:04,639 a little bit further down to these front seats? 1416 01:05:04,770 --> 01:05:07,033 The reality is, no matter what age you are, 1417 01:05:07,164 --> 01:05:09,427 children of all ages can 1418 01:05:09,557 --> 01:05:11,864 and should continue to follow their dreams 1419 01:05:11,995 --> 01:05:14,693 because we have to really continue to foster 1420 01:05:14,823 --> 01:05:16,434 and be our most genuine selves. 1421 01:05:16,564 --> 01:05:19,263 Because when you are, the world celebrates it. 1422 01:05:19,350 --> 01:05:21,569 Literally, a dozen people will come to your panel 1423 01:05:21,700 --> 01:05:22,614 at RuPaul's DragCon. 1424 01:05:22,744 --> 01:05:24,007 When you are yourself. 1425 01:05:24,137 --> 01:05:26,487 No, I'm kidding. [audience laughs] 1426 01:05:26,618 --> 01:05:28,011 [Kasha sighs] 1427 01:05:28,141 --> 01:05:29,055 See, I would love to be able to do that 1428 01:05:29,186 --> 01:05:30,665 for a big group of kids, 1429 01:05:30,796 --> 01:05:32,232 but they were cute, right? - Yeah. 1430 01:05:32,363 --> 01:05:36,454 - In Rochester, the shows that I'm building 1431 01:05:36,584 --> 01:05:38,151 will have a sold out house. 1432 01:05:38,282 --> 01:05:40,110 It'll be a packed audience. 1433 01:05:40,197 --> 01:05:42,764 It's really hard to leave my family behind, 1434 01:05:42,895 --> 01:05:46,725 to go to a show that doesn't necessarily have an audience. 1435 01:05:46,855 --> 01:05:48,988 And, it's frustrating. 1436 01:05:49,119 --> 01:05:51,295 It's embarrassing! 1437 01:05:51,425 --> 01:05:53,688 And, frankly, you go back to the hotel room and it hurts. 1438 01:05:59,259 --> 01:06:00,478 Is it you? 1439 01:06:01,392 --> 01:06:03,568 Can I at least say hello to the queen? 1440 01:06:03,698 --> 01:06:06,005 - Yes, of course. - Look at you. 1441 01:06:06,136 --> 01:06:08,138 - Is this Dallas, extraordinaire? 1442 01:06:08,268 --> 01:06:09,704 - Yes, it is. 1443 01:06:09,835 --> 01:06:11,358 - She's so good. You doing all right? 1444 01:06:11,489 --> 01:06:12,620 - You look gorgeous. - You're having fun? 1445 01:06:12,751 --> 01:06:13,970 - I am about to lay down in this room. 1446 01:06:14,100 --> 01:06:15,928 - All right, see you later. 1447 01:06:16,059 --> 01:06:17,974 - [Alaska] 'Cause I'm, at that point where I'm, like ughhhh- 1448 01:06:18,061 --> 01:06:19,584 - Right. 1449 01:06:19,714 --> 01:06:21,978 [gentle music] 1450 01:06:38,516 --> 01:06:41,040 [audience cheers] 1451 01:06:56,621 --> 01:07:00,494 - My most recent "Drag Race" audition tape was, you know, 1452 01:07:00,625 --> 01:07:02,540 11th time was the charm. 1453 01:07:02,670 --> 01:07:03,932 Nope. 1454 01:07:04,020 --> 01:07:06,239 I had fun putting it together. 1455 01:07:06,370 --> 01:07:08,894 And then I was excited about sending it in, 1456 01:07:09,025 --> 01:07:13,333 but then I got the, "No, no, no, no, we don't want you." 1457 01:07:15,422 --> 01:07:17,033 I wish they would just send an email with like four words 1458 01:07:17,163 --> 01:07:19,122 on it that says, "You suck, quit now. 1459 01:07:19,252 --> 01:07:20,384 You are too old. 1460 01:07:20,471 --> 01:07:22,429 Not this year, queen." 1461 01:07:22,560 --> 01:07:27,086 [gentle music] [birds chirping] 1462 01:07:29,784 --> 01:07:32,222 I don't know. [crying] 1463 01:07:35,660 --> 01:07:37,053 It's never been about me. 1464 01:07:37,183 --> 01:07:41,753 [gentle music] [birds chirping] 1465 01:07:46,279 --> 01:07:47,498 I've always been taking care of other people 1466 01:07:47,585 --> 01:07:48,890 and taking care of other things 1467 01:07:49,021 --> 01:07:52,285 and putting everybody else first but 1468 01:07:52,416 --> 01:07:56,072 I'm really selfish with drag 'cause that's my one thing. 