Mtj20's Blog
Good Night And Good Luck
Enter freely of your own will and leave some of the happiness you bring.
Thanks for the support everyone! Hope some of you Trannyshack hos get on the show! You will if they want to edge things up a bit.
I have my doubts about how wild they'll really make this thing, but we'll see!!
Here's the contact info in case anyone is interested:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=130933418
The profile name on Myspace is jeknafunk.
http://youtube.com/user/mtj20
The profile name on Youtube is mtj20.
To Be Round 3 Or Not To Be?
Well, here we are DAYS into Round 3, but the site still hasn't been updated. So, does that mean everyone who's meet the Round 2 requirements is going on, or, will contestants be eliminated at the same time that the Site News section is updated. Regardless of what happens, whoever remains will only have fours days to throw together two videos. So, should those of us who aren't on the first page begin working on our Round 3 videos, even though it might be in vain, or, should we wait and see what happens?!
My Personal Memories Of RuPaul
As the days have gone by, and I’ve competed in this contest, the various memoires that I have of RuPaul have swirled in and out of my mind. I’ve decided to snatch those memories from it and write them down before I forget them again, both for myself and to share them with you. I hope you find them as interesting to read as I did of revisiting them. So, please grab my fake-finger-nailed hand and let’s begin…
First Memory—My first memory of RuPaul is of seeing her at Palladium, which, some of you queens will remember, was the club they used to film Club MTV. I saw her at a distance, as the club was quite big, but I was nevertheless intrigued by her look. Who was she?!
Gerald Appearance—The next time I saw RuPaul was when she was on Geraldo with some of the other club kids. Supermodel had yet to break, so, the thrill of this video, to me, is a glimpse of someone on the brink of stardom. One who’s essentially refining their look before your very eyes. And I still have the tape!
Supermodel Debuts—Now, it’s all over, and there’s no going back! It’s weird but exhilarating for RuPaul to be getting all this national press and mainstream media coverage, as previously, the media never covered anything like this. Larry Tee is running around New York, telling everyone that he co-wrote the song. Vicariously, it feels as if RuPaul’s making it for all us downtown ho’s. You go girl!
RuPaul Is In The Audience When I Perform—I was getting ready to do a Mommie Dearest performance at Webster Hall when someone told me that RuPaul was there. I said, “Oh, boy,” thinking to myself that her presence certainly raised the caliber of the audience. I looked out from the backstage area and I saw her. She was out of drag, and she was with some tall white guy. I saw her after the show, but was too intimidated to talk to her. I never found out what she thought of the show.
Too Won Foo—I was in this movie, and I had some scene with Patrick Swayze (which those bitches cut out) but not directly with RuPaul. I remember it like it was yesterday, though, filming those nightclub scenes. The one where RuPaul is hosting the pageant and legazamo runs across the stage and then falls in particular. RuPaul descends from the ceiling (I think), and they have Legazamo runs across the stage over and over until they got what they wanted.
Club USA Performance—Although I’ve seen RuPaul peform before, I particularly remember this one because, to my knowledge, this is one of the first live performances after the success of the Supermodel single. Two things of interest about this show come to mind. One, that RuPaul has what looks like real fashion models walking in the background as she performs. A nice role reversal, as in the past, the queens would have been the ornament for the “legitimate” models. And two, some straight one screaming in adulation about RuPaul right next to me. Straight boys screaming for drag queens in such an overly zealous manner would NEVER have happened before the debut of this song, so, the times they are a changing…
Wigstock At The Pier—I don’t know what year it was, but it was the first Wigstock to be held at the piers on the west side (I liked it better when it was on the East Side, though). I remember being backstage and wondering where RuPaul was, as, I knew she was performing at the event. Suddenly, out she popped from an air-conditioned trailer where she and some of the other performers were getting ready. The press started snapping with the cameras. I saw most of RuPaul’s performance from the other side of the stage, in front of it, but being backstage at that moment when she came out was special in a different way.
RuPaul At A Mall In Jersey—I don’t remember much of the detail, and maybe it’s on YouTube for all I know, but I remember seeing footage on TV of RuPaul walking around a mall in New Jersey. Major scandal, as, the bitches were going crazy seeing someone of that stature AND in drag at the same time. The one-two double shock of this image was too much for those Dawn-of-the-Dead shoppers. The look on their face—priceless!!
The RuPaul Show On VH1—I have nothing to offer about this show that everyone doesn’t already know other than that I remember thinking when the show debuted, “we’re arrived.” The show certainly was a first.
Starbooty—Loved the movie. Two things from this film have become part of my daily sayings. One, the lyrics from the song Pussy For Sale when RuPaul sings, “Pussy for sale, pussy for sale, pus-pus-pus-pus-pussy for sale.” The other is the part when RuPaul’s character is posing as a hooker and she does this trick. As she’s leaving the trick’s apartment, she says, with feigned pride, “Another satisfied customer.” Fabulous!
Round 2 Blog Requirement
Here are the details for my ideal performance. First, where is the performance? It’s at the Moulin Rouge and it’s at the Grand Guignol and it’s at The Cotton Club and it’s at The Coconut Grove and it’s at The Stork Club and it’s at The Sands and it’s at Studio 54 and it’s at CBGB and at it’s at Area and it’s at Disco 2000 and it’s at The Sound Factory and it’s in YOUR back yard, and it’s everywhere.
