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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews TOWARDS HAPPINESS an Italian queer drama where happiness maybe in Drag
Towards Happiness is director Paola Cipolletta’s drama about living life rather than just surviving it. Andrea (Francesco Di Leva) is a 40-year-old account manager and lives a rather mundane life in Naples with his wife Lucia (Miriam Candurro), a call center worker, and their ten-year-old son, Tommaso (Giuseppe Pirozzi). Their marriage is not going…
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Queerguru’s Glenn John worships as the ‘heels’ of Pangina, Thailand’s Queen of Drag
Let’s talk a bit about Pangina Heals, stage name of Pan Pan Narkpasert, Asia’s most famous drag queen, the RuPaul of Thailand, a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race Thailand (2 seasons), and who just competed in “RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK vs. the World” (can we squeeze another “RuPaul” in this sentence?)… …
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Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews LAST DANCE : the story of the iconic drag queen Lady Vinsantos
THE ART OF DRAG, AN Education FOR LADIES, GENTLEMEN AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN Vinsantos Defonte and Gregory Gajus star in this documentary that introduces the viewer into the mind of Vinsantos and his New Orleans Drag Workshop, an institution devoted to freedom of expression that provides a career to its graduates and is based…
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Tutti Frutti (Tennessee) Williams welcomes Weinstock
The expression ‘larger than life’ is bandied around too frequently for our tastes, but one person that fits it perfectly is Adam Weinstock. He’s a queer Theatrical Producer who’s been involved in so many projects on both sides of the Atlantic with such a hefty resume that possibly belies his age. The NY Times…