1469 01:07:56,202 --> 01:07:58,552 [gentle music] 1470 01:08:14,960 --> 01:08:17,310 [plane zooms] 1471 01:08:24,970 --> 01:08:27,407 - Well, hello! [laughs lightly] 1472 01:08:27,538 --> 01:08:29,409 I was going to Australia 1473 01:08:29,540 --> 01:08:31,672 to perform in the "Drag Queens of the Stone Age" tour. 1474 01:08:33,674 --> 01:08:37,243 So, basically, I flew 24 hours to get to Australia. 1475 01:08:37,374 --> 01:08:41,291 And, within a few hours of landing, I had to perform. 1476 01:08:41,421 --> 01:08:42,901 This morning, I got up and walked down to the beach, 1477 01:08:43,031 --> 01:08:44,076 and just went, 1478 01:08:44,207 --> 01:08:45,686 I had a moment of, 1479 01:08:45,817 --> 01:08:48,515 "Oh, my God, I'm like 10,000 miles from home 1480 01:08:50,213 --> 01:08:52,128 in freaking Australia. 1481 01:08:52,215 --> 01:08:53,955 Who gets to do that?" 1482 01:08:54,086 --> 01:08:57,176 Tempest DuJour was on my season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" 1483 01:08:57,263 --> 01:08:58,786 and was the first one to get kicked off. 1484 01:09:01,789 --> 01:09:03,965 Charlie said she wasn't thrilled 1485 01:09:04,096 --> 01:09:05,532 by the "Stone Age" tour name. 1486 01:09:05,663 --> 01:09:07,360 I'm not totally offended by it. 1487 01:09:07,447 --> 01:09:08,361 - I love it! 1488 01:09:08,492 --> 01:09:10,276 - I mean- - What? 1489 01:09:10,407 --> 01:09:11,973 You've gotta use what sets you apart, right? 1490 01:09:12,104 --> 01:09:13,497 - Right. - This is what sets us apart. 1491 01:09:14,759 --> 01:09:15,977 I love it. 1492 01:09:16,108 --> 01:09:17,065 I have no problem with it. 1493 01:09:17,196 --> 01:09:18,545 - Well... 1494 01:09:18,676 --> 01:09:19,981 - If it had been called "The Old Bitch" tour, 1495 01:09:20,112 --> 01:09:21,026 I'd be happy with that. 1496 01:09:25,857 --> 01:09:26,771 - The "Drag Queens of the Stone Age" tour 1497 01:09:26,858 --> 01:09:29,861 is a tour that we've put together 1498 01:09:29,991 --> 01:09:34,300 celebrating some of the most seasoned talent to come out of 1499 01:09:34,431 --> 01:09:36,911 "RuPaul's Drag Race." 1500 01:09:37,042 --> 01:09:39,000 On the "Drag Queens of the Stone Age" tour, 1501 01:09:39,131 --> 01:09:40,437 we've got the winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars" 1502 01:09:40,567 --> 01:09:43,440 season one, the iconic, Chad Michaels. 1503 01:09:43,614 --> 01:09:46,921 ♪ Breaking my heart if you leave me now ♪ 1504 01:09:47,095 --> 01:09:50,534 ♪ I don't wanna wait forever ♪ 1505 01:09:50,621 --> 01:09:54,190 ♪ Who do you think you're fooling ♪ 1506 01:09:54,364 --> 01:09:58,019 ♪ Who do you think you're fooling ♪ 1507 01:09:58,150 --> 01:10:00,152 - The night club culture in Australia is not very, 1508 01:10:00,239 --> 01:10:01,327 it's not huge, it's still good, 1509 01:10:01,458 --> 01:10:02,589 you can still make a living off of it, 1510 01:10:02,720 --> 01:10:04,504 but it's not huge. 1511 01:10:05,897 --> 01:10:07,638 So, we're pretty lucky to perform 1512 01:10:07,768 --> 01:10:08,682 in front of the bigger crowds 1513 01:10:08,813 --> 01:10:09,944 when these girls come to town I guess. 1514 01:10:10,031 --> 01:10:12,643 - Yeah. I just wish some of the, 1515 01:10:12,773 --> 01:10:15,559 I call them race chases. - Yes. 1516 01:10:15,646 --> 01:10:17,517 'Cause they're the fans that only come out 1517 01:10:17,648 --> 01:10:19,040 to see the "RuPaul's Drag Race" girls. 