Bob the Drag Queen has been performing in queer clubs since the third grade—her mom owned a club in Georgia, and Bob would dance on stage during midday cleaning hours. Now, after a couple decades and several odd jobs, Bob is the star of her own HBO series.
Anna: -to you being very visible and very, um, unapologetically present and large and colorful and fabulous.Anna: Well, I wonder for you, like when you are filming those scenes, sometimes in communities that are familiar to where you grew up and sometimes very different, like what's it felt like when you're walking through communities where you're not sure how you'll be received?
[Speaker 3 on We’re Here: You can tell the nice lady I'm done, I'll never buy anything here ever again. All these freaking freaks.Bob: But-but they don't speak for the whole town. They just speaking for themselves. You know, towns are not monolithic. The-the citizens of towns are not monolithic.Bob spent her teenage years in Atlanta, then studied theater in college, and started picking up acting jobs with theater companies as far away as Montana.
Bob is not sure if Kathy's voicemail got her cast, but the audition tape she sent in holds its own. It was really good. Over the last few months, you’ve been sending us your stories about your personal style transformations. And many of you told us, you’re feeling good about the recent changes you’ve made to how you dress.
But we know that there are likely some of you out there who are wanting to make a change, but are feeling overwhelmed about how to make it happen. I get it. I feel a deep need for a new haircut, but don’t know where to turn! Bob: Yeah, I guess so. Yeah. And I never thought of that. You know, I just really-- I really loved where I worked at. It was really perfect for me when I was 22 years old. Um, it was-- I worked at a tourist trap in New York City called the Jekyll & Hyde Club. It's like a spooky haunted house restaurant, and I used to work there as a waiter, as an actor, and as a bartender.
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