The sixth season of The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula simply ended and as soon as once more Dracmorda and Swanthua Boulet have delivered a sickening season of horror, filth and glamor that includes among the finest drag monsters the world has to supply. This season, Black trans drag artist Asia Consent was topped America’s Subsequent Drag Tremendous Monster after delivering take care of disgusting look that mixed the glamor of a pageant queen with the filthy sensibility of John Waters. Her dedication to that aesthetic gained her the crown and it seems fairly good perched atop that bloody, monstrous head.
In honor of her current win, we spoke with Asia Consent over Zoom about beginning drag at 16, telling essential tales by artwork, and poop. There’s lots of speak about poop. Plus we dig in to 2 of her true loves: Artwork the Clown and video video games.
Dread Central: So that you had been simply telling me you had been together with your group final evening in Portland seeing this win. What does this imply so that you can be topped America’s Subsequent Drag Tremendous Monster on The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula?
Asia Consent: Oh my goodness. Truthfully, it simply implies that the entire years, all of the laborious work that I put in was precisely the way it ought to have been. I’ve been attempting to get on The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula for 3 seasons now, and the third time is a allure. And in addition, I need to say to anybody on the market, simply by no means surrender in your dream. It’s important to find time for it, and if you need it unhealthy sufficient, you can also make it occur for your self. So yeah, actually, simply by no means surrender, put within the time, put within the laborious work as a result of it’ll be value it.
DC: Nicely, you mentioned within the episode that you just began drag at 16, proper?
AC: I did, sure, I did. So in Portland there’s an underage membership. It’s known as The Escape. It’s not there anymore, however on the time, that’s once I began going out in drag. Yeah, it was very attention-grabbing. I by no means thought I’d’ve been in a position to try this with so many exhibits and the whole lot being 21+. However I used to be very lucky that Portland had a scene for that. And in addition, I went to school early. So I began going to school at 16 and I used to be part of the Homosexual Straight Alliance that that they had there. And we did quarterly drag exhibits. So I additionally acquired to do drag there. Yeah, it was simply very particular being part of that in my very own group.
DC: Wait, that’s superb. Wait, thanks, Portland, for having these areas.
AC: Sure, I do know! Portland is sickening
DC: It’s so cool that you just had been in a position to be in that setting at such a younger age and have that acceptance.
AC: Oh sure. And I began watching RuPaul’s Drag Race and the whole lot once I was 12. So I’ve all the time been a mega drag fan. Then I instantly was like, “Oh, that is what I need to do.” I’ll say I used to be a really introverted, shy youngster, so I used to be like, “I don’t know the way I’m going to get on stage, however I’m going to ultimately make it occur for me.” Right here I’m all of the years later and I nonetheless can’t think about that is my job and that is my life. It’s nonetheless so surreal.
DC: It’s so cool. And also you get to be a monster! Your seems are disgusting., and I imply that with a lot love. Watching the finale seems, the filth one had me actually gagging as a result of it was so gross, however so unbelievable. So I wished to listen to about crafting that look.
AC: Oh, sure, with the filth. Yeah, that one initially I used to be like, there’s so many routes you might go along with filth. And I confirmed it all through the season as, however I wished to be barely camp and simply have or not it’s very conventional filth, simply have or not it’s very literal. And naturally, what’s extra nasty than a chunk of poop? Everybody hates poop. So I used to be like, “Lemme go forward and do that.”
I used lots of spray foam and paint and the whole lot for that. My favourite was utilizing actual corn for it too. It was very, I do know, gross. I’ll say it hasn’t held up properly. It’s in my storage unit, with the bugs and the corn, however I’ll nonetheless put on it although.
DC: You continue to have it??
AC: I nonetheless have the whole lot from the present! I need to cherish the whole lot that I’ve from the present. So ultimately we’ll see about downsizing, however proper now I nonetheless have all of it. Even me being within the backside, I nonetheless have that complete outfit, too.
DC: How may you eliminate all of those items of artwork??
AC: The factor is to all of our costumes and the whole lot, we spend a lot time engaged on all of them. After I make a fancy dress, it’s my child. I can’t eliminate that. I’ve even considered doing commissions for different drag artists, however I’m like, “No, I can’t.” As soon as I make a fancy dress, that is my child. I can’t simply eliminate it. I don’t care what the worth is.