1518 01:10:19,171 --> 01:10:20,868 I just wish if they love drag that much. 1519 01:10:20,999 --> 01:10:23,001 Come and see the local girls. - Amen. 1520 01:10:23,131 --> 01:10:25,308 [upbeat music] 1521 01:10:40,148 --> 01:10:44,588 [loud music drowns out speaker] 1522 01:10:44,718 --> 01:10:46,372 - Ladies and gentlemen, 1523 01:10:46,503 --> 01:10:48,679 please give it up for our very first special guest. 1524 01:10:48,809 --> 01:10:51,072 Remember, there is always time for... 1525 01:10:52,422 --> 01:10:54,206 Mrs. Kasha Davis! 1526 01:10:54,337 --> 01:10:55,816 [audience cheers] 1527 01:10:55,990 --> 01:10:58,993 ♪ Anywhere ♪ 1528 01:10:59,167 --> 01:11:00,908 ♪ Come on ♪ 1529 01:11:01,082 --> 01:11:03,998 ♪ Come through ♪ 1530 01:11:04,172 --> 01:11:07,480 ♪ New York ♪ 1531 01:11:07,567 --> 01:11:10,875 ♪ New York ♪ 1532 01:11:11,005 --> 01:11:11,832 [audience cheers] 1533 01:11:16,097 --> 01:11:18,361 - This is the glamorous celebrity life. 1534 01:11:23,191 --> 01:11:24,584 We found out from the promoter 1535 01:11:24,715 --> 01:11:26,934 that one of the spaces doesn't have mirrors. 1536 01:11:28,327 --> 01:11:29,546 Yes, we need a mirror. 1537 01:11:29,676 --> 01:11:30,460 Thank you. 1538 01:11:32,375 --> 01:11:35,291 And then the other space, we don't have a dressing room. 1539 01:11:35,421 --> 01:11:37,075 We have to go back to the hotel 1540 01:11:37,205 --> 01:11:39,120 to change for each number. 1541 01:11:39,251 --> 01:11:40,165 It's really close by, 1542 01:11:40,252 --> 01:11:41,297 but, what if it's raining? 1543 01:11:45,083 --> 01:11:48,347 The tour itself was a frustrating tour for the queens. 1544 01:11:48,478 --> 01:11:50,131 It's called the "Stone Age" tour. 1545 01:11:50,262 --> 01:11:53,047 You know, we're old. [snorts] 1546 01:11:55,702 --> 01:11:58,792 I felt insecure showing up and performing 1547 01:11:58,923 --> 01:12:02,274 because sometimes the audience turnout was really low. 1548 01:12:02,405 --> 01:12:04,102 You know, it's so cool to be here, 1549 01:12:04,232 --> 01:12:06,539 thank you to Kweer Touring Events 1550 01:12:06,670 --> 01:12:08,280 and the fabulous Pete who's not here right now, 1551 01:12:08,411 --> 01:12:09,455 He's home working the books or something. 1552 01:12:13,459 --> 01:12:15,113 The promoter for Kweer Touring and Events 1553 01:12:15,243 --> 01:12:17,550 had the balls to say, 1554 01:12:17,637 --> 01:12:19,073 "Do you mind if I don't pay you for a couple of weeks 1555 01:12:19,204 --> 01:12:20,858 because I have to pay Chad?" 1556 01:12:20,945 --> 01:12:22,729 He was like, "Look, I have to pay him. 1557 01:12:22,860 --> 01:12:24,514 It's Chad Michaels." 1558 01:12:24,644 --> 01:12:26,472 He was asking not to pay me 1559 01:12:26,603 --> 01:12:28,256 while I was on the other side of the world. 1560 01:12:29,823 --> 01:12:31,912 It was hard being in Australia, 1561 01:12:32,043 --> 01:12:33,044 being so far away from home. 1562 01:12:35,655 --> 01:12:38,484 Sometimes there are opportunities that are presented to me 1563 01:12:38,615 --> 01:12:41,487 and I'm paying out of my own pocket to participate. 1564 01:12:41,618 --> 01:12:44,664 Other times, I am flown all around the world 1565 01:12:44,795 --> 01:12:46,579 and I'm paid very well 1566 01:12:46,710 --> 01:12:49,016 to perform with a group of other drag queens 1567 01:12:49,103 --> 01:12:50,888 from "RuPaul's Drag Race." 1568 01:12:51,018 --> 01:12:55,632 One of the tricky things is I really don't know necessarily 1569 01:12:55,762 --> 01:12:57,285 what's gonna be a useful career opportunity. 