Synopsis
Trixie charmed audiences and judges as winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. But the grind of performing and the pressure of the title proves that heavy is the head that wears the tiara.
2019 Directed by Nicholas Zeig-Owens
Trixie charmed audiences and judges as winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. But the grind of performing and the pressure of the title proves that heavy is the head that wears the tiara.
"it wasn’t about becoming famous enough to survive without her. i preferred surviving with her" killed me.
love love love love love this lady with my whole heart
not to be super gay, but a solid friendship really is worth the entire world and then some
There are two intertwined spirits here, one centre stage while the other flickers at the edges of the story. Of course there is a Trixie without Katya, and vice versa, but they're special together: we see Trixie the workhorse who keeps on trucking, resigned to her areas of unlikablity, honing and polishing her talents, fixing things on and off stage. It's a very familiar Country trope. Katya is easy to love, and we've loved many like her: beautiful and breathlessly joyful to be around as an audience, charismatic as hell, who claims early on that Trixie is the comedienne while she is just "nuts". We're not in a position to judge any of these arguments, but we get to see…
It's sad and I'm happy that trixie chose to document and share what she was really feeling and living when we only saw the pretty and successful parts. I just want to hug my friend now and I'm not a hugger.
As Jesus once said:
"Steppin' to the plate, I'm Trixie Mattel
Got my name in the game, better learn it well
'Cause I'm the MVP heading up to bat
And I'll go to third base but I'd never tell that
I got bleach in the blonde like Pamela
And I'm steppin' out the box like Shangela
I got long thick legs, a tarantula
And if you call me kitty girl, I can handle ya uh."
Trixie about AS3: I’m not sure if I’ll win. They film both of us winning and they also filmed a tie so maybe it’s a tie?
Audience: WHY DIDN’T THEY FILM A TIE FOR AS4????
This was far more interesting than I thought it would be. It glimpses through the surface to some really difficult stuff. Katya is an infinitely fascinating person and through two scenes permeates through the entire movie. It just really fucking works having this incredibly interesting character in this glimpsed secondary role in a movie about someone trying to make it without having them.
SHUT UPPPPPP this was such a pure raw film and just... i love trixie so much she’s so hardworking and deserves the world. also thank u miss trixie for letting me take a picture with u and putting ur head on mine i love u🥺💖