You know, people really look up.ĮISENBERG: Yeah.
But once a big, yellow Birkin bag rolls into town and the most gorgeous woman you've ever seen in your life steps off of it.īOB THE DRAG QUEEN.
You know, as daywalkers (ph), no one really pays much attention. How does that feel for you?īOB THE DRAG QUEEN: Well, even though we're not always shooting things in the direct same order, that is often time people in the town's first time seeing us because we walk around in our - like, our gay clothes.
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But the way the episode is presented, you know, the initial shots, going into this small town or community in full drag usually kind of representing whatever the ethos or fashion is.ĮISENBERG: And you - we all get an idea of the first impressions of this town to you and to drag. It's the magic of putting something like this together. You know, and I know that things are filmed out of order. So, like, I'm a wreck for nine days.ĮISENBERG: Really? Yeah. I was like, an hour? It takes nine days to shoot it. And folks just say to me, like, it was so emotional to watch. Like, you binge watch all six.īOB THE DRAG QUEEN: I would just be exhausted. I can't - people tell me they binge watch them. I'm so proud of the representation on this show.ĮISENBERG: I will say that it's very emotional.īOB THE DRAG QUEEN: Yeah. We talked to people in the Latinx community, the Black community, the trans community.
We're actually uplifting and highlighting a lot of queer voices, marginalized people - community. And once people start seeing it, they're like, oh, my God. That's not what the show is, and I think there's a lot of people who think that's what it is. And when it was pitched to me, my first thought was, wait - like, wait, what? Because I was thinking it was going to be one of those like, gay people figure straight people's lives. Just as a setup, you and your co-hosts Shangela and Eureka O'Hara, you guys go into small towns to support their LGBTQ communities by putting on one-night-only drag show.īOB THE DRAG QUEEN: Yes, uno-noche solamente.īOB THE DRAG QUEEN: It's really a wild concept. And, you know, your latest project, the six-part docuseries "We're Here," that involved travel. And I have slept in my bed every night for over 90 days. But I've not really left my home for almost four months now.īOB THE DRAG QUEEN: And it's kind of wild to say that out loud because I am a traveler. It was a three-day celebration of Black queerness. I did something called a Black Queer Town Hall with my friend Peppermint. What did you do this year?īOB THE DRAG QUEEN: This year I stayed indoors. I know that you have talked about how important Pride was for you when you first moved to New York City. Obviously the official New York City Gay Pride parade was canceled. I turned my basement into the drag room.īOB THE DRAG QUEEN: It's kind of like the smallest and weirdest thrift shop where everything is the exact same size.īOB THE DRAG QUEEN: It's like a thrift shop from some really extravagant, size-14 woman.ĮISENBERG: You know, that would make thrift shops so much better if you could just go to the one just for you. And then over there is - so I'm in my drag closet, which is my basement. Is that about right?īOB THE DRAG QUEEN: Well, this is two, four, six, eight, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 - I'm looking at right now about 20.īOB THE DRAG QUEEN: But I have - I mean, I have way more than 20 wigs.īOB THE DRAG QUEEN: I mean, I also have, like, a lot of unstyled wigs. Looks like you have, I'm going to say - I don't know - 20 wigs over there. I love seeing behind you just - I mean, an amazing display of wigs.īOB THE DRAG QUEEN: And a single bag of candy that I am embarrassed that I realize is still there (laughter).ĮISENBERG: Excellent. His show follows Bob and two other drag queens, Shangela and Eureka O'Hara, as they adopt small-town residents as their drag daughters and train them for a one-night-only drag performance.īOB THE DRAG QUEEN: Hello, Ms. He is the winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race" and stars in the HBO docuseries called "We're Here." We're about to chat with Bob the Drag Queen. JONATHAN COULTON, BYLINE: This is NPR's ASK ME ANOTHER.