1570 01:12:59,810 --> 01:13:03,596 For example, I flew myself to New York City 1571 01:13:03,727 --> 01:13:05,642 for the premiere of 1572 01:13:05,772 --> 01:13:08,862 "Hurricane Bianca From Russia with Hate." 1573 01:13:08,993 --> 01:13:10,516 As one of the actors, 1574 01:13:10,647 --> 01:13:12,910 I was asked to be in a panel at the end. 1575 01:13:13,040 --> 01:13:15,173 [gentle music] 1576 01:13:17,262 --> 01:13:20,700 We're about to go to the premiere for "Hurricane Bianca, 1577 01:13:20,787 --> 01:13:22,398 From Russia with Hate." 1578 01:13:22,528 --> 01:13:24,835 First time in a movie. 1579 01:13:24,965 --> 01:13:27,054 And I'm so glad that you're here with me, Mr. Davis. 1580 01:13:27,185 --> 01:13:29,100 - [Steven] I am excited! 1581 01:13:29,187 --> 01:13:32,190 - We got ourselves some matching blouses for the occasion. 1582 01:13:32,320 --> 01:13:33,583 But, it's been crazy. 1583 01:13:33,713 --> 01:13:35,280 It was, you know, rushing back home, 1584 01:13:35,411 --> 01:13:39,110 came home, cleaned, napped, walked Max, cleaned, napped, 1585 01:13:39,197 --> 01:13:41,504 Mr. Davis came home, ate food, napped, woke up, here we are. 1586 01:13:43,680 --> 01:13:46,683 [gentle music] 1587 01:13:46,813 --> 01:13:50,077 [people chatter] 1588 01:13:50,208 --> 01:13:53,472 [laughter] 1589 01:13:53,603 --> 01:13:55,822 - [Bianca Del Rio] Alright. Oh it's hot. 1590 01:13:55,953 --> 01:13:57,433 - So how did you like your first red carpet? 1591 01:13:57,520 --> 01:13:58,608 - Fine. [Kasha giggles] 1592 01:13:58,738 --> 01:14:00,436 Short? - Yeah, sorry. 1593 01:14:06,267 --> 01:14:08,008 I hope you have a seat. 1594 01:14:09,140 --> 01:14:11,011 I just wanna say thank you so much for being here. 1595 01:14:11,142 --> 01:14:14,232 We have a lot of family, a lot of friends, 1596 01:14:14,362 --> 01:14:16,060 our fabulous crew, 1597 01:14:16,190 --> 01:14:19,455 and a lot of really, really fun and excited Bianca fans. 1598 01:14:19,585 --> 01:14:21,413 We really could not have done any of this without you. 1599 01:14:21,544 --> 01:14:22,849 So, thank you so much. 1600 01:14:22,980 --> 01:14:24,764 I hope you enjoy it and stick around. 1601 01:14:24,851 --> 01:14:26,157 We'll be back after the movie. 1602 01:14:26,287 --> 01:14:28,202 [audience applauds] 1603 01:14:28,333 --> 01:14:30,161 [exciting music] 1604 01:14:30,291 --> 01:14:32,990 - I need you to go in there and come back with a full report 1605 01:14:33,120 --> 01:14:35,558 If we're lucky, police will round up the whole fruit basket. 1606 01:14:35,645 --> 01:14:37,211 - I'm Vicki Leaks. 1607 01:14:37,298 --> 01:14:39,083 I run this joint. 1608 01:14:39,213 --> 01:14:40,650 What are you in for, fish stick? 1609 01:14:40,780 --> 01:14:42,216 That dress? 1610 01:14:42,303 --> 01:14:43,740 [audience applauds] 1611 01:14:43,870 --> 01:14:45,959 - I wanna bring out Director Matt Kugelman. 1612 01:14:46,090 --> 01:14:47,526 [audience cheers] 1613 01:14:47,613 --> 01:14:50,007 Producer, Ash Christian. [audience cheers] 1614 01:14:50,094 --> 01:14:52,705 Writer, Derek Hartley. [audience cheers] 1615 01:14:52,836 --> 01:14:56,187 Star, Roy Haylock, as Bianca Del Rio. 1616 01:14:56,317 --> 01:14:57,928 [audience cheers] 1617 01:14:58,015 --> 01:14:59,320 And star, Rachel Dratch. [audience cheers] 1618 01:15:02,933 --> 01:15:04,369 [gentle music] 1619 01:15:14,727 --> 01:15:16,207 So we're gonna get an Uber and get food. 1620 01:15:17,425 --> 01:15:18,818 And go back to the hotel. 1621 01:15:18,949 --> 01:15:20,124 Take this off. 1622 01:15:21,865 --> 01:15:22,822 I thought I was gonna be a part of the panel, 1623 01:15:22,953 --> 01:15:23,997 but I guess I wasn't. 1624 01:15:24,128 --> 01:15:25,521 That was surprising. 1625 01:15:25,651 --> 01:15:27,871 I was like, "Oh, okay." 1626 01:15:28,001 --> 01:15:29,655 You know, I just got excited 1627 01:15:29,786 --> 01:15:30,787 'cause I thought Steve would get to see that but... 1628 01:15:30,917 --> 01:15:31,744 Whatever. 