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Na DragCon 2017, RuPaul chamou Desmond is Amazing de “o futuro da América”. Desmond nasceu em junho de 2007, apropriadamente durante a Semana do Orgulho de Nova York, no Hospital St Vincent's, em Manhattan. Ele afirma na biografia de seu site que “saiu do armário quando nasceu” e, desde então, com a ajuda de sua mãe, Wendy Napoles, começou a construir um império. Desmond é um artista, drag kid, premiado defensor LGBTQ, modelo, designer de moda, ex-aluno do Dazed 100 e fundador de sua própria drag house. O diretor Breno Moreira se inspirou tanto nesse pioneiro de 11 anos que fez um novo curta sobre, intitulado simplesmente Desmond is Amazing. Filmado em filme 16mm, as cenas pessoais e oníricas do filme retratam um dia na vida de Desmond e o vínculo estreito que ele tem com sua mãe solidária. Wendy atribui a obsessão de Desmond ao seu próprio amor por RuPaul e ao subsequente fascínio de seu filho por Drag Race. Quando Desmond tinha seis anos, ele começou a perder completamente o interesse pelas roupas masculinas. Como ele diz inflexivelmente no filme, “Eu não queria camisetas do Sonic”; ele queria usar vestidos, saias e camisas rosa.
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At the 2017 DragCon, RuPaul called Desmond is Amazing “the future of America”. Desmond was born in June 2007, appropriately during NYC Pride Week, at St Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan. He claims on his website bio that “he came out of the closet when he was born” and has, since then, with the help of his mom Wendy Napoles started to build an empire. Desmond is a performer, drag kid, awarded LGBTQ advocate, model, fashion designer, Dazed 100 alum, and the founder of his own drag house. Director Breno Moreira was so inspired by this trail-blazing 11-year-old that he’s made a new short film about him, simply titled Desmond is Amazing. Shot on 16mm film, the film’s personal and dream-like scenes depict a day in the life of Desmond, and the close bond he has with his supportive mother. Wendy traces Desmond’s obsession back to her own love of RuPaul, and her son’s subsequent fascination with Drag Race. When Desmond was six years old, he began to lose interest completely in boys’ clothing. As he says adamantly in the film, “I didn’t want no Sonic t-shirts”; he wanted to wear dresses, skirts and pink shirts.
