WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.103 - You know who would be so killer as a guest judge? 2 00:00:02.103 --> 00:00:02.936 - Who? 3 00:00:02.936 --> 00:00:03.952 - Michelle Obama. 4 00:00:03.952 --> 00:00:05.696 (others express agreement) 5 00:00:05.696 --> 00:00:07.500 - Why has that not happened? 6 00:00:07.500 --> 00:00:09.940 - I definitely would say Harvey Fierstein. 7 00:00:09.940 --> 00:00:11.432 - And I want Dolly Parton! 8 00:00:11.432 --> 00:00:12.770 (others express agreement) 9 00:00:12.770 --> 00:00:15.670 She is my queen, she is a drag queen, it's so good. 10 00:00:15.670 --> 00:00:18.630 - We are the queens from, RuPaul's Drag race season 12 11 00:00:18.630 --> 00:00:21.960 - [In Unison] And this is Jezebel Quickies! 12 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:23.330 - The audition process is probably 13 00:00:23.330 --> 00:00:26.300 the most pain-staking, exhausting thing 14 00:00:26.300 --> 00:00:28.791 besides actually preparing for the show itself. 15 00:00:28.791 --> 00:00:31.258 And apparently it was a lot less than it was in the past. 16 00:00:31.258 --> 00:00:32.230 - Yeah, it was. - Yes. 17 00:00:32.230 --> 00:00:34.230 - I feel bad for people who's auditioned multiple times 18 00:00:34.230 --> 00:00:35.330 cause that's a long process. 19 00:00:35.330 --> 00:00:39.280 - Girl, I auditioned once in college just for fun, 20 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:40.876 and I was like 18 and knew I wasn't going to get on, 21 00:00:40.876 --> 00:00:44.417 and that process was, it included way more, 22 00:00:44.417 --> 00:00:47.230 but this, I think the hardest process of like the video 23 00:00:47.230 --> 00:00:50.730 was definitely the waiting afterwards. 24 00:00:50.730 --> 00:00:51.563 - Oh my god. 25 00:00:51.563 --> 00:00:54.950 - My entire audition was filmed in my bedroom, 26 00:00:54.950 --> 00:00:56.067 lip syncs and all. 27 00:00:56.067 --> 00:00:57.057 - [Multiple Speakers] Really? 28 00:00:57.057 --> 00:00:57.890 - Yes. 29 00:00:57.890 --> 00:00:59.710 - I had all of New York City holdin' my goddamn phone 30 00:00:59.710 --> 00:01:01.370 tryna film my ass. (laughter) 31 00:01:01.370 --> 00:01:05.490 - My strategy was just to really hone in on my strengths, 32 00:01:05.490 --> 00:01:07.940 which is get in character and get in face. 33 00:01:07.940 --> 00:01:08.960 I think that goes for anybody. 34 00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:09.820 If you really just hone in 35 00:01:09.820 --> 00:01:11.787 and show who you are as a drag queen, 36 00:01:11.787 --> 00:01:13.300 that's the most important thing. 37 00:01:13.300 --> 00:01:15.760 - Well, I already had most of like the stuff 38 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:17.300 that I wanted to put in it, cause I record 39 00:01:17.300 --> 00:01:18.520 almost all my performances. 40 00:01:18.520 --> 00:01:20.130 - So how long did it take to do your video? 41 00:01:20.130 --> 00:01:22.562 - It took me about, ooh, Honey. 42 00:01:22.562 --> 00:01:24.490 'bout a week and a half. 43 00:01:24.490 --> 00:01:25.367 - Really?! 44 00:01:25.367 --> 00:01:26.737 - Oh Lord, girl. - About a week and a half. 45 00:01:26.737 --> 00:01:27.570 - Are you shitting me? 46 00:01:27.570 --> 00:01:28.970 - When that shit got announced, I was like, "Oh Lord Jesus." 47 00:01:28.970 --> 00:01:30.520 - I put like two months. 