Beautiful in and out of drag, Flesh took the crown. Personally, Naya Thorn would have been my first choice, but Flesh is undoubtedly a worthy winner. She’s a talented queen: witty, humble, not afraid to laugh at herself, and not one for getting involved in the squabbles. So I’m pleased for Flesh, whose real nameContinue reading “RuPaul’s Drag Race Series 8 Finale”
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Drag Race UK Series 8: KY is OUT !!!
And I couldn’t be happier. Initially, I warmed to her: Buster Bloodvessel out of drag; Joan Collins in drag. I was all for KY Kelly when Paris Baby had a go at her for her weight, but subsequently, she’s turned out to be a real bully. Despite her talents, she’s manipulative. She’s played the victim,Continue reading “Drag Race UK Series 8: KY is OUT !!!”
A Bad Week And The Antidote
This week was bad. Horrible news, shit weather, and a bad reaction to my medication, meaning I couldn’t cover a dance show which looked beautiful. But then I remembered an image. One to gladden the heart more than kittens, hot buttered toast and hot chocolate, and the music of Alien Sex Fiend. An icon, quickContinue reading “A Bad Week And The Antidote”
Drag Race UK Series 8: Bye,Bye, Baby
The insufferable Paris Baby sashayed away. I couldn’t be happier. Spoilt, constantly creating drama, fat -shaming, sulking when critiqued ..and that was just before lunchtime.I get really big female stereotype vibes from her, bordering on internalised misogyny. She managed to annoy everyone- even ally Naya Thorn- and her looks were basic on the catwalk, regardlessContinue reading “Drag Race UK Series 8: Bye,Bye, Baby”
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Series 8: Update
Mama Ru’s latest batch of UK queens: bloody hell, they’re a shady lot and no mistake. Don’t hold back, bitches! No sooner had the dust settled on the KY Kelly v Paris Baby furore, than there were yet more kerfuffles. Even the brilliantly named Anita Piss (pictured below) was getting in on the in-fights, andContinue reading “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Series 8: Update”
RuPaul’s Drag Race Series 8 Begins!
The winning franchise continues as- staggeringly- we find ourselves at series 8 of the UK version. And oh my, for the love of Saint Dolly, is it kicking off already. These queens do not hold back. In an extremely ill-judged moment backstage, young queen Paris Baby threw what I think she thought was shady banterContinue reading “RuPaul’s Drag Race Series 8 Begins!”
That Mitchell and Webb Look- Series 1(2006)
The first series of ‘That Mitchell and Webb Look’ is by far the best. It came along at exactly the right time, 2006, when sketch comedy shows seemed moribund. Melding their contrasting ‘Peep Show’ personas with outright absurdism, it was very silly and often inspired. There was ‘Numberwang’, the quiz show with no discernible rules;Continue reading “That Mitchell and Webb Look- Series 1(2006)”
TV Review:The Vampire Lestat: Interview With the Vampire
Sam Reid stars as a derivative glam rocker… Except he’s the immortal bloodsucker Lestat in this Anne Rice- inspired follow-up to ‘Interview With the Vampire’. How to modernise him for Gen Z? By making him an insufferable, preening edgelord, part Ewan McGregor in ‘Velvet Goldmine’, part undead Michael Hutchence, and inserting endless jump-cuts and heapsContinue reading “TV Review:The Vampire Lestat: Interview With the Vampire”
TV Review: Joe Lycett’s United States of Birmingham
Eschewing the tired celeb travelogue format, Brummie trickster Joe Lycett’s quest to visit every American Birmingham on the map -fifteen to be precise- is a nice spin on it, in a both true and idiomatic flipping the bird sense. The sees him hanging out with US eccentrics: everywhere from bat caves, to a place wonderfullyContinue reading “TV Review: Joe Lycett’s United States of Birmingham”
Moira Rose Forever🌹
Few comedy icons make me cackle like the late, wonderful Catherine O’ Hara and her Schitt’s Creek character Moira Rose. Where to start ? Her high fashion, bordering on Gaga ridiculous; her feral wigs, her quasi- European accent and arcane euphemisms and language, the many levels of delusional that she was… She’s simply one ofContinue reading “Moira Rose Forever🌹”
