With the tour becoming more successful each year, I imagine it’s a challenge to try to top the previous year’s show.īen: Yes and no. I’m like, “Wait, let's focus on the task at hand.” I think we’ve gotten so accustomed to starting to think about Christmas in July that mostly I’m thrown off when other people are bringing up other holidays. Jinkx: We are used to it but it never stops being a little funny when we’re going through a Halloween Horror maze at Universal Studios and I’m thinking about, “How can I make a sexy song about Krampus?” Which, actually, the two are not mutually exclusive.ĭeLa: Now, if anything, it seems like Halloween is starting to creep into our writing process. I know you’ve done this several times before, but it must feel odd to have spent the most of the fall being fully immersed in Christmas vibes. Now that the tour is officially underway, we spoke with Jinkx and DeLa about this year’s show and the power of drag at volatile times. “The only difference being our show will actually be about Christmas and the holidays ,whereas the movie White Christmas is barely about Christmas.” “Imagine the sisters from White Christmas check into the lodge and then it becomes Poltergeist,” Jinkx added, laughing. So we are now trapped in the tradition that we have created in sort of a Faustian, Looney Tunes-influenced Poltergeist- White Christmas mash-up.” “But we find that the show itself does not allow us to escape. The premise of this year’s show is that “Jinkx and DeLa decided to take the year off, exhausted from their investment in Christmas after many, many years,” DeLa told The Daily Beast’s Obsessed in a Zoom interview alongside Jinkx. As a piece of theater, it’s cathartic and distracting when that’s sorely needed, but without ever dismissing the reality of a LGBT community under attack in a world filled with hate. Amidst their cheeky showtunes and lewd jokes, Jinkx and DeLa addressed the crowd with an earnest, poignant speech about the invigorating, activating bravery of a crowd simply showing up and existing together at yet another time when certain vocal conservative contingents want the community to be silent and disappear. Last year’s Holiday Show took place as the act of drag itself became a political lightning rod. There is something unexpectedly profound about the proceedings, which both implicitly and explicitly embrace the power of the queer community and their allies turning a theater into a safe space to celebrate unabashedly-with their chosen family at a time of year that can be fraught for so many people. You have to be the latter, after all, to pull off something as unbelievably silly as this show. They’ve perfected the balance of playing the daffy, ditzy clowns, always ready to pull faces and toss off dick jokes, but also the smartest people in the room. Based on my experience at the show in years past, that means that Jinkx and DeLa are about to incite an international laugh riot. This year, they’ll hit 30 cities across the U.S., the U.K., and Canada. The duo star in The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show, a musical comedy tour that they launched in 2018 and have produced a retooled and updated version of each year since. But for some holiday lovers (again: me), they are quickly becoming one of the most favorite seasonal traditions. Drag queens BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon, two of the biggest stars to come out of RuPaul’s Drag Race, may be the newest additions to the monument. Claus might think of Mimi being crowned the Queen of Christmas. The first two should be no surprise-though I’ve always wondered what Mrs. To a certain branch of pop culture enthusiasts (as in: me), these are the faces on the Mount Rushmore of Christmas content. Claus, Mariah Carey, BenDeLaCreme, and Jinkx Monsoon. Want more? They just launched a weekly drag trivia with the Couleé Sisters so can test your smarts while enjoying some drag.Mrs. This brand-new spot in Lincoln Park is already taking the neighborhood by storm when it comes to nightlife, club music, and agave. Tequila has it all! Their weekly drag bingo is always fun with some pretty big prizes (including concert tickets) and they've got a ton of pop-p parties like Very That featuring drag hosts and performances. Restaurant by day, party central by night – D.S. Join Derry Queen for shows, stunts, and shenanigans – you'll be sure to laugh out loud. The Annoyance is home to some of the best comedy and improv in Chicago, but their weekly Drag Race watch parties and drag show is major too. Catch everything from competitions to pageants at this friendly club. Club Krave is one of the hottest LGBTQ venues on the South Side of Chicago, offering some of the best drink specials, music, and drag from performers established outside the Northalsted strip.
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