DC: You’re actually pouring blood, sweat, and tears into it. How may you eliminate it? It’s like beginning, particularly that nasty Mommy Dearest look you had. I simply watched that film this yr and attending to see that look, it’s simply attractive.
AC: Thanks. That one was actually particular to me too, as a result of I really like my mother, so that is essentially the most demented tribute to my mother for certain. She’s my primary supporter. Even once I was 16, that’s once I began transitioning. I got here out at 14, however I began taking hormones and altering my identify and the whole lot once I was 16. And that was after we had been on the brokest a part of our life. She was working three jobs, may barely afford to even hit lease, and she or he was nonetheless managed to have the ability to get me garments for my transition and assist me get hormones, modified my identify and all that.
She’s the perfect mother I may have ever imagined for my life. She not solely supported my transness, but additionally me being just a bit weirdo. She’s all the time been my primary supporter. Love her.
DC: OK, so I work at Dread Central. Dread Central is owned by the individuals who initially put out Terrifier. So I’ve to ask you about Artwork The Clown, due to your first look. Why Artwork the Clown? What about him has been such an affect on you?
AC: It’s humorous. I didn’t really see the primary Terrifier film till the second was already out. And my buddy was like, “Lady, you must see this, see this? That is the whole lot.” So I began with the primary one and I simply was blown away by the efficiency that David Howard Thornton did. He’s simply so phenomenal. Artwork the Clown is so nasty, but additionally so campy as properly. And that’s what I actually loved about his character. He’ll rip you to shreds, throw poop on you, however then additionally might be guffawing the entire time. I simply beloved how he’s so into it and simply so foolish nonetheless on high of all of it. That’s what actually attracted me to his character.
DC: Hell yeah. Have you ever seen the third one but?
AC: I did. I actually loved the third one. It felt just like the particular results that they had on that one had been actually the perfect out of the whole franchise for me. It was so good. It’s so gross. I went to the preview. I used to be watching it in my Artwork The Clown merch. So hopefully I’ll get known as for a cameo for the fourth film, however we’ll see.
DC: Oh my God. Please, let’s get Asia Consent within the subsequent Terrifier film please and thanks.
AC: Sure, Damien Leone, hit me up!
DC: Sure, please. We’re manifesting it. To return to your finale seems, your horror look was unbelievable and so completely different by way of what the opposite opponents created. You created such a cathartic story together with your look. Did it really feel cathartic for you in having the ability to create one thing like that and present it to the world on stage?
AC: After I made that, I used to be very nervous to carry out that one as a result of it’s such a significant factor to not solely me, but additionally so many different folks on the market. I didn’t need it to be like I used to be mocking it or something. That is one thing that I’ve actually skilled, and it may be actually actually horrific. And I’ve had a historical past with self-harm myself, and in addition suicidal ideations, melancholy and the whole lot with that.
So I actually wished to indicate, particularly now the place I’m at in my life, that I’m actually proud of my life, and that you would be able to come from the trenches and actually rise above all of it. You simply have to seek out love within the folks round you. It’s important to discover love in your self, and also you simply have to essentially simply take pleasure in and be proud of what you’re doing in your life to have the ability to get previous that time. So I’m glad that I used to be in a position to share that on the stage with not solely the drag manufacturing, but additionally the whole world. It was a little bit nerve wracking going into it, however I’m glad that it was properly obtained.
DC: Oh, I can think about. I’ve handled comparable issues in my life, so when rising up, I didn’t get to see lots of these things talked about. So having the ability to see that you just taking that and placing it into artwork, it’s so particular. Particularly as a result of I do know lots of youthful folks watch these exhibits, and it’s superb to have the ability to use artwork to inform a narrative like that and possibly give phrases to individuals who won’t know precisely learn how to share how they’re feeling. It’s simply extremely impactful.
AC: Oh, thanks. I do know lots of youthful folks watch The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula. That’s actually why I wished to showcase one thing like that was. After I was going by it, I used to be youthful as properly, and also you assume the entire world’s going to finish. It might appear large within the second, but it surely could be minuscule within the grand scheme of issues. So in case you are going by it proper now or have been going by it, simply know that it’s not the tip of the world. No matter you’re going by, you’ll be able to push by it, and there are going to be higher occasions which can be going to return by your life. So simply keep sturdy and actually lean in your group for something that you could be want.
