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Thursday, August 12, 2004 Y'ALL...i'm busy filming ZOMBIE PROM, so i ain't got time to blog. in the mean time, check out this stunning review from KATORZEJAMES go rupaul! rupaul is redhot! miss rupaul charles' imminent cd "redhot" includes a timely rendition of depeche mode's naive 80s classic, "people are people" and imbues it with a realness and raw subtext only She could provide. the newly brunette, aggressively sexualized rupaul - - like ross in her liberated "boss" days - pointedly refuses to smile on the cover of "redhot". this time, miss thing is not pretending to be big bird for your pleasure. in her new songs, rupaul speaks frankly about haters, inequality and conflicted trannychasers. in "kinky/freaky" he sings menacingly about fatal thongs spied clearly through transparent dresses and thoughtfully informs his rival that "your man left his drawers on my canopy" and that "we were bumpin while you were at the mall". in 2004, with nothing to prove and nothing to lose, the new rupaul returns older and wiser, more relaxed, more cher-like - in designer jeans and camilsoles with her long hair "undone". the "ghetto chocolate barbie doll" is back to remind us just from whence lil' kim, xtina and mariah carey got some of that tangy flavor. "i've been doing (drag) for a hundred years, and all these looks, i've done before", she tells "gloss" magazine. the postmodern magpie rupaul is always referencing the divine ross on some level, and the inspirational "coming out of hiding" manages to quote the supremes, irene cara and and anthony newley in five short lines: "I’m coming out of hiding -I’m coming out My time is now no time for tomorrow No more livin’ in shame And if I have to beg, steal or borrow You will remember my name" in "my love sees no color" she bawdily celebrates the beautiful uniqueness and diversity of Others: "black or white, tonight is right... i get down with cocoa brown - sassy red i go to town and behold - young or old - and if i can be so bold to let you know - i dig mellow yellow catch my flow - and every color of the rainbow." "looking good, feeling gorgeous" is a love letter and rallying self-esteem shout-out to rupaul's core audience: supermodels, drag queens, Black girls, gay guys, hookers-at-heart and most importantly, the legions of gay, bi and transgender teenagers and ex-teenagers who continue to study fierceness at miss charles' flawless, well-shod foot: "how do i look? you look good! how do i feel? you feel good! how do i look? you look good! you’re looking good and feeling gorgeous well, she walks real steady in her high heel steppers she got lots of style she got lots of class" "feeling gorgeous" (as opposed to simply "looking gorgeous") is a spiritual imperative if you're living the glamorous life, and street diva will tell you that "walking real steady" with "lots of style and class" in very high heels is an important and undervalued skill. rupaul's gender warrior followers will eat up this deceptively air-headed, empowering dance floor affirmation. so, everybody say "love!" show some respect and make way for the o.g. diva. miss charles is back, and she is Black. beautiful, strong, fierce, relevant and righteous. if you are gagging, don't be 'shamed. just have another drink and go again, cause i know you can take it, mary. Katorzejames . | Permalink 2009 RuCo, Inc.—All Rights Reserved |
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