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There’s a legacy to be part of this family, even if it’s one of the youngest casts in the city.
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“These girls are like family to me, and I’m their baby sister. “As the newest member of the cast, I still have the drive of someone who feels like they have something to prove,” said Or Chid who only permanently joined the cast a year ago. Thomas and Jaye Lish, all were present and celebrated with the attendees. Her cast mates, Or Chid, Molly Rimswell, Taejah L. “It’s about having a good time and providing this cast of creatives with a safe space to show off their enormous talent.” Edie Cheezburger, the show’s longtime host, along with her cast mates kicked off their eighth year with a resounding performance that brought in the bar’s second largest crowd of 2019. The show turned seven-years-old on Nov 2, and the newest version of the cast performed at their new resident bar to celebrate. Promotional poster of The Other Show in 2012 - Source: Edie CheezburgerĬhachki was also a part of the original cast of The Other Show, a local drag company that used to perform at the now closed Jungle Atlanta bar and now calls Midtown Moon home. Chachki was memorable for her avant-garde approach to fashion and her incredibly cinched waste line. Several Atlanta queens have made their national debut on the set of the show, including winners like Violet Chachki and Bob the Drag Queen, winners of seasons eight and nine respectively. Season 11 which aired in the spring of 2019 is reportedly another growth year for the show and it was announced in August that season 12 is on its way. Season 10 saw a weekly viewership of 723,000 people, up 2% from season nine. This mainstream cable network made the show more accessible to a heteronormative audience and the viewership expanded exponentially.
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RuPaul’s Drag Race moved from Logo TV to VH1 in 2017 at the beginning of the show’s nineth season. “ brought a freshness to the city that even the queer community wasn’t ready for.” But they learned to appreciate it slowly and the local drag scene was a launching pad for the queen’s first music career and her move to New York. Lena remembers clearly RuPaul making an entrance into the Atlanta drag scene in the 80s. It is a little-known fact that RuPaul began her drag career here in Atlanta. In recent years, the rise of the Emmy-winning reality television show has led to an apparent increased interest in local drag. In regard to the recent uptick in straight attendees, Lena credits RuPaul’s Drag Race. One is hard pressed to find a face that isn’t smiling in the crowd. The show Lena is referring to is a weekly event where the bar’s resident cast of queens lip sync to favorite songs while dancing around the room telling jokes to make the crowd laugh, and making sure everyone is having a good time. It’s gotten us through some really tough times.”
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To, drag is the only forum of entertainment we’ve had for decades. Yet straight people seem to be coming to Blake’s more now than ever before. Between the years of 2000 and now, gay bars in Atlanta have fell from 20+ to less that 10. Lust commented on the fall of the former great bars. Charlie Brown to RuPaul to Lena Lust herself, Atlanta has always been the stomping grounds for great queens. She recalled bars like Sweet Gum Head on Cheshire that she refers to as the show bar of the South.Ītlanta has long served as an epicenter of southern drag and has produced legendary drag queens. Lust reminisced on Atlanta being circuit party central in the southeast, featuring the Hotlanta Party that always starred Altanta’s drag scene. RuPaul photographed by Al Clayton - Source: Atlanta Magazine