‘Eldorado’: Netflix Expos the Secret Gay History of Nazi Germany – Rollg Stone

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• NETFLIX EXPOS THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF NAZI GERMANY
• IN ‘SURVIVAL OF THE THICKT,’ A DRAG IN SASHAYS AWAY WH THE WHOLE SHOWNO SMALL PARTS, JUST SMALL ACTORS“DRAG RACE” LOVERS KNOW AND LOVE THE INIC QUEEN PEPPERMT. HER SMALL ROLE A NEW NETFLIX EDY SHOWS THAT EVERYONE ELSE WOULD LOVE HER TOO—IF SHE EVER GOT TO BE THE STAR.BARRY LEVTFREELANCE WRERPUBLISHED JUL. 18, 2023 4:22AM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THOMAS LEVSON/THE DAILY BEAST/NETFLIXSURVIVAL OF THE THICKT, THE NEW NETFLIX SERI STARRG EDIAN AND THE CIRCLE HOST MICHELLE BUTE, IS A SWEET, THOUGHTFUL, AND EFFORTLSLY WATCHABLE SERI. INSPIRED BY HER LLECTN OF SAYS OF THE SAME NAME, BUTE PLAYS MAVIS BEMONT, AN UP-AND-G STYLIST A RELATNSHIP WH A PROMENT PHOTOGRAPHER. MAVIS’ LIFE SEEMS TO BE FALLY LG UP THE WAY SHE’S LONGED FOR—UNTIL SHE ARRIV HOME TO FD HER BOYIEND CHEATG ON HER.WHEN THEY SAY THAT THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS, ONLY SMALL ACTORS, THEY MEAN —AND SURVIVAL OF THE THICKT PROV . PEPPERMT, AN INIC NYC DRAG QUEEN, PLAYS ONE OF MAVIS’ IENDS, WHO ALL HELP HER FD HERSELF POST-BREAKUP. BUT PEPPERMT HAS THE SMALLT ROLE OF MAVIS’ IENDS. SHE DON’T HAVE A MAJOR STORY ARC, AND HER CHARACTER DON’T GO ON ANY PARTICULAR JOURNEY OF HER OWN. SHE DON’T EVEN APPEAR EVERY EPISO. BUT THAT DON’T MATTER: EVERY MOMENT PEPPERMT APPEARS SURVIVAL OF THE THICKT, THE SHOW IS BETTER FOR .PEPPERMT’S IS THE KD OF PERFORMANCE OVERFLOWG WH SO MUCH CHARISMA AND CHARM THAT SHE TOWERS OVER EVERYONE ELSE THE BT WAY. WHENEVER PEPPERMT WASN’T ON SCREEN, I WONRED WHY; WHEN SHE WAS, I ULDN’T TAKE MY EY OFF HER. HER WORK REMDS ME OF A MOMENT OM ONE OF MY FAVORE SIMPSONS EPISOS: “WHENEVER POOCHIE’S NOT ON SCREEN, ALL THE OTHER CHARACTERS SHOULD BE ASKG: ‘WHERE’S POOCHIE’?” JT REPLACE AN ANIMATED DOG WH A GLOR DRAG QUEEN, AND YOU HAVE SURVIVAL OF THE THICKT’S BT CHARACTER. IT TAK LS THAN A SEND FOR PEPPERMT TO MAKE AN IMPACT. (Y, I TIMED .) FROM THE MOMENT WE FIRST SEE HER, WORKG AS A WARS A DRAG BAR LLED CC BLOOMS, PEPPERMT MANDS OUR ATTENTN. “AREN’T YOU GOG TO TRODUCE ME TO THIS BABY RROT SO I N DIP HIM TO MY HUMM?” SHE SAYS TO MAVIS, ABOUT MAVIS’ IEND KHALIL (TONE BELL). THERE’S NOTHG