If you put drag in front of anything, it inherently makes it more fun. So mashing up films with cult followings with drag queens is a natural fit for a good time.
There are some amazing people around who can tell stories about drag from the '60s and in New York, like the amazing club kid drag. About drag from around the world. So people should be asking questions and listening to stories.
I'm slightly obsessed with drag queens and performers. Their quips and their one-liners, their style, their singing... I find it fascinating. And thoroughly entertaining. I'd love to play one.
Some of my favorite drag queens are women.
About 1998, my best friend, Katey Red, was the first transsexual male to come out with bounce music. And I background Katey for about two years. And then that's when the game totally switched when me and Katey jumped in it.
Drag is never going to be completely mainstream because it's still a queer art form.
Is the mainstream becoming more queer? Or is it the opposite? That artists like me are mainstreaming queer music?
By the time I finished 'Poison,' the New Queer Cinema was branded, and I was associated with this. In many ways, it formed me as a filmmaker, like as a feature filmmaker I never set out to be.
It's so important to recognize that there have been fabulous queer artists all throughout our history.
It's important in drag to challenge things and present your own vision.
Some people make records that are defined by their sexuality, but mine really are not.
