Is it difficult to click back and forth between those modes? It’s so interesting that you’ve become such a well-known drag performer, because drag queens have to attract so much attention to themselves to succeed… and yet you’ve also become such a prolific photographer, which requires you to pay so much attention to the subject. I was always pretty consistent with my look and everything, just much more unrefined. And it was awesome, even when it was ending.
What was your first gig as Maddelynn, and what sort of queen was she was then?į Word at Splash, right at the tail end of it. I left for a couple years, but visited a lot and then moved back. Have you been living here since you graduated?įor the most part. There were still places that would just looked the other way if you knew the right people.Īw I miss the 90s! You’re from Massachusetts originally, but you went to the School of Visual Arts here in New York.
Were you going out with a fake ID, clubbing and all that? I was for a while, and then I really grew into being a social butterfly! Kind of a crazy party kid from around 15 on. Were you a moody, arty, creative kid growing up? A loner? Do drunk guys every ask you if that’s your real eye color? Good philosophy! You really rock the colored contacts. And I try to always apply life experience to what i do: life is a teacher and I’m its student, sorta thing. I know and watch a lot of dancers, and a few have helped me along the way here and there in certain numbers. I’m not like trained or anything, I just do what I can. How long have you been a dancer, by the way? I also want people to know that a dark sensibility doesn’t have to mean angsty and sad or brooding. I mean, sure… I try to make the music darker with my aesthetic a lot of the time. If it was “up to you” (not that it isn’t, but you know what I mean), would you be using harder/darker music in your act? So, you! You have a very gothic aesthetic as a drag queen, but often the numbers you lip sync and dance to at the bars are very Top 40 pop. Maddelynn Hatter: It went really well! Met a lot of incredible performers from all over the world! Got to shoot a lot of them and at some points it kind of felt like a drag UN sorta thing ! Thotyssey: Hi Maddelynn! Thanks for talking to us, I know you it’s probably been a whirlwind of activity since getting back from the Austin International Drag Festival this past weekend. And tonight (Wednesday) at the Ritz, she’ll be showrunning the troupe of TURNt Wednesdays, Hell’s Kitchen’s newest supergroup of entertainers that includes queens Judy Darling and Holly Box-Spings, as well as dancers Nikco & Pedro Rangel. Rocking gothic glamour in a way few drag queens still can, and amassing a huge portfolio of gorgeous nightlife photography, Maddelynn Hatter is a busy, brilliant bitch.
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