My guest this week is Ben Sander, creator of the character Brini Maxwell, a drag hostess who’s helmed shows about crafting, cooking, and homemaking, for decades. It all started with a little cable access show that he produced with some help from his mother, before becoming a cable TV series, with live shows that continue to this day — with Brini the character continuing to evolve as Ben her creator explores new artistic frontiers.
(Also: if you’re a fan of pop culture history — and I think you are — you’ll probably enjoy Sam’s great blog from a few years back, The Obscurity Factor.)
We’ll have that conversation in a minute. First, a reminder that I’ve got a book coming out next year about queer sitcoms! It’s called Hi Honey, I’m Homo, and pre-orders are open — head over to gaysitcoms.com to get all the details.
Also, big thanks to everyone who supports The Sewers of Paris on Patreon! Patrons get hours of exclusive bonus videos about pop culture history, stickers and stuff in the mail, and names in the credits of YouTube videos.
Becoming Real (Ep 393 - Wyatt/Velveteen Rabbit)
Demons & Ghosts (Ep 392 - Hamish Steele/Dead End: Paranormal Park)
Everything but His Underwear (Ep 391 - Swedish Drag/Markus)
Every Gay Bar Was Owned by Mafia (Ep 390 - Stonewall/Tree)
Quite a Lovely Revolution We Were Having (Ep 389 - David Bowie/Joan Jett Blakk)
Magic Horses & Middle School (Ep 388 - Hugh Ryan/magic horses)
Camp is like Pornography (Ep 387 - Eurovision/Jānis)
Did I Just Get Married? (Ep 386 - Pedro Almodóvar/Alejandro Varela)
Betrayed by Books (Ep 385 - Fantasy novels/Oliver Darkshire)
Learning to be Myself More (Ep 384 - Live drag soap opera/Harold Slazer)
Oracular Garbage Pile (Ep 383 - James Bond/Andrew Wheeler)
A Crew of Proto-Queer Boys (Ep 382 - Spice Girls/Little Miss Hot Mess)
Space Ballerinas (Ep 381 - Sailor Moon/Ryan La Salla)
It's Petty Drama (Ep 380 - The Hills/Xavier D'Leau)
We're All Enjoying the Male Body (Ep 379 - International Male/Buck Jones)
Secrets Kill (Ep 378 - Disaster films/Christopher Rice)
Raised by Hippies (Ep 377 - Room with a View/Michael Bach)
The Moon's About to Fall (Ep 376 - Majora's Mask/Enrique)
Funny and Salacious and Dangerous (Ep 375: Andrew/Soap)
I was Quite Happy to be the Villain (Ep 374: Tork Shaw/Kenneth Williams)
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