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Monday, July 02, 2007 RuPaul at Her S.F. Screening of Starrbooty“This is the front, and this is the back,” purred RuPaul, turning appropriately to utter her classic “Supermodel of the World” catch phrase. She was modeling her silver skin-tight gown embossed with hundreds of Austrian crystals during her appearance at the SF International Film Festival premiere of Starrbooty on June 23 at the Castro Theatre. This hilarious spoof on spy films and exploitation of women in jeopardy stars RuPaul in deliciously tasteless street whore drag. In addition, she co-wrote, edited, and produced the movie. Supermodel RuPaul donned a gigantic white Afro wig especially for the occasion. Directed by Mike Ruiz, who directed Latin Boys Go to Hell, this production was his ten-year anniversary at the Castro Theatre. Taking a little over a year to make, the film was, in RuPaul’s slightly caustic words, “a love letter to not only the rightwing Republicans, but also to the politically correct liberals.”The film opens with the introduction: “In a city filled with terror, one woman will change the course of history.” That would be RuPaul as agent Starrbooty, who needs to find her niece Cornisha who has been kidnapped by her archrival, Annaka Manners. Forced to go undercover as a hooker named Cupcake, Starrbooty must have sex with her johns, which means we get to see such hot porn stars as Gus Mattox and their big dicks and balls boldly displayed. We also see a plethora of drag queens, of course. The movie has such colorful phrases as: “I’m gonna hunt you down like a crack whore after her baby Daddy on payday.” The Lady Bunny has a small role. As do many famous Big Apple DQs. RuPaul and Ruiz were gracious enough to have a Q&A session after the screening. RuPaul said it was so much more fun to dress up as a black hooker than doing the glam thing. She has so many costume changes; it is hard to keep up without a scorecard. “We were out there in the meat market, and during my break I’d suck a few meatpackers off,” she elaborated. “And you know, I can’t do that when I’m wearing couture.” She noted, “I have an L.A. face and an Oakland booty.” She joked, “The after-party tonight is at the Squat and Gobble,” and illustrated by squatting on her high heels and pantomiming performing fellatio on Ruiz. When asked about her opinion of the Rev. Jerry Falwell, she said, “We were so heartbroken when he passed, so we decided to dedicate the film to him.” Ruiz commented with tongue in cheek, “Our movie was deeply rooted in politics, philosophy, and every moral topic you could imagine.” RuPaul said body parts were a big part of her life (and there are lots of those in the movie, trust me) and her idols are Judge Judy - number one, Suzanne Summers – number two, and Victoria “Posh” Beckham. It is not clear whether or not she was serious. I mean … Judge Judy?! She said the casting of the male porn stars was a tedious process [not!!] involving months and months of casting: “We saw thousands of actors across the country,” she embellished. Ruiz, the voice of clarity, said, “But we really wanted to do it.” RuPaul replied, “We wanted to put as many cocks and titties in the movie as possible.” She confessed, “My favorite actors are porn stars.” RuPaul said there were no scenes she played that embarrassed her. She jested, “Most people know me as America’s drag queen sweetheart, but this movie is more of what I really am.” She explained her hooker name, Cupcake, as a moniker she customarily gave herself when she used to drink. “After two o’clock in the morning, my name became Cupcake. After five in the morning, I became Bianca Binkins.” She was thrilled to dig up Lahoma Van Zandt (who plays Starrbooty’s sidekick, agent Paige Turner aka Pepper Anderson, her fellow phony whore) after the DQ had been retired for nine years. “She came back out to do this movie because it’s a throwback to the Village and our whole thing back then.” She said this movie was inspired by a short that she and her DQ pals did in Atlanta 20 years ago, which she edited rather unprofessionally on two VCRs, which became a cult movie among her friends and fans. She announced that the single from the soundtrack is available on I-tunes but not as a CD, because “nobody does CDs any more. They are so 2000.” She hopes that the entire soundtrack will be out soon via Internet downloads. “You know, I’m all current and shit.” She quoted her favorite lines: “Rise, shine, clock say pussy time; bust my pussy nut while I’m fingering your butt; do I suck dick? You ain’t seen shit. Grow it and watch it slide down my throat.” She said not at all humbly, “Not only do I have a great pair of sticks [legs], but I have a pretty fierce [lack of] gag reflex.” She said in somewhat seriousness, “What other people think of me ain’t none of my goddamn business.” She said, “This movie really is a labor of love. We did this for ourselves. If anybody else sees it: whatever. If you get something out of it: great. But we had a fuckin’ gay time with it!” RuPaul gave her personal philosophy on beauty: “Really, it’s a state of mind. If you believe what’s between your ears, everyone else will believe it. You are fabulous!” RuPaul Appears Live at Her Screening of Starrbooty By Sister Dana Van Iquity Published: June 28, 2007 San Francisco Bay Times . | Permalink 2009 RuCo, Inc.—All Rights Reserved |
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