is something the performer found particularly meaningful: the film never treats its drag queens as the joke. I know that Adam Shankman has said that with direction, the joke isn’t that these characters are drag queens. It felt like we were real actors, and Adam treated us like we weren’t campy, clowny drag queens on set. Yes, we were drag queens playing these roles, but a lot of the time when people write for drag queens, it’s like, “Ooh, girl.” I’m going to 100% of myself to whatever I’m doing, because I love what I do.