QUE LIKE STARTG OFF WH AN OUTRAGEOLY FLIRTY ONE-LER TO GET ME TO FALL HEAD-OVER-HEELS LOVE WH A CHARACTER. WHEN KHALIL FLIRTS BACK THAT THERE’S NOTHG “BABY RROT” ABOUT HIM, PEPPERMT GASPS, SCREECHG LIGHTFULLY UNISON WH MAVIS. PEPPERMT HAS BEEN ON SCREEN FOR A MERE 16 SENDS (AGA, I TIMED ) AT THIS POT, BUT BOTH HER CHARACTER AND HER RELATNSHIP TO MAVIS ARE CRYSTAL CLEAR. IT’S NO WONR MAVIS LIGHTS UP WHEN SHE SE PEPPERMT—SHE’S ABSOLUTELY RADIANT. SHE’S EXQUISELY DRSED EVERY TIME MAVIS SE HER, CLUDG WHEN SHE’S WEARG HER ADORABLE SKY-BLUE UNIFORM ADORNED WH LORFUL POLKA DOTS. AND THE ENERGY PEPPERMT EXUS IS TOTALLY FECT: SHE MANDS ATTENTN A WAY THAT NEVER FEELS FORCED. THE SHOW MAK CLEAR THAT SHE’S THE KD OF PAL YOU’D LL WHEN YOU NEED A PICK-ME-UP—OR TO SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS WH BEE YOU KNOW EHER WAY, SHE’S GOG TO MAKE YOU FEEL ON TOP OF THE WORLD. (L-R) GARCELLE BEVAIS, ANTHONY MICHAEL LOPEZ, AND PEPPERMT SURVIVAL OF THE THICKT.NETFLIX IN THE SAME SCENE AS WE FIRST MEET HER, PEPPERMT ALSO KICKS OFF A MAJOR PLOTLE, SETTG MAVIS UP WH A STYLG JOB WH A NIGHTMARE CLIENT (PLAYED BY GARCELLE BEVAIS). “YOU SEEM SPERATE ENOUGH TO PUT UP WH HER SH,” SHE TELLS MAVIS. WHAT MORE ULD YOU WANT OM A IEND THAN BOTH A JOB AND SOME BG SNARK?PURVEYORS OF NEW YORK CY NIGHTLIFE OR FANS OF REALY TELEVISN ARE LIKELY ALREADY FAIAR WH PEPPERMT. A STAPLE THE CY’S DRAG SCENE FOR YEARS, PEPPERMT TOOK HER STARDOM TO THE NEXT LEVEL BY APPEARG RUPL’S DRAG RACE SEASON 9. ON THE SHOW, WHICH AIRED 2017, SHE BLEW DIENC AWAY WH HER LIP SYNCS AND HER UNSTOPPABLE PERSONALY, AND SHE’S BEEN ENSHRED AS A FAN FAVORE EVER SCE. HER REER HAS ONLY BEE MORE IMPRSIVE SCE THEN. IN 2018, PEPPERMT BEME THE FIRST TRANSGENR WOMAN TO ORIGATE A PRCIPAL ROLE ON BROADWAY, THE SHOW HEAD OVER HEELS. SHE’S ALSO BEEN A PROMENT PART OF THE DRAG PETN SHOW CALL ME MOTHER AND HAS APPEARED ON TELEVISN POSE AND GOD FRIEND ME. SURVIVAL OF THE THICKT, HOWEVER, IS HER MOST EXCG ACTG ROLE YET. WHILE DRAG PERFORMERS LIKE PEPPERMT ARE BELOVED THE QUEER MUNY, 'S STILL A MASSIVE CHALLENGE TO PROPERLY BREAK THROUGH TO THE MASTREAM, AND APPEARG A NETFLIX SHOW IS A HUGE PLATFORM FOR HER.BUT PEPPERMT’S EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE SURVIVAL OF THE THICKT NFIRMS THAT WE NEED MORE QUEENS ON TV, AND BIGGER ROL AT THAT. SHOWS LIKE NETFLIX’S