PRIDE MONTH: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar (w/Alexis Sara) - Drag Politics

The biggest movie to deal with transness in the 90s---well....it thinks it's talking about drag, except for the part where all of its leads are full-timers. The charming Alexis Sara rejoins us to talk about drag politics, the movie's "naturalistic" racism, and that damned "all homophobes are just in the closet" trope. Remember, trans people are people too: specifically, they are sexless fairy godmothers who will descend to solve cis peoples' problems. CONTENT WARNING for discussion of transphobia, racism, spousal abuse, homophobia, police brutality, and sexual harassment Visit Alexis on Twitter @TransComics or on Patreon 1:00 Production History 5:00 Drag Politics 11:00 "Little Latin Boy in a Dress" 20:00 The TRANS NARRATIVE THOUGH 26:00 "Hilarious" Police Brutality 32:00 Small Town Subplots 37:30 What Tone Are You Even Going For 43:00 Sexless Fairy Godmothers 46:00 Vida is a Lesbian 52:00 Should You Watch This Say hi to Dorothy and Vrai on Twitter @writervrai and @dorothynotgale Join us every two weeks on Soundcloud, iTunes or Stitcher – and if you’d leave a rating and review, so that more people can find their way to us, we’d appreciate it!