Stamford, Conn. isn’t exactly the capital of gay culture.
“We use every bit of the space.”
“We’re limitless.
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We literally wear our capes every single day and now we’re just soaring over the buildings.
We’re really flying now.”
The capes in episode 7, featuring a superhero-themed “Capes and Tights” ball, are literal.
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Keeping with the comic-book theme of the night, any truly good adversary doesn’t remain gone for long.
So, this week, the “heroes” battled against “villains,” a.k.a.
This event, he says, is “ballroom on super-speed.”
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Every hero comes with a super power and an origin story.
When those cheekbones arrive on stage, they usually come accompanied by “10s across the board.”
Then there’s House of Escada’s “secret weapon,” Shyanne.
Balls are their community events performances that initially mimicked martial arts movements and model poses from the pages ofVoguemagazine.
It began with the House parents.
From there, it was up to them to recruit four members each, making eight Houses of five.
“Originally the Houses were all gonna be from the same chapter.
So, we’d have the L.A. Lanvins or the Boston Escadas,” Greenberg explains.
It took about a year to assemble all the Houses ofLegendary.
Nothing’s every really manifested.
They were always like, ‘Is it really happening?'"
It became real when HBO Max green lit the show for 10 episodes in September 2019.
The fifth judges’ spot is reserved for a guest.
In episode 3, that wasPosestar Dominique Jackson.
For “Capes and Tights,” it’s model Winnie Harlow.
“For me, that was epic that they would think of me.
But it, obviously, comes with challenges for a traditional competition show.
Even the audience members start yelling across the room about what ballroom rules should be honored.
A discussion ensued and Wesley made the tie-breaker call: “a chop is a chop.”
It’s as though the show hones its own rules from episode to episode.
“How do you fit [ball] into a 60-minute TV show?”
“This has been our juggernaut that we’ve dealt with for the past couple of weeks.
Not every episode is the same.
It’s a Moneyball, which means there isn’t the added pressure that comes with an elimination episode.
Here, Houses are battling for cash prizes two categories worth $5,000 each and one worth $10,000.
In other words, the party vibe feels much stronger this week.
It’s another reminder of the real communities that started and continue to fuel this space.
“I say this with love,” he continues.
The majority of the time if we did it was inside a box.
It’s as Maldonado says on the show: “Ballroom is here.”
