Sypario is one of those Legendary Queens, when you see , you know she is going to inspire yet make you wet yourself. We caught her act on our Italian trip last year. If I hadn't already done drag, she definitely would have been inspiration for me to start. She sort of reminded me of putting Lady Bunny, Leigh Bowery, and Hope Springs, put into a blender and mixed, Sypario would be the result. Campy, loud, hysterically funny, bawdy, filthy, a slant of club kid factor and the natural talent to sing. Sypario hails for Naples, Italy and her name was the brainchild for a friend of hers who, after seeing a photo of her in drag, exclaimed the word "sipario, which is Italian for "theater curtain." She also chooses the name as a tribute to her theatrical artistic background. Unbeknownst to me, she went and appeared on Drag Race Italia, where she placed fourth. She is not using the show as a crutch, but want gigs on her own merits, and not because she was on the franchise. She is one of those queens I believe is way to big and over the top to be sacrificing her own being and style, or being roped in to be on the show. Much like Charlie Hides. This to me would be like Bunny or Hedda Lettuce completing. Let a judge rope them in for something, and they most likely would tell Ru and judges the go fuck themselves. She is what a call a legendary queen, a queen who is going to be remembered for years all on her own, with her style, personality and antics. And will not be molded. She brings back many good drag memories of my own. She seems to be quite popular in italy.
Fantastic.
ReplyDeleteAnd she's right: an artistic background helps immensely. Knowing your references, pushing boundaries.
LOVED the video!
Fabulous.
XOXO
I think the queens that always stay true to themselves are the ones who succeed the most. You cannot stand out if you're like the next queen.
ReplyDeleteLove her face and all of that hair!
Watching the video, all I could think about was trying to keep all that glitter out of the eyes....
ReplyDeleteHow about Sypario at La Scala or La Fenice?
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