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Israel: Drag queens in quarantine snag TV show
What began as an at-home variety show created under quarantine, has now been picked up by a TV network
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As Israeli citizens cope with the pressures of home confinement, two drag queens are determined to lift the spirits of a nation in lockdown.
What began as an at-home variety show created under quarantine has now been picked up by a major Israeli TV network.
Israeli drag queens Tal Kallai, who goes by the stage name Talula Bonet, and Yuval Edelman who is known as Ziona Patriot, have been Facebook broadcasting a variety show from their living room.
The show, titled "Quarantined," was recently picked up by TV network Channel 24, the Associated Press reported.
https://www.facebook.com/zionapatriot/videos/2918797634877831/
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"We said OK, let’s try to make lemonade from this lemon, and to add some vodka, and to do something with it," said Kallai.
The duo performs songs paired with dance and tell jokes, "We make you laugh, and we make you dance, and we make you move," Edelman said, according to AP.