1629 01:15:33,529 --> 01:15:35,922 [gentle music] 1630 01:15:56,421 --> 01:15:58,510 [plane zooms] 1631 01:16:09,477 --> 01:16:11,915 [wind rustles] 1632 01:16:20,140 --> 01:16:22,969 My name is Mrs. Kasha Davis. 1633 01:16:23,100 --> 01:16:25,842 [audience cheers] 1634 01:16:25,972 --> 01:16:29,497 - My name is Miss Wednesday Westwood. Hello! 1635 01:16:29,628 --> 01:16:33,589 - I'm Miss Darienne Lake, right over here. 1636 01:16:33,719 --> 01:16:36,069 - And I'm Miss Aggy Dune! Helllooooo! 1637 01:16:36,200 --> 01:16:39,029 [audience cheers] 1638 01:16:39,159 --> 01:16:39,856 - And it's very important for you to understand 1639 01:16:39,943 --> 01:16:42,380 that it's Sunday 1640 01:16:42,467 --> 01:16:44,469 and you should be celebrating the Lord with a cocktail. 1641 01:16:44,600 --> 01:16:46,079 Raise your glasses! 1642 01:16:46,210 --> 01:16:47,515 [audience cheers] 1643 01:16:47,646 --> 01:16:49,779 There's always time for cocktail! 1644 01:16:51,694 --> 01:16:54,871 - One of the things that I admire most about Ed, 1645 01:16:55,001 --> 01:16:58,135 Kasha Davis, is he's also a philanthropist. 1646 01:16:58,265 --> 01:17:00,180 He gives back to the community. 1647 01:17:00,311 --> 01:17:01,965 He does so much for this community 1648 01:17:02,095 --> 01:17:03,401 when asked to do something. 1649 01:17:03,531 --> 01:17:05,751 To host something, to emcee something. 1650 01:17:05,838 --> 01:17:08,362 And I think a lot of people don't know that about him. 1651 01:17:08,493 --> 01:17:10,321 Kasha helped every year 1652 01:17:10,451 --> 01:17:12,889 with all of the Rochester pride events, 1653 01:17:12,976 --> 01:17:15,282 and he's always been a huge supporter of the community. 1654 01:17:17,067 --> 01:17:19,286 So, yeah, I'm probably like 10 to 15 years. 1655 01:17:19,417 --> 01:17:21,549 And now, I don't like to think about Kasha as Kasha 1656 01:17:21,680 --> 01:17:23,160 I like to say, my friend Ed. 1657 01:17:23,290 --> 01:17:24,683 - Yes, our friend, Ed. 1658 01:17:25,815 --> 01:17:27,381 [audience laughs] 1659 01:17:27,512 --> 01:17:28,644 - Do you know why though Wednesday, 1660 01:17:28,774 --> 01:17:31,255 this is another sold out weekend here 1661 01:17:31,385 --> 01:17:33,692 at Drag Me To Brunch. 1662 01:17:33,823 --> 01:17:35,738 So give yourselves a warm hand. 1663 01:17:35,825 --> 01:17:38,915 [audience applauds] 1664 01:17:39,002 --> 01:17:40,656 So, we really appreciate you being here. 1665 01:17:40,786 --> 01:17:42,440 We've been doing this drag brunch for now seven years. 1666 01:17:42,527 --> 01:17:44,834 So please tell your friends. 1667 01:17:44,921 --> 01:17:46,400 - I came to perform and work with Kasha, 1668 01:17:46,531 --> 01:17:47,967 and she, like, instantly was like super friendly 1669 01:17:48,098 --> 01:17:49,708 and super supportive. 1670 01:17:49,839 --> 01:17:51,667 She is like one of my biggest, like, 1671 01:17:51,754 --> 01:17:54,321 kind of like parental roles, as far as drag goes. 1672 01:17:54,408 --> 01:17:55,583 - This next gal is not old. 1673 01:17:55,714 --> 01:17:56,846 She's brand new. She's fabulous. 1674 01:17:56,976 --> 01:17:57,977 You're gonna love her. 1675 01:17:58,108 --> 01:17:59,065 She's Wednesday Westwood! 1676 01:18:00,980 --> 01:18:04,070 ♪ I'm moving forward with all of my might ♪ 1677 01:18:04,244 --> 01:18:07,160 ♪ I'm headed toward a new state of mind ♪ 1678 01:18:07,334 --> 01:18:10,163 ♪ So I hold back tears ♪ 1679 01:18:12,426 --> 01:18:15,081 - Me being a heavy, heavy, heavy drinker 1680 01:18:15,212 --> 01:18:17,736 and Kasha was being sober around me, 1681 01:18:17,823 --> 01:18:19,520 it kinda keeps me in check with my drinking, 1682 01:18:19,651 --> 01:18:21,435 and it makes me think about, 1683 01:18:21,566 --> 01:18:24,656 "Okay, it is possible to do this 1684 01:18:24,787 --> 01:18:26,353 and do it well without getting drunk." 