‘We’re Here’ Uses Drag-tastic Stories to Explore Human Rights Issues
21.06.2022 - 19:33
/ variety.com
Carole Horst Would you like your social-justice messages delivered with a huge dose of glamour from three world-class drag queens? Then “We’re Here” is for you!The premise is slyly subversive: Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka and Shangela roll into a small town in a more conservative part of the country, seek out the LGBTQ+ community and allies there to perform in a drag show, drum up publicity for it, then unleash fabulousness into the universe.Along the way, they hear heart-wrenching stories, joyous stories, survivor stories, sad stories and infuriating stories, culminating in an empowering drag performance that can be parts happy, raunchy, poignant, sexy and always eye-popping (because there are still tons of sequins and enormous wigs). And they always come back to the importance of family — whether that’s biological or chosen or both, it’s all about that strength.
“You are the product of some strong-ass people. Celebrate who you are!” exhorts one Black woman in the Selma, Ala., episode, to the queens.
Her words carry weight: She was injured in the 1965 Bloody Sunday March in the city. Just try to hold back the tears listening to these powerful women and their continued fight for civil rights.“We’re Here” earned a nom in unstructured reality in its 2020 freshman year, but was beaten by Netflix’s “Cheer,” another show featuring great storytelling but punctuated with unbelievable feats of athletic prowess. In rural South Dakota, the queens meet identical twins —one is gay, one is a straight firefighter.
The straight twin shows his love and solidarity for his brother through the performance, and possibly opens some minds as well. In Hawai’i, not only do they meet gender-queer people, but they also learn about the oppression
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