RuPaul Reminisces on New York City's Dirty Days

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4 жыл бұрын

RuPaul reflects on beginning his 38-year television career in Atlanta and New York City's transformation between the 1980s and 1990s.
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@monsieurlechevalier 4 жыл бұрын

RuPaul was AWESOME on SNL. I loved it when he said, « If they ain’t paying your bills, pay them no mind. » Everyone should follow their passion and do what makes them happy.

@strugglingdiego 4 жыл бұрын

Ru has some good mantras! He tells them on his podcast and drag race

@kmlac6596 4 жыл бұрын

RuPaul has such charisma! (And uniqueness, nerve, and talent to boot)

@gunungmerapiapi1933 4 жыл бұрын

Katya just realized in Ru's Podcast that Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve & Talent is an Acronym. C. U. N. &...

@biglee93 3 жыл бұрын

I know him from Nelson Sullivan's video clips (vlogs). You can watch them on '5ninthavenueproject' channel.

@fermonster4 4 жыл бұрын

Drag didn’t go mainstream, mainstream went drag

@rebeccagreen7241 4 жыл бұрын

Great point!! Maybe drag met mainstream partway...like 25%

@pulum40 4 жыл бұрын

Tell 'em Fermin.

@archer9855 4 жыл бұрын

Drag didn't go mainstream, Drag Race went mainstream

@JD-uo4yh 4 жыл бұрын

Okay Aquaria.

@exclamation. 4 жыл бұрын

YES

@jonbbaca5580 4 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic human being

@misse2829 4 жыл бұрын

Jon B Baca 💯

@psychoshamrock 4 жыл бұрын

I've loved Ru since he won Queen of Manhattan in 1990. Then, always every year at Wigstock. What joy!!!!

@psychoshamrock 4 жыл бұрын

@WillieIIIreborn go troll somewhere else, asshole.

@submerged10 4 жыл бұрын

NYC is the 80s and 90s is my first stop with my TARDIS.

@gateauxq4604 4 жыл бұрын

Drag shows and CBGB’s?? AMEN

@chellebelle914 4 жыл бұрын

Ru always looks so great both in and out of drag!💃

@Swnsasy 4 жыл бұрын

I have loved Rupaul since the 80's and I cannot get enough of Rupauls drag race.. Funny how I watch it and then go to Ink Master 😆😆

@88happiness 4 жыл бұрын

So beautiful in the netflix show with the little girl travelling around the US. Blew me away.

@ashleecooks1572 4 жыл бұрын

88happiness I thought it was a little boy?!

@88happiness 4 жыл бұрын

@@ashleecooks1572 She dresses like a boy... sorry...spoiler warning? So beautiful, graceful and dignified. Glad I watched it.

@archer9855 4 жыл бұрын

@@ashleecooks1572 they purposefully made it that way to, again, show us how loose or fluid our gender can be based on how we represent ourselves. Very subversive, as drag is supposed to be too!

@ashyou1 4 жыл бұрын

he's such a light!

@sunnydaysatl 4 жыл бұрын

I remember him in Atlanta on Tv it was a crazy show

@kmlac6596 4 жыл бұрын

Alisa Johns lucky !

@MikeIdy6000 4 жыл бұрын

I remember RuPaul on the "Gay Dating Show" with "Homa" on Public Access, Channel 25 (- same channel as Robin Byrd, "Biograph Days," etc.) and "Blue in the Face"

@HydrolixXx 4 жыл бұрын

LOVE IT! GREAT JOB BOTH OF YOU!!

@wowzaers1101 4 жыл бұрын

All I can say is everything about this is incredible. I could go on forever, but all I will say is that this is amazing and incredible.

@NewMessage 4 жыл бұрын

I'd buy anything that man was selling.

@hayberdasher8625 4 жыл бұрын

even if it was me

@516throwapot 4 жыл бұрын

THATS NOT A MAN SORRY

@bobbybubby7977 4 жыл бұрын

jo smith Yes he is. Not sorry.

@archer9855 4 жыл бұрын

@@516throwapot is that supposed to be an insult? Because RuPaul, or any gay man who is confident in their own body, wouldn't give you the attention you so desperately desire if you ever told them that they're not a man. RuPaul is definitely more of a man than you.

@516throwapot 4 жыл бұрын

@@archer9855 just facts

@weshasawi 4 жыл бұрын

He’s so funny and witty and quick 😂

@OreoSpears 4 жыл бұрын

Ru Paul is a legend...

@peppermint-sauce 4 жыл бұрын

I love you Paul!

@Nikki-fm7ow 4 жыл бұрын

RuPaul is such a delight. 🥰

@lifeafternyc4812 4 жыл бұрын

ru is so funny and candid. 💛💛💛

@nickjunior88 4 жыл бұрын

LOOK UP RUPAUL IN THE 80s in NYC etc. on KZfaq and THANK ME LATER lol

@VianneyCreates 4 жыл бұрын

RuPaul is such a fantastic person!

@mikeparez 4 жыл бұрын

I love Mama Ru

@tthappyrock368 4 жыл бұрын

Love RuPaul!

@sahirygnobehi6448 4 жыл бұрын

I do hope Mama Ru gets to go back on SNL. And be a five time honoree. 😊😊😊👍👍

@terrehonbowden3472 4 жыл бұрын

Two shouts for Atlanta!

@denisespurlock7869 3 жыл бұрын

So wonderful to see Ru on SNL!

@platystrophia 4 жыл бұрын

It really was a triumphant episode of SNL!

@frenchtoast7742 4 жыл бұрын

Love him . The comments on here are horrendous. He is who is he and there is nothing wrong with how this interview went.

