#8: Faux Pas Le Fae: In and Out of The Box

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Viktor Devonne sat with Faux Pas Le Fae to talk for the bonus episodes, "And the Rest is Drag," which features portions of this episode - but we got to talking! Faux Pas is a great theatrical entertainer, dancer, and performance artist now co-producing EAT ME, a variety show monthly (second Saturdays) at Bizarre in Bushwick (Brooklyn) New York. (recorded March 6, 2018) shoutouts: Kat Mon Dieu, Lori Gassie Designs, Sasha Velour, Lucky Charming, Tigger!, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Rose Wood, World Famous BOB, Aurora North, Hypergender... topics: drag, they/them, presenting on stage, drag queens and drag king, Marie Antoinette, iconography, wig reveal, introducing the act, artist crisis, taking the reins, editing, growing as an artist, dance study, classical bodies, the first act, accidentally the New York Burlesque Festival, producing a show, Bizarre Bushwick, the Brides of Burlesque, screening for your wife, (not) alienating the audience, performing at The Box, Miss Congeniality, Douchebag Night, little horror films and Broadway for twisted performance art, the Fierce Queer Burlesque Festival, self-censorship, weighing the options, shock art, Rose Wood in your face, disgusted but so charmed, top surgery vs breast augmentation, the stage kitten's nightmare, high maintenance, the great showstoppers, Prince meets I Love Lucy, RuPaul's Drag Race and it's issues with transwomen, the 2016 election, "It's not just Trump," when it's too much, what is in your power, performance enhancing drugs, dangerous rhetoric, and being offended. intro/outro music: "On A 45" This Way to the Egress (http://www.thiswaytotheegress.com) ... used with permission ... download it at: https://www.amazon.com/This-Delicious-Cabaret-Explicit-Egress/dp/B005D1GROO ... interlude music: "George Street Shuffle" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ... Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ... http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/