![]() I work daily on strengthening my core of self-love so that I can truly share that with the world.” - Raffy Ermac, Photo Johnnie Ingram HBOĪctor, writer, producer, may have written off Billy Eichner as a one-trick pony when he was hustling through Manhattan, asking rapid-fire questions to pedestrians for his show Billy on the Street. Growing up in a place that didn’t offer me much visibility or affirmation for being gay led to me to believe I wasn’t worthy of the freedom that comes with true acceptance. “The largest obstacle I’ve ever faced has been learning to wholeheartedly love, accept, and value myself. “In 2021, in the midst of still navigating through a global pandemic, I was able to navigate challenges, work within tough guidelines and still complete a really phenomenal season of our HBO show We’re Here,” Shangela says. It just shows that hard work and passion is really what it takes to make your dreams come true.” Regardless of any barriers or obstacles I’ve had to face in my career, I continue to walk the path for plus-sized individuals…or waddle. “Every step of my journey this year has reminded me that regardless of my size, shape, or anything in between, I do have a place in this industry. “My dreams have continued to come true this year: being able to showcase myself on All Stars 6 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and the new season of American Horror Story: Double Feature, and wrapping season 2 of HBO’s We’re Here,” Eureka adds. “2021 is kind of an extension of 2020, and I think that reconnecting, getting back in the world, and overcoming our global trauma surrounding the coronavirus” were high priorities. “I think that we all had some pretty big obstacles,” Bob says of the challenges that she has experienced this year as a continued result of the pandemic. Luckily, the folks at HBO and the show’s queens - Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O’Hara, and Shangela - were able to roll with the punches and come back for a bigger, even more heartfelt second season of the show, which sees the drag legends traveling to conservative pockets of small-town America to help LGBTQ+ folks find community and love where they least expect it. And while the first season got off to an inspiring start, the future of the show was almost up in the air after production halted when most of the world went into lockdown. HBO’s reality drag series We’re Here, created by Stephen Warren and Johnnie Ingram, may have been groundbreaking and GLAAD Award-winning, but not even it was impervious to the effects of the ongoing global pandemic.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |