Workhorse Queen

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1h 28m | Documentary

By day, Ed Popil worked as the manager of a telemarketing center in post-industrial Rochester, New York for 18 years. By night, he transformed into drag Queen Mrs. Kasha Davis.

Not your average aspiring pop star drag Queen, Mrs. Kasha Davis is a 1960's era housewife trying to liberate herself from domestic toil through performing at night in secret - an homage to Ed's own mother. After seven years of auditioning to compete on reality television show RuPaul's Drag Race, Ed Popil was finally cast onto the show and thrust into a full time entertainment career at the late age of 44.Workhorse Queen is a documentary film exploring the complexities of mainstream television's impact on queer performance culture.