DC: Particularly now we’re in a time the place group is extra essential than ever, so discover that group and persist with them and shield them.
AC: Precisely! I used to be simply saying, with all of the political occasions and the whole lot proper now, I really feel very privileged to be part of The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula franchise as a result of drag typically is already on the perimeter of society, however then additionally various drag is the perimeter of that. And what a greater time to not solely present that we’re not going wherever it doesn’t matter what’s happening with the political local weather, however that additionally we’re not afraid to even have a Black trans artist fronting this as properly. So I really feel very lucky and privileged to be in my place proper now.
DC: And fuck yeah for The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula displaying up for everybody. You gained this season, NioHuru X, a Chinese language trans artist gained final season. It’s simply superb what The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula is doing to showcase all completely different sorts of different drag. It’s neat.
AC: Oh yeah. The complete winner circle, too, is so numerous. Even the primary winner was Latin trans artist [Vander Von Odd]. We even have a drag king [Landon Cider] as a winner, and it’s phenomenal. I really feel very lucky be part of not solely the The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula franchise, however The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula winner circle. It feels so insane. That is so cool. Like the place am I proper now? [Laughs]
DC: I really like your identify, Asia Consent, which is clearly a play in phrases. However how did you land on that identify? Was it your identify from the start whenever you began drag, or has it shifted?
AC: Yeah, so really I’ve had a pair drag names they usually’ve all been a little bit controversial, I’ll say. However my first drag identify was Aborsha Clinique. I actually beloved that identify, but it surely was laborious to get booked with that. So I used to be like, “OK, possibly I ought to change this. After which Hermaphro-dite [a play on Aphrodite] was one other identify that I had simply because being a trans girl, I’ve been known as hermaphrodite rather a lot. However I didn’t need to be disrespectful to anybody who was intersex that really have had that phrase used to focus on them. So I didn’t really feel like that was actually the perfect for me.
Ultimately Asia Consent, that was the third and final drag identify for me. I used to be really watching Drag Race season 10, I consider, and Asia O’Hara was on it. I used to be simply watching the present with my buddies and I used to be like, “Oh my God, Asia appears like age of,” after which we simply had been spitballing a little bit bit. Then I lastly landed on Asia Consent.
Lots of people really feel just like the identify is controversial, and that’s part of it. I need folks to speak about it. But in addition I’ve had my struggles with being trans and courting. I’ve had cases the place it’s like, “This possibly wasn’t the perfect scenario.” That’s a part of the rationale why I wished to stay with Asia Consent as a result of I really feel prefer it’s essential to speak about how consent is horny and consent is obligatory. I’m glad that my identify does stand for one thing like that.
DC: I do know it’s so new and it’s so thrilling, however what does your future appear like?
AC: Proper now I’m doing lots of, I’d say, technically touring. I’ve been going all over the place throughout the USA. I’m tremendous excited to satisfy all of the followers. I’ve met so many unbelievable followers already, and I simply can’t wait to satisfy much more. There’s so many little weirdos on the market, and I can’t wait to hug ’em all and be nasty for all of them. I additionally actually need to additionally stream enjoying video video games as I speak about on the present. I really like Lifeless by Daylight. That’s positively one sport I might be enjoying. However I additionally like different video games like Fortnite and farming video games and stuff. So I’ll positively stream by myself channel.
DC: Are you a Stardew Valley particular person?
AC: Sure, I’ve performed Stardew Valley. I like it, it’s so, so good. I’ve the mods and stuff. I’m a nerd with that.
DC: I don’t need to even share what number of hours I’ve performed of that sport, however I simply began a brand new one due to the vacations. It’s the whole lot to me.
AC: I do know. I feel actually, in whole, I feel I may need 500 on it proper now. [Laughs]
DC: Okay, cool. So we’re in an identical boat. I additionally love when horror persons are like, “Sure, I really like the entire scary stuff. And in addition I’ll play the Coziest cutest sport of all time as a result of I comprise multitudes.”
AC: I really feel like lots of people assume The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula and that we’re spooky and the whole lot. However we’re nonetheless folks on the finish of the day. We’re like some other drag artist, we simply have a little bit extra nastiness to us.
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula is streaming now on Shudder. Keep tuned for extra details about their upcoming tour with Asia Consent!
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