Bob the drag queen

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Bob the Drag Queen at DragCon Los Angeles 2017

Bob the Drag Queen (born 22 June 1986 in Columbus as Christopher Caldwell ), also known under the name of Caldwell Tidicue , is an American drag queen , comedian in, singer in, an actor in and LGBT -Aktivistin. She was best known for her participation in the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race , which she also won. New York listed her eighth in the top twenty most influential drag queens in the United States in 2019.

Life

Caldwell was born in Columbus, Georgia , but grew up in Clayton County . He first came into contact with drag when his mother took him to the drag bar she ran and Caldwell worked there for payment by guests. After graduating from Morrow High School, he studied drama at Columbus State University.

Caldwell moved to New York City at the age of 22 to pursue an acting and comedian career. There he first worked as an actor in a children's theater and eventually became a member of the group Queer Rising , which campaigns for LGBT rights. They protested for same-sex marriage in the city with several Saturday weddings staged in Times Square , including handing out brochures on the inequality of LGBT people. When they walked down the street in Bryant Park with a New York Demands Marriage Equality Now banner, blocking traffic, Caldwell and the rest of the activists were arrested, but released a short time later. Caldwell currently sells bracelets and dresses at appearances that he and several other drag queens wore in RuPaul's Drag Race , with proceeds going to the True Colors United charity , which campaigns against youth homelessness.

Caldwell acts as a drag mother , i.e. a kind of mentor , for his colleague Miz Cracker , Monét X Change is his drag sister , i.e. close friend, the two achieved fifth and sixth place respectively in the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race , Monét X Change was also one of the two winners of the fourth season of the drag race - spin-off RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars .

Caldwell identifies as pansexual and does not see himself as male or female, but rather as non-binary . However, he does not claim to be designated in a gender-neutral way with the singular pronoun they (untranslatable in German), but prefers both male and female gender pronouns according to his own statement.

Career

According to his own admission, Caldwell first showed interest in drag after watching the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2008. In his drag role, he focused on stand-up performances, and after a few months also for lip-sync singing, which is widespread in the scene . His initial stage name was Kittin Withawhip, a reference to the original title Kitten with a Whip of the film The Girl with the Whip from 1965 with Ann-Margret in the lead role. Under this he also appeared in a series by the photographer Leland Bobbé . In 2013, Caldwell changed his name to Bob the Drag Queen.

On February 1, 2016, Bob the Drag Queen was introduced as a participant in the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race . There she caught the eye of her competitors and the jury above all with her performances focused on comedy. She won three of the eight challenges named, these were the performance of an Empire parody, the improvisation s game Snatch Game , in which she imitated Uzo Aduba and Carol Channing , as well as filming an election campaign for the office of the first female drag president, where she worked with her colleague Derrick Barry . In the eighth episode, the two were the last two, which is why they had to compete in lipsync singing, with Bob the Drag Queen winning and thus remaining in the competition. She finally reached the final on May 16 and was able to decide it for herself and thus also received the prize money of 100,000 dollars.

Shortly after her victory, Bob the Drag Queen released the single Purse First , which reached 15th place in the digital version of the dance / electronic songs .In the same year she worked with her colleagues Alaska Thunderfuck and Shangela Laquifa Wadley on two more songs called Yet Another Dig and Deck A Ho . It was also heard on the CD Christmas Queens 3 in December , on which 34 Christmas carols are interpreted by several drag queens .

On March 9, 2018, Bob the Drag Queen and Monét X Change presented their own podcast Sibling Rivalry for the first time , which was also published on YouTube on April 2 . She also temporarily replaced Katya Zamolodchikova as the presenter of her television series The Trixie & Katya Show , which she directed together with Trixie Mattel . From April to July Bob the drag queen played the role of Belize in the play Angels in America by Tony Kushner that the Berkeley Repertory Theater listed was.

In 2019 Bob the Drag Queen took part in a drag show in Twin Falls . At this, both local and internationally known drag queens appeared in the relatively small town with the aim of promoting drag culture in the rural Magic Valley region of Idaho . In the same year she was cast in a supporting role as operator of a burlesque bar in the Netflix own production Stadtgeschichten , which is loosely based on the book series of the same name by Armistead Maupin .

