BETTY ST. CLAIR

Betty St. Clair is a performer — she’s giving drag queen, favorite grandchild, total Virgo. When the arrival of an unexpected audience member sends her spiraling, Betty turns to her drag sisters for support. Theirs is a story about hiding, fighting, deflecting, bitching, and stepping up for the ones you love.

We all perform — whether it’s onstage, in front of a camera, for parents, for children, for coworkers. Whether it’s to impress, to fit someone’s idea of who you are, to protect feelings, to deflect conflict. Betty affirms that you can let the walls down, that you don’t have to perform a character for the ones who really love you… buttttt you can still put on a damn good show for them if you wanna.

Getting to play another performer — let alone one as heightened and tenacious and gorgeous as Betty — is a very special treat. Thank you Syra, Kyle, Roísín for entrusting me with Betty. Thank you Kay, Vanah, Chesi, and the legendary Rice Rockettes for being the thunderously beating heart of this film. Thank you Shelix, Lindsay, Maggie for the sickening, award-winning looks, the heels, the eyebrows, the hips, the wigs, for making this girl feel and look like a billion bucks (inflation-adjusted). Thank you to our Asian elders for laying the foundations, for embodying steadfast love, and for absolutely stealing every single scene you’re in.