1685 01:18:27,528 --> 01:18:30,531 [audience cheers] 1686 01:18:30,662 --> 01:18:32,490 - [Kasha] Anything that I do, 1687 01:18:32,577 --> 01:18:35,623 I really try to encourage that family kind of dynamic 1688 01:18:35,754 --> 01:18:37,625 where we're supporting one another 1689 01:18:37,756 --> 01:18:39,453 and helping to lift each other up. 1690 01:18:39,584 --> 01:18:40,759 - My name's Wednesday Westwood! 1691 01:18:42,543 --> 01:18:44,458 - My name is Simona Ioffe. 1692 01:18:44,589 --> 01:18:46,330 I love drag. 1693 01:18:46,460 --> 01:18:48,114 Loved it all my life. 1694 01:18:48,201 --> 01:18:51,030 So last June I was diagnosed with breast cancer 1695 01:18:51,161 --> 01:18:55,339 and I have undergone three rounds of chemo. 1696 01:18:57,123 --> 01:18:59,865 So we drove for a 24-hour-trip to Rochester, 1697 01:18:59,996 --> 01:19:00,866 just for drag brunch. 1698 01:19:03,129 --> 01:19:04,696 I wanted to fill my joy meter 1699 01:19:06,480 --> 01:19:08,134 and start living as much as I could. 1700 01:19:10,876 --> 01:19:13,357 So I have something to keep grabbing from 1701 01:19:13,487 --> 01:19:14,532 when things are really hard 1702 01:19:16,882 --> 01:19:18,449 'cause I still have a long way to go. 1703 01:19:20,712 --> 01:19:23,541 We went and saw Aggy, so she could cut my hair. 1704 01:19:23,671 --> 01:19:27,893 Darienne taught me how to construct my new boob. 1705 01:19:28,024 --> 01:19:29,460 And Mrs. Kasha Davis was super lovely. 1706 01:19:32,506 --> 01:19:36,423 I wrote her and asked what we should do in Rochester. 1707 01:19:36,554 --> 01:19:38,774 And she sent me great list of stores and places to go. 1708 01:19:40,297 --> 01:19:44,605 I feel so grateful and happy. 1709 01:19:44,736 --> 01:19:48,566 You know, on those days when I'm gonna be stuck in bed, 1710 01:19:48,696 --> 01:19:50,873 I'm gonna be able to think how much fun today was 1711 01:19:52,570 --> 01:19:56,356 and how nice people are in this world. 1712 01:19:56,487 --> 01:20:00,099 And I'm gonna be able to keep going. 1713 01:20:02,014 --> 01:20:05,409 So that's why I came. [cries softly] 1714 01:20:05,539 --> 01:20:08,151 [melancholic music] 1715 01:20:14,592 --> 01:20:17,508 ♪ Absentation brought despair to me ♪ 1716 01:20:29,302 --> 01:20:33,741 ♪ But allows me to trust imperatively ♪ 1717 01:20:43,403 --> 01:20:46,232 - I realized I can have an impact on people's lives 1718 01:20:46,319 --> 01:20:48,756 doing the work that I love right here at home in Rochester. 1719 01:20:52,412 --> 01:20:54,937 "RuPaul's Drag Race" created this template 1720 01:20:55,024 --> 01:20:58,462 of how to be a celebrity drag queen. 1721 01:20:58,549 --> 01:21:01,639 And it seemed to me that maybe I didn't fit that mold. 1722 01:21:04,555 --> 01:21:08,864 It was important for me to navigate and pave a new way 1723 01:21:08,994 --> 01:21:13,303 that really matched my performance styles and passions. 1724 01:21:15,696 --> 01:21:17,176 How is everybody this morning? 1725 01:21:17,307 --> 01:21:20,614 [audience cheers] 1726 01:21:20,701 --> 01:21:24,314 Oh, that's music to my ears. 1727 01:21:24,444 --> 01:21:25,663 Woo! 1728 01:21:25,793 --> 01:21:27,491 Hey there, boys and girls. 1729 01:21:27,621 --> 01:21:29,232 I'm Mrs. Kasha Davis. 