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‘A dog would get treated better than a drag queen in Hollywood’: Alaska on prejudice and leading Oh, Mary!
Source: The Guardian · Published
The RuPaul’s Drag Race alum on queer visibility, politics and starring in Cole Escola’s smash comedy Alaska may be starring in the most subversive comedy in American theater today, but she carries herself with the poise of a 40s movie star. On a brisk September afternoon, the actor, comedian and RuPaul’s Drag Race alumnus is in a small rehearsal room in New York’s midtown, sipping hot tea from a…
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