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Death is a Total Racket with Trixie Mattel

I've Had It

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How to Be a Successful Drag Queen

"I've been doing drag 15 years. I started in Milwaukee and, you know, I had local shows around like Chicago Madison kind of running around doing Trixie," she said. "It all kind of just clicked for me when I kind of unlocked the concept of like this kind of doll character." She's seen a change in attitudes toward drag queens since her early-'90s heyday: "Back in the day, nobody gave a shit about drag queens and everybody straight men included loved it"

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