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Paris Is Burning Page #5
- R
- Year:
- 1990
- 71 min
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taking two knives
Pop, dip, spin, vogue.
Dip...
(Willi) Voguing came from shade
because it was a dance
that two people did
because they didn't like each other.
Instead of fighting,
you would dance it out on the dance floor,
and whoever did
the better moves
was throwing the best shade,
basically.
(man) No touching!
Neither one of you!
If you touch, I'm chopping you.
(Willi) You can take
the pantomime form of the vogue.
is I make my hand into a form,
like a compact or a makeup kit,
and I'm, like,
beating my face with blush,
shadows or whatever,
to the music.
Then usually, I'll turn
the compact around to face that person,
meaning like almost, like, my hand
is a mirror for them to get a look.
Then I'll start doing
their face,
because what they have
needs a dramatic
makeup job.
So voguing is like a safe form
of throwing shade.
(man) Paris... Dupree, work.
Paris... Dupree, work. Ooh!
All right, Miss Bishop.
Go knock off, Miss Paris.
Come on, baby, take your time.
Bring it to the judges.
Judges, give it to the form
and the style.
Work. Let's hear it
for her, goddammit!
(Willi) The name is taken
from the magazine "Vogue,"
because some of
the movements of the dance
are also the same
as the poses inside the magazine.
The name is a statement
in itself.
I mean, you really wouldn't go to
a ball to do the "Mademoiselle."
No way!
(indistinct chatter)
Show them how to do that!
Ouch!
Like breakdancing,
the hieroglyphics
of ancient Egypt.
It also takes from
some forms of gymnastics.
They both strive
for perfect lines in the body,
awkward positions.
But it goes one step further.
It's starting to make
a name for itself,
but I want it to be
known worldwide
and I want to be on top of it
when it hits.
I want to take voguing,
not to just Paris is Burning,
but I want to take it
to the real Paris
and make the real Paris burn.
That's what I want to do.
And not just there,
but to other countries as well.
My house name is Ninja,
and I would really like to take
my whole house and go to Japan
and really let loose and do it
and have them accept it there.
I want to be a big star...
uh, known, generally,
every corner of the world.
You know, maybe as
a choreographer,
a famous dancer,
a singer... or all of them.
What the balls has
to do with that,
as far as the dance field,
a little better.
To learn new things,
new ideas
and bring 'em
to the real world.
It's been really unbelievable,
my life.
If I was to die today
or tomorrow,
I could not say I have
not had an exciting life.
I have had a fabulous...
And I'm not rich, mind you.
Just imagine
if I had the dollars!
Ooh, it would be too much
for the world.
If I had the riches
and I had the fame, trust me,
all of you-all in here
would be rich for points.
'Cause I'm very generous,
you know.
I can't... I wouldn't enjoy
having a whole lot of money,
like being a millionaire
and hoarding it, you know?
I'd share it with
all my loved ones, you know.
I'd want them to have it, too.
We'd all have to go.
I'd want to charter a plane
and we'd all fly to Paris.
O-p-u-l-e-n-c-e.
Opulence!
You own everything!
Everything is yours!
( "Marcia Trionfale" from
"Aida" by Giuseppe Verdi)
This is white America.
Any other nationality
that is not of the white set
knows this and accepts this
till the day they die.
That is everybody's dream
to live and look as well
as a white person
is pictured
as being in America.
Every media you have -
from TV to magazines
to movies to films.
I mean, the biggest thing
that minority watches is what?
"Dynasty" and the Colbys.
Or "All My Children."
The soap operas.
Everybody have
a million-dollar bracket.
When they showing you
a commercial from Honey Graham
to Crest or Lestoil
or Pine-Sol,
everybody's in their own home.
The little kids
for Fisher-Price Toys -
they're not
in no concrete playground.
They're riding around the lawn.
The pool is in the back.
This is white America.
And when it come to the
minorities, especially black,
we as a people,
for the past 400 years,
is the greatest example
of behavior modification
in the history of civilization.
We have had everything
taken away from us,
and yet we have all
learned how to survive.
That is why,
in the ballroom circuit,
it is so obvious
that if you have captured
the great white way of living -
or looking...
you is a marvel.
on TV or film or anything,
I'd do that
instead of the money.
Of course, I do want the money
because I want the luxury that goes with it.
But... I want to be wealthy.
If not wealthy - content,
comfortable, you know?
I want to be somebody.
I mean, I am somebody.
I just want to be
a rich somebody.
(man) We're gonna tell you,
you see her in a supermarket,
and you're gonna say,
"That's a fag."
(Octavia) Women don't go
out of their way because they are women.
I went out of my way
because I wasn't
and I felt that I wanted
to be the best I could be.
The Virginia Slims girl is here.
This was not a game
for me, or fun.
This is something
that I want to live.
She's here, in person.
Hopefully, God willing,
by 1988,
I fully hope to become
a full-fledged woman of the United States.
You look at all these models
on the wall.
Every one of them are gorgeous.
Every one of them are beautiful.
But every one of them
have their own look.
This is my idol, Paulina.
Someday, I hope to be
up there with her.
If that could be me,
the happiest person in the world.
Just knowing that I am...
that I can compare to Paulina,
to stand next to her
and to take pictures with her.
And I look at her here and I'd say
she's seductive and she's alluring.
I look at her there
and I say she's sexy and provocative.
I look at her here
and I think that she's childish
and little-girl type,
you know.
And I look at her here
and it's the same.
And I look at her here
and I think of wicked beauty, you know?
That's how I see her.
I admire her.
You know, the red-hot fire
of hair and... the whole bit.
If you're not really trying
hard enough, then I become hard.
Do not believe just because
I'm a guy, that I cannot do it.
In order to be a teacher to show girls
how to do it, I have to know how to do it.
I've taught for various shows,
like for F.I.T. I've taught models.
Girls that are from various
agencies that come to me by word of mouth.
New York City women
are a little bit harder than most women.
Basically, I'm trying to bring
their femininity back
and bring some grace and poise.
You know, whether they
become models or not, it's nice to know,
because it's more attractive
to men.
The walk that she's doing
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