And who would I perform alongside? To name a few: Elvis, Judy Garland, Fanny Brice, Chaplin, W.C. Fields, Eddie Cantor, Sara Bernhardt, Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Bowie, Madonna, Willie Ninja, Quentin Crisp, Bette Midler, Cher, Dylan, Debbie Reynolds, Liza, Elton John, George Michael, Boy George, Eddie Murphy, Carlin, Kaufman, Dolly Parton, Prince, Michael Jackson, John Cameron Mitchell, Kathy Griffin, RuPaul, Shequida, Devine, Varla, Jackie Beat, Lahoma, Kevin Aviance and Joey Arias.
All of these people have shaped performance in one form or another, and I applaud and recognize them for it. But, would I want to be on the same stage with them? For, Liza said that when she performed with her mother for the first time her mother disappeared on the stage and Judy Garland took her place. So, as intimidating as it sounds, I would perform with any of the above-mentioned artists if the opportunity happened to present itself. And, in the fantasy world of this blog, and in our own imaginations, it can…
Who would be in the audience? All the FIERCEST BITCHES that have helped to further this thing—call it the performing arts, call it drag, call it whatever—that we do. They would be both living and both dead, and it would be a night to remember….
XO,
Misses Vorhees
Round 3 Blog Requirement
(Oops, did this a little backwards. Mixed up the round 3 blog requirement with the round 2 one. So, if I make it to round 3, I've got that blog requirement covered already!)
How would winning RuPaul’s Drag Race affect my life? Winning, obviously, would affect it profoundly. I would just be satisfied to be a contestant, though, let alone winning!!! The first winner of the show, no doubt, would be remember above and beyond subsequent winners since this is the show’s debut. I mean, imagine a reality show, ala Idol of Star Search, but exclusively for drag performers?! A clever and brilliant twist!! And it’s time for it, damn it!
The only drag performers, in my opinion, who’s had their talent displayed on a national level are RuPaul and Divine (and Michael Jackson, too, if you count her), so, it’s been a long time coming. It’s time for drag performers, and drag in general, to step out of the Jerry-Springer-guest stigma and claim our rightful place as the legitimate entertainers that we are. I guess one could argue that Boy George and Marilyn already did this in the 1980s; however, the difference is that their debuts were accompanied by whispered charades of confessed bisexuality, not the current state of “who gives a fuck, I am what I am” drag of today.
To answer the questions more specifically, would I experience any jealousy from fellow performers? My answer is that, darling, a lady always has to watch out for the lean and hungry look of others behind her. Just watch the scene where Nomi pushes Cristal down the stairs in Showgirls for a fabulous example of that. Despite hidden jealousies from other drag peers, I find that if you’re nice to people then people are usually nice back—and damn all the rest.
Would I go on a national tour? Hell, yeah, if I had backing! If I didn’t have backing for something like that, then I would most likely use the success from the show to parley my “career” into other avenues (such as something like Joey Arias’ current Off-Broadway show).
Well, I’ve rambled on enough, but I just want to say that I’ve always felt that I was born to entertain. And, yeah, I’ve done some stuff, but I don’t really feel like I’ve had the chance to really let loose yet like I know I can. Hopefully, I will get the chance to do that on the series and show everyone what I can really do!! Thanks so much for reading this.
XO,
Misses Vorhees
Thank you, thank you!!!
Well, today's the last day, and I'd like to thank all the homegirls and homeboys who voted for me. Hope to see you all in the next part of the contest. Thanks again!! I couldn't do it without your support!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
XO,
Misses Vorhees
CONTEST REQUIREMENTS
I just submitted the introductory video, the one that's supossed to be done in the "confessional" style, as well as a video of me doing New York, New York, which I submitted a few days ago. I guess the New York, New York video wasn't "approved" because I didn't submit the confessional video first.
VIDEO NOT UPLOADED!!
Well, I guess the video that I did specifically for this contest isn't going to be uploaded. It's a pity because it's a fierce video of me as the grandma character singing New York, New York as she's getting ready to go out on the town. In the video, she's drinking, and putting on her makeup and carrying on. If you'd like to check it out, you can see it on YouTube by looking up mtj20.
Fourth Blog
Help!! Does anyone know how to get them to put you video on here? I uploaded them twice, but no video!!
Third Blog
The requirements ask for a blog entry talking about our drag history, so to speak. This lady starting peforming and dressing up in 1992 in NYC, where I periodically performed at various spaces such as Webster Hall and the Pyramid Club. I like to do performance art or live singing, and am not fond of lip-syncing unless it's something special or unusual. One of the fondest memories--although, not peformance ones--are the following two. One, was dressing in drag to a Megadeth concert. That was a scandal, and we got thrown out of the women's bathroom. Those metelhead bitches gaggged when they saw us. The other, was competing in a costume contest at Foxwood Casino in Connecticut as Mommie Dearest. Well, let me tell you, not all those bingo bitches are particularily fond of Joan, and this girl got some attitude from some of them....
Second Blog
This mtj20 name is the beginning of my email address, which I entered by mistake as the profile name. HER REAL NAME IS MISSES VORHEES, NOT THIS MTJ20 NAME.
First Blog
Finally, I got this thing up! It took forever to crop the pics (as you all know, the dimensions change when you upload them), create the profile and upload the videos. Please check back, because the videos are being reviewed as we speak!! I'll start voting for people shortly as well, but I ran out of time today.
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