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Lauren Morelli Mandy Goodhandy•Unit2oldsoulrebel Mandy Goodhandy • Unit 2 • Old Soul Rebel esented by PinkPlayMags www.thebuzzmag.ca Pr Lauren Morelli From Orange Is The New Black to Tales Of The City For daily and weekly event listings visit RuPaul’s Drag Race: Season 11 Tour Asia O’Hara and Plastique Tiara JUNE 2019 / JULY 2019 2 June 2019 / July 2019 theBUZZmag.ca Keep moving your way From coast to coast, we encourage diversity—it’s part of what makes each of us unique and proud to be Canadian. The VIA Rail logo is a trademark owned by VIA Rail Canada Inc. TMTrademark owned by VIA Rail Canada Inc. theBUZZmag.ca June 2019 / July 2019 3 Issue #031 The Editor Publisher + Creative Director Greetings and Salutations! Antoine Elhashem Welcome to our big summer Pride issue! We’re proud to Editor-in-Chief feature writer/director, Lauren Morelli, on our cover. Not Bryen Dunn only was she the brains behind one of the first Netflix Art Director series to create a real BUZZ, Orange Is The New Black, Mychol Scully but now she’s taking on the leadership role for the new General Manager Tales Of The City mini-series recently premiered on Netflix Kim Dobie this month just in time for Pride season. The show features Sales Representatives one of the most diverse cast ever assembled on screen, Carolyn Burtch, Michael Wile including trans actress Jen Richards and trans-nonbinary Events Editor actor Garcia, RuPaul’s Drag Race legends, Bob The Drag Sherry Sylvain Queen and Katya, Canadian icons Paul Gross and Ellen Counsel Page, and even a cameo appearance from Molly Ringwald. Jerry Herszkopf Law As well, the entire writing team is composed of queer- identifying individuals! Feature Writers Bryen Dunn, Joey Viola Our second feature is equally as exciting, as our writer Columnists Joey Viola caught up with both Asia O’Hara and Plastique Betty Bangles, Cat Grant, Boyd Kodak, Paul Bellini, Tiara, who will be here in Toronto performing in July as part Raymond Helkio of RuPaul’s Drag Race: Season 11 Tour. Find out about Cover Photo: Lauren Morelli by Ryan Pfluger their show experiences, memorable moments, thoughts on Published by returning as All Stars, and what fans might expect here on INspired Media Inc. the tour stop. Operating: INspired Creative, Publishers of As well, our guest Wigged Out columnist is Betty Bangles, The Pink Pages Directory, PinkPlayMags, theBUZZ, and The Local who hails all the way from South Africa, where she gives Biz Magazine. Producers of On the Couch us the scoop on what’s going on in the drag scene locally. www.theBUZZmag.ca Our regular columnists have compiled an outstanding list www.PinkPlayMags.com of queer individuals, stories, and venues for your reading www.thepinkpagesdirectory.com pleasure. Cat Grant speaks with musical duo, Old Soul www.onthecouch.ca Rebel, about their upcoming new album and their recent Mailing address appearance on CTV’s, The Launch. Boyd Kodak chats 205-1691 Pickering Parkway with the one and only Mandy Goodhandy, who not only Pickering, ON L1V 5L9 released a memoir and CD this year, but has now turned 416.926.9588 these into a full on musical. Paul Bellini looks back at the experience of performing at Pride Toronto back in the 80s IN THIS ISSUE with his punk band, Mouth Congress, and Raymond Helkio spotlights the cool queer community space known as, Unit 2, in Toronto’s west end. 06 Lauren Morelli – Bryen Dunn As always, be sure to check out our back side of 10 Asia O’Hara and Plastique Tiara BUZZpicks, where you’ll find an eclectic mix of events – Joey Viola from Toronto and beyond, all compiled by our Events 14 Wigged Out: South Africa Calling Editor, Sherry Sylvain. Finally, – Betty Bangles you wouldn’t be reading this if 16 She Beat: Old Soul Rebel – Cat Grant it wasn’t for the design work of 18 Bumble-ini: Mouth Congress Mychol Scully. – Paul Bellini 20 A Kodak Moment: Mandy Goodhandy Thanks for picking us up. Enjoy – Boyd Kodak the read! 22 Beyond the Village: Unit 2 Bryen Dunn – Raymond Helkio Editor-in-Chief 24 BUZZPicks – Sherry Sylvain 4 June 2019 / July 2019 theBUZZmag.ca START HERE Helpful Legal Tools & Resources The Law Society of Ontario has a range of resources and tools to help you. To find a lawyer or paralegal in your area check our Lawyer and Paralegal Directory. To consult with a lawyer or paralegal on your legal options for up to 30 minutes, free-of-charge, connect with our Law Society Referral Service. And to find helpful information on a range of topics, from divorce and child custody to small claims court matters, see our Public Resources. Find all this and more on our website. LSO.ca theBUZZmag.ca June 2019 / July 2019 5 