Filmography (selection)

  • 2016: RuPaul's Drag Race (participant, season 8 winner)
  • 2016: High Maintenance (TV series, episode 1x1)
  • 2017: Bob the Drag Queen: Suspiciously Large Woman (TV movie)
  • 2017: Cherry Pop
  • 2017: Girls' Night Out ( Rough Night )
  • 2017: Playing House (TV series, episode 3x8)
  • 2018: A Queen For the People (documentary)
  • 2018: The Trixie & Katya Show (TV series, presenter, five episodes)
  • 2018: RuPaul's Drag Race (guest appearance, episode 10x1)
  • 2019: Stadtgeschichten ( Tales of the City , TV series, six episodes)
  • 2019: A Black Lady Sketch Show (TV Series, Episode 1x2)
  • 2019: Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts (documentary)

Web links

Commons : Bob The Drag Queen  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Most Powerful Drag Queens in America Ranking the new establishment. In: New York . June 10, 2019, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
  2. ^ A b Matthew Terrell: Preview: RuPaul's Bob the Drag Queen comes home for Mother's Day and a Heretic drag show. In: Arts ATL. April 28, 2016, accessed on July 16, 2020 .
  3. ^ A b Bob The Drag Queen And Monét X Change: Some Tea, Some Shade. In: NPR . February 1, 2019, accessed on July 16, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Charlie Mason: RuPaul's Drag Race Season 8 Winner Bob The Drag Queen Praises Kim Chi - and Schools Michelle Visage. In: TV Line. May 17, 2016, accessed on July 16, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Timothy Allen: Bob The Drag Queen Recollects The Time She Was Thrown In Jail In Full Drag. In: Queerty. April 18, 2016, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Emily Manning: drag mothers and daughters: bob the drag queen and miz cracker. In: Vice . May 11, 2017, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Stephen Daw, 'RuPaul's Drag Race': Monet X Change Talks the Key to Lip Syncing, Working With Tyler Oakley & More. In: Billboard . May 2, 2018, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Andy Swift: RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Which Queen Isn't 'Twinning' Season 10? In: TV Line. June 7, 2018, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  9. ^ Andy Swift: Drag Race Recap: A Social Experiment Ends in Disaster for [spoilers]. In: TV Line. May 24, 2018, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Yohana Desta: Monét X Change on RuPaul's Drag Race Tie: Fans “Are Literally Getting Double the Fun”. In: Vanity Fair . February 19, 2019, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Jazmin Duribe: 11 Celebrities who have come out as pansexual. In: PopBuzz . August 8, 2019, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
  12. ↑ a b Kevin Fallon: Bob the Drag Queen, Winner of 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' Has Always Been 'Purse First'. In: The Daily Beast . May 17, 2016, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Leland Bobbé: Half Drag - Kittin Withawhip. In: Leland Bobbé.com. March 27, 2012, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Kareem McJagger: Kittin Withawhip's new drag persona Bob The Drag Queen keeps Barracuda laughing with The Bob Show. In: Next Magazine. August 6, 2013, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Stephen Lee: RuPaul's Drag Race season 8 queens and premiere date revealed. In: Entertainment Weekly . February 1, 2016, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
  16. ^ Brian Moylan: RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: The Empire Strikes Back. In: New York. March 22, 2016, accessed on July 16, 2020 .
  17. ^ Brian Moylan: RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Snatch Me If You Can. In: New York. April 4, 2016, accessed on July 16, 2020 .
  18. ^ Brian Moylan: RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: The Darker the Barry. In: New York. April 18, 2016, accessed on July 16, 2020 .
  19. ^ Brian Moylan: RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Drawing and Blanks. In: New York. April 25, 2016, accessed on July 16, 2020 .
  20. ↑ James Michael Nichols: Bob The Drag Queen Wins 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season Eight. In: Huffpost . May 17, 2016, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Chris Malone: 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Winners Bob the Drag Queen & Alaska Thunderfuck Team Up for 'Yet Another Dig'. In: Billboard. October 27, 2017, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Tatiana Tenreyro: 'Christmas Queens 3' Holiday Album From 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Stars Out Today. In: Billboard. November 17, 2017, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Sibling Rivalry: Episode 1: I Don't Like Hugs. In: SoundCloud . March 9, 2018, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  24. ↑ Sibling Rivalry: Bob The Drag Queen & Monét X Change - Sibling Rivalry Podcast: Pilot Episode. In: YouTube. April 2, 2018, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  25. ↑ Joey Nolfi: Drag Race champ Bob the Drag Queen co-hosting The Trixie & Katya Show as Katya recovers. In: Entertainment Weekly. February 23, 2018, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
  26. ↑ Isaac Oliver: 'Angels in America' Casts Stephen Spinella and Bob the Drag Queen. In: The New York Times . January 4, 2018, accessed February 29, 2020 .
  27. ↑ Jake Manuel Brasil: International Drag Queens highlight the importance of drag in rural communities. In: KMVT. November 25, 2019, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
  28. ↑ Brett White: 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Has a Connection to Netflix's 'Tales of the City'. In: New York Post . June 8, 2019, accessed February 29, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Bob the drag queen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Caldwell, Christopher (real name); Tidicue, Caldwell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American drag queen, singer, actor, LGBT activist
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbus , Georgia