Drag Race Italia
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Very much indeed.
By the way, this is presented as "the judges panel", no words yet on how/who is hosting.
Rumors wants Ru Paul as guest on the first episode and a November 2021 release, it will be show on Discovery+ in Italy that is also available on Amazon Prime (still in Italy).
It seems like the production are contacting Italian drag queens directly just like the AUS version.
Rumored queens so far:
In my opinion is too soon to know and also this cast is heavily Roman-based (half of those are from Rome) and even if this will be shot in Rome, I don't think they will have half of the cast from the city. Also 12 queens for the first season seems a little bit too much considering DRUK and DRAUS had 10.
If anyone is interested I'll keep you update.
Era Splèndor - https://www.instagram.com/era_splendor/
Farida Kant - https://www.instagram.com/farida_kant/
La Diamond - https://www.instagram.com/la.diamond/
La Petite Noire - https://www.instagram.com/la.petite.noire
Melissa Bianchini - https://www.instagram.com/bianchinimelionce
Farida Kant - https://www.instagram.com/farida_kant/
La Diamond - https://www.instagram.com/la.diamond/
La Petite Noire - https://www.instagram.com/la.petite.noire
Melissa Bianchini - https://www.instagram.com/bianchinimelionce
(she is also a famous Beyonce impersonator and live her life as transgender woman)
Nehellenia - https://www.instagram.com/nehellenia.90/
Angel McQueen - https://www.instagram.com/angel.mcqueen/
Tekemaya - https://www.instagram.com/tekemaya/
Amanda L Ira - https://www.instagram.com/amandaliradragqueen/ (pvt profile)
Ava Hangar - https://www.instagram.com/avahangardrag/
Simona Sventura - https://www.instagram.com/simonasventuradrag/
Lalique Chouette - https://www.instagram.com/lalique_chouette/
Nehellenia - https://www.instagram.com/nehellenia.90/
Angel McQueen - https://www.instagram.com/angel.mcqueen/
Tekemaya - https://www.instagram.com/tekemaya/
Amanda L Ira - https://www.instagram.com/amandaliradragqueen/ (pvt profile)
Ava Hangar - https://www.instagram.com/avahangardrag/
Simona Sventura - https://www.instagram.com/simonasventuradrag/
Lalique Chouette - https://www.instagram.com/lalique_chouette/
In my opinion is too soon to know and also this cast is heavily Roman-based (half of those are from Rome) and even if this will be shot in Rome, I don't think they will have half of the cast from the city. Also 12 queens for the first season seems a little bit too much considering DRUK and DRAUS had 10.
If anyone is interested I'll keep you update.
I am here for the anni 80 hits but let’s not forget Black Box, Corona, Alex Party, etc.
Yes yes yes and also Vamos A Bailar!
Hello x
The guy is Tommaso Zorzi, mostly famous for being from an extremely rich Italian family and having won the longest edition ever of our own Big Brother earlier this year.
People have always been divided about him, mostly because most Italians are homophobes nn (he's gay). Recently, the queer community has basically disowned him after he was seeing partying with notorious homophobe/transphobe/racist Giorgia Meloni, one of the most prominent figures of our extreme right. She's... a disgusting human, so he deserves to be dragged teebs.
I wouldn't say he's that divisive for the general audience, and especially not because of homophobic sentiments. On the contrary, heterosexuals are his biggest supporters, and straight women in particular. He has a rabid fanbase of Karens with unlimited power of trending\bullying on social media who convinced themselves he's their collective gay BFF holding a chihuahua while they're shopping. It's some fag-hag Misery-by-Stephen-King shit.
Discovery has made clear that's the reason they stuck with him. Asked if they considered replacing him because of the intense dislike the LGBTQ+ community has for his performative self-serving ass, they said, and I'm translating verbatim, "we value more the possibility of reaching the audience that tunes in because of Zorzi and not because it's Drag Race. We want to speak to everyone". Meaning they want to speak only to the straights. The fact they announced they're working with "LGBTQ activists" because "the contestants have heavy stories behind" means they might be going for some kind of educational, entry-level approach with sob stories and whatnot.
It also proves a second untold reason, that Drag Race Italia wasn't born to celebrate Italian queer culture but to give Zorzi a bespoke platform to launch his career on Discovery now that Mediaset has given him the boot. He's the focus point, not the queens. He had said before he wanted to make an Italian version of Drag Race happen, and I guess he succeeded. But on top of normalising fascists on national television while having the nerve to self-appoint as some sort of homosexual trailblazer in the media with that resume, he has little understanding of drag or even... gender expression itself. Something he said, on national television again, and I translate verbatim: "I believe drag is one of the best stage arts there are; anyone putting so much effort into becoming a woman deserves to be one".
So this is what we're dealing with. Coco Montrese I lost all hope today.
Nn didn't know the Mediaset part, a mess. True tho, straight women generally love him; we'll see if they'll do the same with the contestants. Probably not
Do we need to pin every Drag Race series? That’s not a bit excessive?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
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Agreed, this thread hasn’t even made it past a page yet. Overkill.
Potentially tricky territory - would a more diverse group be acceptable other than perhaps a DILF Crew (which I am obviously here for)? It seems like it leaves an open window to fetishisation, objectification, all manner of body shaming, etc. Perhaps the question should be - should we scrap the pit crew altogether?