RECENT GLAMORO HAVE GIVEN QUEENS MORE SPACE TO SHOW THEY’RE MORE THAN JT NIGHTCLUB PERFORMERS, AND PEPPERMT PROV SHE’S WORTHY OF A STARRG ROLE EACH OF HER BRIEF APPEARANC. EVERY SEND THAT PEPPERMT IS ON SCREEN SURVIVAL OF THE THICKT IS MAGIL—WHETHER SHE’S GOG WILD ( THE BT WAY) OVER A LOGY (AND LATER DOG AN EPIC LIP SYNC TO THE SAME SPEECH), HELPG MAVIS EMBRACE WHO SHE IS, OR PUTTG ON A QUEER PROM. IF THERE IS A SEASON 2, I N ONLY HOPE PEPPERMT GETS A MAJOR STORY ARC OF HER OWN. PEPPERMT SURVIVAL OF THE THICKT.NETFLIX MY ENDLS APPRECIATN OF PEPPERMT’S PERFORMANCE IS AMPLIFIED BY THE UNAVOIDABLE ELEPHANT THE ROOM: LAST WEEK, SAG-AFTRA, HOLLYWOOD’S UNN OF ACTORS, THORIZED STRIKE ACTN FOR THE FIRST TIME SCE THE 1960S. THE STRIKE THE FACE OF UNTLS ACTORS UNABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE AS THE RISE OF STREAMG AND DIGAL MEDIA HAS DRASTILLY ALTERED THE WAY PERFORMERS MAKE MONEY. WHILE ’S EASY TO JT THK OF THE BIG NAM AT TIM LIKE THE—AND HOW THEY’LL BE GONE OM OUR SCREENS FOR THE FOREEABLE FUTURE—PEPPERMT’S GLOR, UPLIFTG PERFORMANCE SERV AS A VAL REMR THAT ACTORS, EVEN SMALL ROL, PROVI AN SENTIAL PART OF A SHOW’S TAPTRY. BARRY LEVT
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

NETFLIX EXPOS THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF NAZI GERMANY

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IN ‘SURVIVAL OF THE THICKT,’ A DRAG IN SASHAYS AWAY WH THE WHOLE SHOWNO SMALL PARTS, JUST SMALL ACTORS“DRAG RACE” LOVERS KNOW AND LOVE THE INIC QUEEN PEPPERMT. HER SMALL ROLE A NEW NETFLIX EDY SHOWS THAT EVERYONE ELSE WOULD LOVE HER TOO—IF SHE EVER GOT TO BE THE STAR.BARRY LEVTFREELANCE WRERPUBLISHED JUL. 18, 2023 4:22AM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THOMAS LEVSON/THE DAILY BEAST/NETFLIXSURVIVAL OF THE THICKT, THE NEW NETFLIX SERI STARRG EDIAN AND THE CIRCLE HOST MICHELLE BUTE, IS A SWEET, THOUGHTFUL, AND EFFORTLSLY WATCHABLE SERI. INSPIRED BY HER LLECTN OF SAYS OF THE SAME NAME, BUTE PLAYS MAVIS BEMONT, AN UP-AND-G STYLIST A RELATNSHIP WH A PROMENT PHOTOGRAPHER. MAVIS’ LIFE SEEMS TO BE FALLY LG UP THE WAY SHE’S LONGED FOR—UNTIL SHE ARRIV HOME TO FD HER BOYIEND CHEATG ON HER.WHEN THEY SAY THAT THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS, ONLY SMALL ACTORS, THEY MEAN —AND SURVIVAL OF THE THICKT PROV . PEPPERMT, AN INIC NYC DRAG QUEEN, PLAYS ONE OF