Theo Germaine

We have the star of one of our favorite shows here this week, Theo Germaine. You Might Know Them From Work In Progress and The Politician. Theo is a non-binary actor from Chicago with a background in theatre, circus, and burlesque, who blew up from the Netflix series, The Politician. Theo gave us all the goods on working with Ryan Murphy, navigating Hollywood as a trans artist, and, of course, all the juice on our current favorite show, Showtime's Work In Progress. Follow us on social media: @damianbellino || @rodemanne  Discussed this week: Easy Cheese The Pipettes Rene Russo's Outbreak (1995) Cheez Whiz Anne believes in the power of Duncan Hines box brownies Gushers, Dunkaroos, EL Fudge Keebler Elves We hate David the Gnome Voice of David the Gnome: Tom Bosley  Work in Progress Julia Sweeney Damian will give you his Showtime credentials The Politician co-creator/star: Abby McEnany; co-creator: Tim Mason; writer: Lily Wachowski Theo watched the following Ryan Murphy: GleeSe, Running with Scissors (2006) AHS: Asylum w/ Sarah Paulson, Chloe Sevigny, Zachary Quinto/ Ryan Murphy is a Midwestern Catholic Nip/Tuck was early Murphy and had gay and trans storylines Theo's character in The Politician is trans but it's not part of the storyline Theo eating fire Doug Jones in Hellboy, Hocus Pocus, Pan's Labyrinth, The Shape of Water Our girl Sally Hawkins Gay content: A Leauge of Their Own, Bound, Fried Green Tomatoes, Thelma and Louise, High Art, Queer as Folk, The L Word, Clueless, Harry Potter, Mulan Princess Zelda's alter ego, Sheik Heather Locklear always listed as "Special Guest Star" on Melrose Place The L Word Gen Q: Micah Is "buttmunch" homophobic? RHOA moment Bye Bye Birdie, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Pippin revival with circus theme (dir: Diane Paulus) Holy Trinity  Are poppers queer culture Other stars of THe Politician: Gwyneth Paltrow, Bette Midler, Jessica Lange Did you know about Pat? Damian's SNL audition: Bob Vila, Urkel, Pat