Tales of the City, Today Going Behind the Scenes with Lauren Morelli By Bryen Dunn Based on author Armistead Maupin’s Further Tales of the City, which aired in 1998 and 2001 respectively. The novels themselves were based around best-selling novel, Tales of the City, a recurring newspaper column that Maupin penned for the San Francisco Chronicle back in 1976, that reflected a television adaptation was created upon his personal experiences from within a new which was considered quite ground- generation of “out” gays who were becoming more visible breaking when it originally aired on at that time. Fast forward a quarter century later, and things have PBS back in 1993. become even steamier in the new Netflix production of However, the station decided not to continue broadcasting Tales of the City out this month, which Maupin helped the subsequent series, after receiving some negative Executive Produce. “I couldn’t be more excited about feedback about the show depicting LGBT characters this brand-new incarnation of Tales,” said Maupin in a so prominently on screen. Showtime stepped up and released statement. “It’s set in present-day San Francisco adapted his next two novels, More Tales of the City, and, with all the joys and complications that might suggest for 6 June 2019 / July 2019 theBUZZmag.ca Photo: Matthew Murphy Photo: the residents of 28 Barbary Lane. Mrs. Madrigal’s tenants, showrun it. So it went from consulting on one voice, to it both old and new, will be entangled in delicious new becoming my entire life for the last couple of years.” adventures and ever-expanding possibilities for love.” While this current series isn’t based on a previously The 10-part series begins with Mary Ann Singleton written novel, Morelli knew she still had to honour (Laura Linney) returning to San Francisco, after a two everything Tales has always been, while realizing the decades absence, where she’s reunited with landlady reason to do an updated version was to make sure it Anna Madrigal (Olympia Dukakis), and her ex-husband, reflects the world we all live in today. “We were lucky Brian Hawkins (Paul Gross). These three characters to be gifted the rich, amazing characters, and inherit all from the original series will be joined by a cast of new their history from the novels. Armistead was involved and additions, who are more representative of today’s diverse incredibly supportive throughout. If he wasn’t happy, then world of sexuality, culture, gender. Trans actress Jen we failed,” she states. “We weren’t there to to reinvent Richards plays young Anna in a wonderful flashback it, but to help it move again. He was very involved and so episode that provides some untold background about generous with trusting me.” Anna’s past, and trans-nonbinary actor Garcia plays Jake Rodriguez, Anna’s caregiver. As well, RuPaul’s Drag The show definitely accomplishes that goal, while at the Race Season 8 winner, Bob the Drag Queen (Caldwell same time recognizing how we were able to get to where Tidicue), has a regular role as Ida Best, the bar owner we are at today. “I’m excited about the inter-generational of a feminist burlesque club. Also, watch for Season 7 composition, as it’s something we come up against all RuPaul contestant, Katya (Brian Joseph McCook), the time. We need to honour and respect those who in a couple bar scenes, and keep your eyes open for came before us. For me personally, a perfect example is Molly Ringwald, who mysteriously appears in a couple with myself and Armistead. I get to tell these stories on episodes. a global scale, because Armistead started telling them before I was literally born. It’s important to acknowledge Original series producer Alan Poul returns as Producing the past,” she states. Director/Executive Producer, alongside Showrunner/ Executive Producer, and writer Lauren Morelli, who was The show is exceptionally queer, both on-screen and off, the former Co-Executive Producer and writer for Orange with all writers coming from diverse queer backgrounds. Is the New Black. theBUZZ had an opportunity to chat “Part of the reason why I wanted an entire queer writer’s with Morelli to find out more about how she got involved room was to have the opportunity to make sure the room with the production, and what it was like working with this represented a range of individuals, so that we could pull awesome crew both on screen and behind the scenes. from real life lived experiences, and put that on screen. It provided for such a rich, authentic story telling opportunity “I got a random call from a producer I had worked with for the cast as well. In the end we were able to tell previously.
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