MAVIS’ IENDS, WHO ALL HELP HER FD HERSELF POST-BREAKUP. BUT PEPPERMT HAS THE SMALLT ROLE OF MAVIS’ IENDS. SHE DON’T HAVE A MAJOR STORY ARC, AND HER CHARACTER DON’T GO ON ANY PARTICULAR JOURNEY OF HER OWN. SHE DON’T EVEN APPEAR EVERY EPISO. BUT THAT DON’T MATTER: EVERY MOMENT PEPPERMT APPEARS SURVIVAL OF THE THICKT, THE SHOW IS BETTER FOR .PEPPERMT’S IS THE KD OF PERFORMANCE OVERFLOWG WH SO MUCH CHARISMA AND CHARM THAT SHE TOWERS OVER EVERYONE ELSE THE BT WAY. WHENEVER PEPPERMT WASN’T ON SCREEN, I WONRED WHY; WHEN SHE WAS, I ULDN’T TAKE MY EY OFF HER. HER WORK REMDS ME OF A MOMENT OM ONE OF MY FAVORE SIMPSONS EPISOS: “WHENEVER POOCHIE’S NOT ON SCREEN, ALL THE OTHER CHARACTERS SHOULD BE ASKG: ‘WHERE’S POOCHIE’?” JT REPLACE AN ANIMATED DOG WH A GLOR DRAG QUEEN, AND YOU HAVE SURVIVAL OF THE THICKT’S BT CHARACTER. IT TAK LS THAN A SEND FOR PEPPERMT TO MAKE AN IMPACT. (Y, I TIMED .) FROM THE MOMENT WE FIRST SEE HER, WORKG AS A WARS A DRAG BAR LLED CC BLOOMS, PEPPERMT MANDS OUR ATTENTN. “AREN’T YOU GOG TO TRODUCE ME TO THIS BABY RROT SO I N DIP HIM TO MY HUMM?” SHE SAYS TO MAVIS, ABOUT MAVIS’ IEND KHALIL (TONE BELL). THERE’S NOTHG QUE LIKE STARTG OFF WH AN OUTRAGEOLY FLIRTY ONE-LER TO GET ME TO FALL HEAD-OVER-HEELS LOVE WH A CHARACTER. WHEN KHALIL FLIRTS BACK THAT THERE’S NOTHG “BABY RROT” ABOUT HIM, PEPPERMT GASPS, SCREECHG LIGHTFULLY UNISON WH MAVIS. PEPPERMT HAS BEEN ON SCREEN FOR A MERE 16 SENDS (AGA, I TIMED ) AT THIS POT, BUT BOTH HER CHARACTER AND HER RELATNSHIP TO MAVIS ARE CRYSTAL CLEAR. IT’S NO WONR MAVIS LIGHTS UP WHEN SHE SE PEPPERMT—SHE’S ABSOLUTELY RADIANT. SHE’S EXQUISELY DRSED EVERY TIME MAVIS SE HER, CLUDG WHEN SHE’S WEARG HER ADORABLE SKY-BLUE UNIFORM ADORNED WH LORFUL POLKA DOTS. AND THE ENERGY PEPPERMT EXUS IS TOTALLY FECT: SHE MANDS ATTENTN A WAY THAT NEVER FEELS FORCED. THE SHOW MAK CLEAR THAT SHE’S THE KD OF PAL YOU’D LL WHEN YOU NEED A PICK-ME-UP—OR TO SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS WH BEE YOU KNOW EHER WAY, SHE’S GOG TO MAKE YOU FEEL ON TOP OF THE WORLD. (L-R) GARCELLE BEVAIS, ANTHONY MICHAEL LOPEZ, AND PEPPERMT SURVIVAL OF THE THICKT.NETFLIX IN THE SAME SCENE AS WE FIRST MEET HER, PEPPERMT ALSO KICKS OFF A MAJOR PLOTLE, SETTG MAVIS UP WH A STYLG JOB WH A NIGHTMARE CLIENT (PLAYED BY GARCELLE BEVAIS). “YOU SEEM SPERATE ENOUGH TO PUT UP WH HER SH,” SHE TELLS MAVIS. WHAT MORE ULD