Review | Suddenly Drag

Suddenly Drag explores in a fun way, without becoming cartoonish or didactic, the Drag and LGBTQI+ universe.

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Premiere today (4) the feature Suddenly Drag in Rafaela Gonçalves, distributed by Elo Company, through They seal. The feature, which is one of Rafaela's first works, who in addition to being the screenwriter, is also the producer and director, is a class about who we are.

About Suddenly Drag

Tired of being the joke at the station where he works, reporter Julião Siqueira decides it's time for a change. He meets drag queen Lohanny, involved in a human trafficking case. Julião sees in Lohanny's case the opportunity for his change of position, but he will need to enter the drag universe and learn great lessons.

Trailer for Suddenly Drag

Suddenly Drag is worth it?

The movie market is going through a big change. Currently talking about LGBTQI+, black people, and having strong women with more than half a dozen lines in a work, is a more than welcome reality. AND Suddenly Drag put it all together with the Drags.

Suddenly Drag is a film with an interesting critical sense, as it is not didactic, but fun, without falling into clichés where people become caricatured for being who they are, as commented in the interview (at the end of the article) with Rafaela Gonçalves.

Within what the film promises, it does very well. It's impossible not to have fun and laugh with Julião and see all the change he goes through to become a Drag. The best are the doubts that the character has about bi people and if to be Drag it is necessary to “be gay”.

By the way, the actor Rua do Vale that makes Julião, one of the most unlucky journalists, is very well and comfortable living a Drag. His moments are really good and he really steals the show alongside the other Drags. The story is pretty solid, with another continuity problem, but nothing that hinders the development of the film.

One of the points that Suddenly Drag really deserves more than a highlight, again, is being able to create a fun story, without being slapstick and much less belittling people, something very common in most works that put the LGBTQI+ community.

Suddenly Drag it is a film that is worth it, for being cheerful, with a cast that is aware of their actions, for bringing up issues that most national works are still afraid to discuss seriously and also for honoring old films with the theme, such as the hotter the better (1959) with Marilyn Monroe and To Wong Foo, Thank you for everything! Julie Newmar (1995) with Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes.

Interview with Rafaela Gonçalves from De Repente Drag

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