@ashleecooks1572 4 жыл бұрын

I loved Ru since crooklyn

@Smileyson58 4 жыл бұрын

Come to Sydney Australia “almost” is an understatement for how drag is accepted.

@peppermint-sauce 4 жыл бұрын

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I just love him. Check his new show on Netflix....AJ and the Queen some really great nonchalant messages

@zanecomarmond4425 4 жыл бұрын

Drag Race Australia please!! Hopefully we'll get it eventually :)

@beko____ 4 жыл бұрын

Zane Comarmond I think you can look up how to change your Netflix access to a different country.

@Deauxp._ 4 жыл бұрын

Rupaul is as fabulous as he looks!!

@charonrose3306 4 жыл бұрын

♡

@donnabey4511 4 жыл бұрын

Yas 👍

@33CHRISTINA33 4 жыл бұрын

RU PAUL FOREVER💘💕✨

@rocknroller77 4 жыл бұрын

Nelson Sullivan!! 💖

@peacebaby914 Жыл бұрын

Thanks to Nelson we have a lot of video footage of that whole scene in the 80s.💗

@habbogigi 4 жыл бұрын

I love that drag itself has become mainstream, but Drag Race as a show has gotten too sanitised since becoming mainstream, the spark is gone

@maryrosekent8223 4 жыл бұрын

habbogigi I really love that drag queens reading to children in the public library is a thing. The woman who was my best friend until she moved to Canada with her Canadian husband (now _ex_ husband), and then didn’t come back to California for *16 YEARS!* has a gay son who does Drag Queen reading hour at one of Toronto’s libraries.

@marshwetland3808 4 жыл бұрын

@@maryrosekent8223 Never heard of it. Why is it a thing?

@maryrosekent8223 4 жыл бұрын

Marsh Wetland Since I don’t have children, my information about this phenomenon is from my friend with the gay son, but I’ve since found out it’s a thing at many libraries-at least in large cities. I now live in a small town and it’s definitely not a thing here. I’ve seen no drag queens anywhere in the last couple of years, except when I go visit friends and family in the Bay Area.

@marshwetland3808 4 жыл бұрын

@@maryrosekent8223 I googled and read an article how this started in SF. Since Rupaul explained how he sanitized drag into general entertainment, I can kind of understand it. I don't have kids, but if I did I wouldn't want them around exaggerated lacquered female performers unless they were literal clowns. Which they may be. Moot point, since I don't have kids.

@brvndxxxn 4 жыл бұрын

I might pay for Ru’s masterclass.

@pandorafox3944 4 жыл бұрын

Robin Byrd???? She was amazing!

@divalova25 4 жыл бұрын

omg I wanna 😥RuPaul just made be feel great by saying they don't know who any is either!Love ya baby!

@TheMohawk102 4 жыл бұрын

very smart

@palomathomas1020 4 жыл бұрын

If he started in public access TV here in ATL in the early 80's, I bet a million dollars he personally knows Wayne Williams. Wild.

@sheisveryfamous 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, good point! But unlikely knows, more knew of at the time

@paulmrjohnson 4 жыл бұрын

I was kind of hoping Seth would use the phrase 'a drag queen'.^^

@robertgillespie7946 4 жыл бұрын

I hate to say this but aids played a role in cleaning up NYC. I lost many friends during those years.

@Prince_the_One 4 жыл бұрын

Tina Tika and it was introduced by the government as well

@florencelont4638 4 жыл бұрын

@@Prince_the_One I don't know about that but they definetly thought it a convenience

@thnktank1 4 жыл бұрын

AIDS killed all the fun people.

@TASconfidential 4 жыл бұрын

More like a combination of things: 1.) The government’s infiltration of AIDS 2.) The fake “War”, on Drugs 3.) Aggressive gentrification All three simultaneously, ruined the grit and fun of NYC. I’m glad I got to experience some of it before NYC turned into an upscale Disneyland.

@bobbob2890 4 жыл бұрын

I have always loved this Girl's message and have also bought any thing s/he's been sellin ! Tripolar cause Mania and Depression aren't Enough.

@13strong 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry that Ru Paul and Stefon didn't get a segment on SNL together...

@bridgetnash2886 2 жыл бұрын

The world will be just a little bit lacking because of it.

@Neasyorc 4 жыл бұрын

Surprised Ru Pal didn’t try to cancel Seth Myers.

@mandy2533 3 жыл бұрын

Wat

@RaymondHng 4 жыл бұрын

0:35 I think RuPaul is referring to this recording back in '72. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e9-qoq5i3q-meZc.html

@sk1nj0b 3 жыл бұрын

What SNL skit are they talking about?

@blkluv100 4 жыл бұрын

You would think RuPaul would make for and interesting interview, but it's always dull.

@wendydarling5790 4 жыл бұрын

Triumphant is a strong word. It was okay.

@lamo1724 4 жыл бұрын

Chad though... Charades though... Catfight Coalmine though. No other word but Triumphant xxx

@awaytogrey 4 жыл бұрын

Literally the first drag queen to ever host. That's history whether you like(d) it or not.

@MM-tx7gi 4 жыл бұрын

FACE LIFTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT OMG!

@abigaileemryriddle295 4 жыл бұрын

Is it just me who thinks he is bit too flamboyant?

@awaytogrey 4 жыл бұрын

Yep. Just you.

@bobbybubby7977 4 жыл бұрын

He’s being his authentic self. He doesn’t need society to tell him what the “correct” version of a man is.

@abigaileemryriddle295 4 жыл бұрын

@@bobbybubby7977 You've misunderstood me. I'm not saying he's too flamboyant for a man. Not at all. Compare the Rupaul back then and now. Now, especially, as I've seen other queens, he seems highfalutin. Not that that is bad, he has just changed a bit is all.