1730 01:21:29,362 --> 01:21:30,798 And over the next few minutes, 1731 01:21:30,929 --> 01:21:32,888 I'm gonna introduce you to my fabulous vision, 1732 01:21:33,018 --> 01:21:34,541 "Imagination Station." 1733 01:21:36,500 --> 01:21:38,197 "Imagination Station" 1734 01:21:38,328 --> 01:21:42,114 is a celebration of the artists in our community. 1735 01:21:42,201 --> 01:21:46,553 So, it's sort of this Mrs. Kasha Davis' variety hour. 1736 01:21:48,642 --> 01:21:51,471 So it's all inspired by shows that I grew up with, 1737 01:21:51,602 --> 01:21:54,344 like, Mr. Rogers, Pee-wee's Playhouse. 1738 01:21:54,431 --> 01:21:56,128 Oh, my goodness! 1739 01:21:56,259 --> 01:21:59,262 Look at everybody's smiling faces here today! 1740 01:21:59,392 --> 01:22:01,699 That makes me so happy. 1741 01:22:01,786 --> 01:22:03,440 We have so many things planned. 1742 01:22:03,570 --> 01:22:06,486 Of course, we have our live music, we have some dancing, 1743 01:22:06,617 --> 01:22:08,880 we have a story. 1744 01:22:09,011 --> 01:22:10,099 Special guests! 1745 01:22:10,229 --> 01:22:12,536 We're gonna bring people in. 1746 01:22:12,623 --> 01:22:14,190 We're gonna have special guests 1747 01:22:14,277 --> 01:22:16,018 because it's like, how many people are out there? 1748 01:22:16,148 --> 01:22:19,108 Like my sister Aggy Dune, season after season, auditioning, 1749 01:22:19,238 --> 01:22:22,328 and not getting that moment. 1750 01:22:22,415 --> 01:22:24,200 - So, I guess I'll try one more. 1751 01:22:24,287 --> 01:22:26,767 And, this year, it will probably be like, 1752 01:22:26,898 --> 01:22:29,509 so I'm Aggy Dune and I'm auditioning for the 12th time. 1753 01:22:32,556 --> 01:22:36,386 And that's kind of where I'm at with the RuPaul thing. 1754 01:22:36,516 --> 01:22:37,735 - [Kasha] The more I can do 1755 01:22:37,865 --> 01:22:39,128 to have someone like Aggy or Ambrosia 1756 01:22:39,258 --> 01:22:40,868 be a part of what I'm doing, 1757 01:22:40,999 --> 01:22:42,566 that's really important to me. 1758 01:22:42,696 --> 01:22:46,004 [whimsical music] 1759 01:22:49,616 --> 01:22:50,878 - As a queen in the community, 1760 01:22:50,966 --> 01:22:52,706 if you're lucky enough to be one of those 1761 01:22:52,837 --> 01:22:53,664 that are the leaders in the community, 1762 01:22:53,794 --> 01:22:55,840 you can help unite people, 1763 01:22:55,971 --> 01:22:56,797 you can help bring them together. 1764 01:22:56,928 --> 01:22:58,190 - I'd love to ask you, 1765 01:22:58,321 --> 01:23:02,412 what will you be when you grow up? 1766 01:23:05,632 --> 01:23:06,503 - A Gruffalo. 1767 01:23:08,287 --> 01:23:09,114 - A Gruffalo? 1768 01:23:10,898 --> 01:23:14,032 Do you know, I was a Gruffalo just yesterday? 1769 01:23:14,119 --> 01:23:16,208 I want to help those parents 1770 01:23:16,339 --> 01:23:19,255 and I want to help those children realize they are enough. 1771 01:23:19,385 --> 01:23:22,171 They are exactly the star they were always meant to be, 1772 01:23:23,650 --> 01:23:24,782 whatever that is. 1773 01:23:24,912 --> 01:23:26,740 Now, run in place! 1774 01:23:26,827 --> 01:23:28,699 You gotta run and jump! 1775 01:23:28,829 --> 01:23:29,830 Jump! 1776 01:23:29,961 --> 01:23:31,441 Skip to the side! 1777 01:23:31,571 --> 01:23:33,660 Because you have to practice, practice, practice, 1778 01:23:33,747 --> 01:23:36,794 and work hard and practice and never give up! 1779 01:23:36,924 --> 01:23:38,665 - It's really something to see. 1780 01:23:38,752 --> 01:23:40,493 She's very passionate about the kids' show. 1781 01:23:40,624 --> 01:23:42,626 - Yeah, come on in if you wanna join. 1782 01:23:42,756 --> 01:23:43,931 - I'm just so proud. 