Trixie Mattel is aware of that something is prettier in pink — nearly.
She had no qualms about drenching the Palm Springs resort that she and her companion, David Silver, redid in 2022 in bubble gum hues, however their non-public residence was one other matter.
In “Trixie Motel: Drag Me Dwelling,” out on June 1 on Max, Mattel — who gained the third season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” — and Silver rework an previous craftsman in Los Angeles right into a pie-in-the-sky fabulosity.
“We actually needed attractive Hollywood Regency, nevertheless it’s not simply my home, so it may possibly’t be all pink and girly,” Mattel (actual title: Brian Firkus) stated in a video name. “Let’s simply say it positively seems like two homosexual males stay right here now.”
“There was one thing very emotional about constructing your own home along with your companion that you simply’re going to spend your life in,” she added earlier than speaking about her obsession with Amanda Lepore, the resonance of “Watchmen” and the bonding energy of “The Workplace.” These are edited excerpts from the dialog.
1
Blondie
Once I was 15 or 16, I had my first job at a rooster restaurant, and I used to drive round in my ’94 Dodge Intrepid, listening to the very best of Blondie with the CD that I bought on the Goal in Sheboygan, Wis. I suppose a female-fronted rock band for me was actually a giant deal. I’m homosexual. And so one thing with a girl within the entrance who’s glamorous however highly effective and the voice is gorgeous — it simply blew my thoughts.
2
Purple Disco Machine
It’s the gayest music. It’s so enjoyable and glitzy and attractive, and it has a lot flourish, and it has a lot model, and he riffs on quite a lot of basic disco parts however type of updates it. His remix of “Reward You” by Fatboy Slim is simply wonderful. He has a brand new single out referred to as “Beat of Your Coronary heart” that I’m in love with. I play him on a regular basis in my DJ units.
3
Amanda Lepore
Oh my God, the place do I start? Amanda Lepore, in her phrases, is probably the most well-known transsexual on the planet. She mainly created artwork with the best way she reworked her physique. She has what most would contemplate excessive cosmetic surgery. And he or she’s completely candy as a church mouse, such a soft-spoken, little compassionate angel. I’m fully enslaved to her magnificence.
4
Dole Dippers
I want some type of ice cream frozen factor earlier than mattress. It’s banana dipped in a skinny shell of deep, deep darkish chocolate, it’s 4 slices, and it’s a 100-calorie pack. And it’s made with 67 % cacao so it’s non-G.M.O. naturally.
5
Eda Birthing
She’s a designer and her vibe is birthing new creations. Each look is like part-alien, part-cartoon, part-clown. She actually performs with the concepts of what’s clothes and what’s costuming and the place is the road. Considered one of my desires is to get a chunk by her.
6
RuPaul
We’re alive on the time of a real visionary who modified the world. You and I are solely speaking right now due to the complete financial system and artwork type that RuPaul rocketed to the moon. She took drag, a subversive artwork type, and used it to show folks to have enjoyable and settle for one another.
7
Darian Darling, Make-up Artist
Darian may discuss pink lipstick for 4 hours. Her information of fashion and trend and sweetness is so cultivated, and I discover her dedication to it so inspiring. She’s so glamorous. She clothes like a Barbie every single day. Generally I can’t consider I do know her.
8
‘Watchmen’
Few items of media have ever had such a big affect on me as “Watchmen.” One thing that basically resonates with me is there’s a line from the guide the place they’re speaking about how there’s few issues extra harmful than a person placing on a masks. As a result of when folks placed on a masks, they’re hiding. They’re attempting to do one thing with out being accountable for it.
9
Grady Hendrix’s ‘The Last Lady Assist Group’
I feel they need to have this guide within the bedside desk at resorts as a substitute of the Bible. It’s a couple of world the place all these slasher motion pictures have been based mostly on actual occasions, and these actual ladies who bought the rights to their experiences to Hollywood get collectively as soon as every week in a church basement in Burbank with their therapist to speak by way of their trauma. The reality is, in case you’re a teenage woman and somebody kills all your pals, you wouldn’t precisely bounce again.
10
‘The Workplace’
Once I was in school, me and my heterosexual roommate had nothing in widespread. However we bonded over “The Workplace” as a result of that present, it’s so humorous. I imply, office comedies are actually household comedies. The daddy-daughter dynamic between Pam and Michael, the love story of Jim and Pam — each time I watch that unfold, I discover one thing new to cry about.