YOU WANT OM A IEND THAN BOTH A JOB AND SOME BG SNARK?PURVEYORS OF NEW YORK CY NIGHTLIFE OR FANS OF REALY TELEVISN ARE LIKELY ALREADY FAIAR WH PEPPERMT. A STAPLE THE CY’S DRAG SCENE FOR YEARS, PEPPERMT TOOK HER STARDOM TO THE NEXT LEVEL BY APPEARG RUPL’S DRAG RACE SEASON 9. ON THE SHOW, WHICH AIRED 2017, SHE BLEW DIENC AWAY WH HER LIP SYNCS AND HER UNSTOPPABLE PERSONALY, AND SHE’S BEEN ENSHRED AS A FAN FAVORE EVER SCE. HER REER HAS ONLY BEE MORE IMPRSIVE SCE THEN. IN 2018, PEPPERMT BEME THE FIRST TRANSGENR WOMAN TO ORIGATE A PRCIPAL ROLE ON BROADWAY, THE SHOW HEAD OVER HEELS. SHE’S ALSO BEEN A PROMENT PART OF THE DRAG PETN SHOW CALL ME MOTHER AND HAS APPEARED ON TELEVISN POSE AND GOD FRIEND ME. SURVIVAL OF THE THICKT, HOWEVER, IS HER MOST EXCG ACTG ROLE YET. WHILE DRAG PERFORMERS LIKE PEPPERMT ARE BELOVED THE QUEER MUNY, 'S STILL A MASSIVE CHALLENGE TO PROPERLY BREAK THROUGH TO THE MASTREAM, AND APPEARG A NETFLIX SHOW IS A HUGE PLATFORM FOR HER.BUT PEPPERMT’S EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE SURVIVAL OF THE THICKT NFIRMS THAT WE NEED MORE QUEENS ON TV, AND BIGGER ROL AT THAT. SHOWS LIKE NETFLIX’S RECENT GLAMORO HAVE GIVEN QUEENS MORE SPACE TO SHOW THEY’RE MORE THAN JT NIGHTCLUB PERFORMERS, AND PEPPERMT PROV SHE’S WORTHY OF A STARRG ROLE EACH OF HER BRIEF APPEARANC. EVERY SEND THAT PEPPERMT IS ON SCREEN SURVIVAL OF THE THICKT IS MAGIL—WHETHER SHE’S GOG WILD ( THE BT WAY) OVER A LOGY (AND LATER DOG AN EPIC LIP SYNC TO THE SAME SPEECH), HELPG MAVIS EMBRACE WHO SHE IS, OR PUTTG ON A QUEER PROM. IF THERE IS A SEASON 2, I N ONLY HOPE PEPPERMT GETS A MAJOR STORY ARC OF HER OWN. PEPPERMT SURVIVAL OF THE THICKT.NETFLIX MY ENDLS APPRECIATN OF PEPPERMT’S PERFORMANCE IS AMPLIFIED BY THE UNAVOIDABLE ELEPHANT THE ROOM: LAST WEEK, SAG-AFTRA, HOLLYWOOD’S UNN OF ACTORS, THORIZED STRIKE ACTN FOR THE FIRST TIME SCE THE 1960S. THE STRIKE THE FACE OF UNTLS ACTORS UNABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE AS THE RISE OF STREAMG AND DIGAL MEDIA HAS DRASTILLY ALTERED THE WAY PERFORMERS MAKE MONEY. WHILE ’S EASY TO JT THK OF THE BIG NAM AT TIM LIKE THE—AND HOW THEY’LL BE GONE OM OUR SCREENS FOR THE FOREEABLE FUTURE—PEPPERMT’S GLOR, UPLIFTG PERFORMANCE SERV AS A VAL REMR THAT ACTORS, EVEN SMALL ROL, PROVI AN SENTIAL PART OF A SHOW’S TAPTRY. BARRY LEVT

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