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i discovered the following video through boingboing a while back, and it’s just returned to haunt me. it’s “pickle surprise,” by tom rubnitz, and features pre-”supermodel” rupaul! rubnitz directed the original 1987 wigstock documentary (not the 1995 one that got decent distribution). his work is clearly a product of it’s time – flashy, funny, brightly colored, and fucked up both pharmacologically and psychologically.
this led me to search for other videos containing rupaul before he gained fame and notoriety, and i discovered the following lovely works. the first is (allegedly) his first on-screen role as a feral child(!), and the second is from a protest against new coke in atlanta. i also discovered that a remake/sequel to starrbooty just came out!
