РуПол Андре Чарльз — американский актёр, телеведущий, дрэг-квин и автор-исполнитель. Начиная с 2009 года, он является продюсером и ведущим шоу «Королевские гонки РуПола», за которое выиграл рекордные четыре премии «Эмми».
РуПол родился и вырос в Сан-Диего, а позже переехал в Атланту, чтобы начать изучать искусство. Он обосновался в Нью-Йорке, где стал популярной фигурой на сцене ночных клубов. Мировую известность РуПолу в образе дрэг-квин принёс выпуск его дебютного сингла «Supermodel », вошедшего в дебютный альбом Supermodel of the World . В 1996 году он стал лицом косметической марки «MAC Cosmetics», начав сбор денег для «Mac AIDS Fund» и став первой дрэг-квин, запустившей крупную косметическую кампанию.
В отличие от многих дрэг-квин, РуПол также использует и свой мужской облик.
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“If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?”
Источник: Abiola Abrams The Sacred Bombshell Handbook of Self-Love: The 11 Secrets of Feminine Power http://books.google.co.in/books?id=ILK0AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT30, El Dorado Publishing, 25 June 2014, p. 30
Quoted by Doug Rule in RuPaul: Ultimate Queen http://www.metroweekly.com/2016/04/ultimate-queen-rupaul/ (2016)
“I will not be ignored. I am here to stay.”
Quoted in Queer Quotes: On Coming Out and Culture, Love and Lust, Politics and Pride, and Much More, Teresa Theophano, ed. (2004)
“You're born naked. The rest is drag.”
Quoted in Queer Quotes: On Coming Out and Culture, Love and Lust, Politics and Pride, and Much More, Teresa Theophano, ed. (2004)
Misattributed
Quoted in Let's Talk about Sex: More Than 600 Quotes on the World's Oldest Obsession, Felicia Zopol, ed. (2002)
“With hair, heels, and attitude, honey, I am through the roof.”
Quoted by David Alderson, Linda R. Anderson in: Territories of Desire in Queer Culture: Refiguring Contemporary Boundaries http://books.google.co.in/books?id=UxUtJJKycRoC&pg=PA172, Manchester University Press, 2000, p. 172
“I don’t have to explain myself. My frequency is very common and is open to anybody to tune in”
Quoted by Joslyn Pine in: "Book of African-American Quotations"
Quoted by Ryan Castillo in: Syllabus: Communication & Popular Culture http://www.academia.edu/5379627/Syllabus_Communication_and_Popular_Culture, University of Denver
Interview with David Shankbone (2007)
Quoted by Owen Myers in The subversive genius of RuPaul http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/24914/1/the-subversive-genius-of-rupaul (2015)
“Look at me--a big old black man under all of this makeup, and if I can look beautiful, so can you.”
Quoted by Joslyn Pine in: Book of African-American Quotations http://books.google.co.in/books?id=NfdBrOgz4swC&pg=PA160, Courier Dover Publications, 2 March 2012, p. 160
“All sins are forgiven once you start making a lot of money.”
Quoted by Joslyn Pine in: Money and Wealth: A Book of Quotations http://books.google.co.in/books?id=YXPCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA209, Courier Dover Publications, 2 September 2013, p. 209
Quoted by Doug Rule in RuPaul: Ultimate Queen http://www.metroweekly.com/2016/04/ultimate-queen-rupaul/ (2016)
Источник: Veronica Well You Better Werk! 10 Life Lessons From RuPaul In (Mostly) Gif Form http://madamenoire.com/288751/you-better-werk-10-life-lessons-from-rupaul-in-mostly-gif-form/7/, MadameNoire, 30 July 2013
Источник: Workin' It!: RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Uaa558nGDmgC&pg=PA6, HarperCollins, 2 February 2010, p. 6
Quoted by Owen Myers in The subversive genius of RuPaul http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/24914/1/the-subversive-genius-of-rupaul (2015)
Quoted by Doug Rule in RuPaul: Ultimate Queen http://www.metroweekly.com/2016/04/ultimate-queen-rupaul/ (2016)
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