1783 01:23:46,412 --> 01:23:47,761 - A young woman was telling me 1784 01:23:47,892 --> 01:23:49,763 that her daughter was very, very shy 1785 01:23:49,894 --> 01:23:51,852 the first time she came to the show 1786 01:23:51,983 --> 01:23:53,158 and then each time she came closer and closer, 1787 01:23:53,289 --> 01:23:56,422 and now she sits right in front of me. 1788 01:23:56,553 --> 01:23:58,207 Hey, thank you for bringing those. 1789 01:23:58,337 --> 01:23:59,512 That is very special. 1790 01:23:59,643 --> 01:24:01,601 And I see some beautiful wigs over here too 1791 01:24:01,732 --> 01:24:03,516 that look fantastic. 1792 01:24:03,647 --> 01:24:04,822 That is wonderful. 1793 01:24:04,952 --> 01:24:06,519 Thank you for dressing up. 1794 01:24:06,650 --> 01:24:09,827 There's an opportunity to talk to the kids about gender 1795 01:24:09,957 --> 01:24:11,655 and sexuality. 1796 01:24:11,785 --> 01:24:13,831 So if the question comes up, we address it. 1797 01:24:13,961 --> 01:24:15,441 But we assume that these kids understand. 1798 01:24:17,139 --> 01:24:19,141 These kids light up 1799 01:24:19,271 --> 01:24:23,319 and look at you as if you are truly an angel, or a queen, 1800 01:24:23,449 --> 01:24:26,409 or a princess without an ounce of judgment. 1801 01:24:26,539 --> 01:24:28,193 And they look at you as if you're the most beautiful thing 1802 01:24:28,324 --> 01:24:29,499 they've ever seen. 1803 01:24:29,586 --> 01:24:31,544 I am kind! Go! 1804 01:24:31,675 --> 01:24:34,504 - [Kids] I am kind! 1805 01:24:34,591 --> 01:24:37,246 - I am helpful! 1806 01:24:37,333 --> 01:24:39,987 - [Kids] I am helpful! 1807 01:24:40,118 --> 01:24:42,816 - I am grateful! 1808 01:24:42,947 --> 01:24:45,732 - [Kids] I am grateful! 1809 01:24:45,863 --> 01:24:48,387 - I am me! 1810 01:24:48,518 --> 01:24:50,955 - [Kids] I am me! 1811 01:24:51,086 --> 01:24:54,785 - And I am fabulous! 1812 01:24:54,915 --> 01:24:58,005 - [Kids] I am fabulous! 1813 01:24:58,136 --> 01:24:59,398 - Oh, I love it! 1814 01:24:59,529 --> 01:25:01,879 Give yourselves a big round of applause. 1815 01:25:02,009 --> 01:25:04,534 [kids applaud] 1816 01:25:04,621 --> 01:25:07,319 [soft string music] 1817 01:25:26,860 --> 01:25:29,167 A lot of times older people give up on their dreams 1818 01:25:29,298 --> 01:25:30,690 and say they're too old for that. 1819 01:25:32,910 --> 01:25:35,130 There's a lot of wisdom that comes with experience. 1820 01:25:38,350 --> 01:25:41,266 Sometimes you just can't sing a song or do a scene 1821 01:25:41,397 --> 01:25:43,573 unless you've lived through something. 1822 01:25:44,661 --> 01:25:45,879 A divorce, a death. 1823 01:25:47,490 --> 01:25:48,404 Sometimes you just can't fake it. 1824 01:25:48,534 --> 01:25:49,927 You have to live through it. 1825 01:25:50,057 --> 01:25:51,146 And you gotta get older first 1826 01:25:51,276 --> 01:25:54,366 to have had those experiences. 1827 01:25:54,497 --> 01:25:57,152 [soft string music] 1828 01:26:00,503 --> 01:26:02,069 I may be turning 50, 1829 01:26:02,200 --> 01:26:04,202 but I'm just getting started. 1830 01:26:04,333 --> 01:26:07,031 [soft string music] 1831 01:26:30,533 --> 01:26:32,404 ♪ - [Klaus Nomi] Thank you! ♪ - Oh think nothing of it. ♪ 1832 01:26:32,491 --> 01:26:35,059 - You're very welcome. - Oh, yes I know! 1833 01:26:35,146 --> 01:26:37,192 - Okay! - Well fine and dandy. 1834 01:26:37,279 --> 01:26:39,585 - Well thank you very much. - Thank you very much! 1835 01:26:39,716 --> 01:26:41,631 - Well that's alright. - You're very welcome. 1836 01:26:41,761 --> 01:26:43,198 - That's all right, it's okay. 1837 01:26:43,285 --> 01:26:44,808 - ♪ Remembering... ♪ 1838 01:26:49,029 --> 01:26:51,815 [soft string music]