48 00:01:30.520 --> 00:01:32.610 - I recorded my audition tape in three days. 49 00:01:32.610 --> 00:01:34.300 When I auditioned, I just went there 50 00:01:34.300 --> 00:01:36.660 without really having any plan 51 00:01:36.660 --> 00:01:38.400 because I knew how hard it was, 52 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:41.440 and I just showed myself and see where it went. 53 00:01:41.440 --> 00:01:43.630 - I had auditioned for the last season, 54 00:01:43.630 --> 00:01:45.460 so I had been through the process, 55 00:01:45.460 --> 00:01:47.147 I knew all the stuff that I needed, 56 00:01:47.147 --> 00:01:50.230 and I just took clips from all the stuff that happened 57 00:01:50.230 --> 00:01:52.600 throughout the whole year and just put it in. 58 00:01:52.600 --> 00:01:55.880 And then like, in my boy interview, every question, 59 00:01:55.880 --> 00:01:56.920 I changed my outfit, 60 00:01:56.920 --> 00:01:59.610 cause I wanted to show that I like love clothes. 61 00:01:59.610 --> 00:02:01.081 - I think the most important thing about this 62 00:02:01.081 --> 00:02:04.130 is the boy interview that they have in it. 63 00:02:04.130 --> 00:02:06.530 In making sure that you are your authentic self. 64 00:02:06.530 --> 00:02:08.673 Cause I feel like people get lost in the drag 65 00:02:08.673 --> 00:02:10.087 and the (tongue click) and doing all those things, 66 00:02:10.087 --> 00:02:12.510 or they forget to be like a real human being, 67 00:02:12.510 --> 00:02:15.060 and that's what this show, I feel like, is looking for. 68 00:02:15.060 --> 00:02:17.970 For real people that just happen to do drag really well. 69 00:02:17.970 --> 00:02:20.210 - I think I learned a lot about my drag 70 00:02:20.210 --> 00:02:22.730 auditioning the first time, just because like 71 00:02:22.730 --> 00:02:25.360 when you're putting yourself into a 20-minute video, 72 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:27.747 you can like edit it and look back and be like, 73 00:02:27.747 --> 00:02:29.337 "Oh, well, next year, I really wanna improve 74 00:02:29.337 --> 00:02:32.100 "on these things, and I want to change my drag in this way." 75 00:02:32.100 --> 00:02:34.230 From my first tape to this second tape, 76 00:02:34.230 --> 00:02:36.550 I'm a totally different drag queen. 77 00:02:36.550 --> 00:02:38.163 - As a drag queen, you never stop growing. 78 00:02:38.163 --> 00:02:39.590 - Oh, true. (general agreement) 79 00:02:39.590 --> 00:02:41.084 - It's just a continual process of growing, 80 00:02:41.084 --> 00:02:44.410 so naturally like if you audition multiple times every year, 81 00:02:44.410 --> 00:02:45.243 you're going to look back and be like, 82 00:02:45.243 --> 00:02:47.080 "That was not the tea," 83 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:51.370 i.e., like, you know how much you've grown in that year. 84 00:02:51.370 --> 00:02:54.120 - And also drag itself evolve every year. 85 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:55.640 So not only you're evolving yourself, 86 00:02:55.640 --> 00:02:57.130 but you're also catching up on trends. 87 00:02:57.130 --> 00:02:58.650 - If it's not growing, it's dead. 88 00:02:58.650 --> 00:03:00.870 - Ooh, girl. True tea. 89 00:03:00.870 --> 00:03:04.030 - I think if I could see any president in drag, 90 00:03:04.030 --> 00:03:05.920 it would be Abraham Lincoln. 91 00:03:05.920 --> 00:03:07.420 - I think it would be Bill Clinton. 92 00:03:07.420 --> 00:03:09.570 I'm going to turn him from Bill to Hillary.