“When they’re undetectable and they can walk out of that ballroom into the sunlight and onto the subway and get home, and still have all their clothes and no blood running off their bodies—those are the femme realness queens…”
Nowadays, “realness” is a commodified catchphrase used by non-ballroom people who’ve seen a season or two of RuPaul’s Drag Race to categorize a look or situation like “Eleganza Realness”. But to Ballroom, it is a way of life on and off the floor.
Director: Sailey Williams | DoP: Curts D’Amour
Starring Ash B. ( @ashb4sure) London (@londolly) Tutu (@thereakbenzina)
Tysaun (@tysaunw) Thomas (@tommy.playboy)
Chris (@cocolite__) Rucka ( @worldfamous321) Malibu ( @nick_blu_prodigy )
Assistants Matt (@mattys_thename) Derae ( @deraeldeal ) Daria (@itsmedaria) Mike ( @mikemilan215)
