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Cover of VHS/DVD

posted 10 years ago by rubyredjewel
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Showtime has been airing this film this month. We all recognize Dorian Corey, Octavia St Laurent, Freddie Pendavis and Willie Ninja in the cover picture. The female in the hat some sites have identified as Paris and some sites say it's Angie Xtravaganza. Looking at the person's square chin in the video link below, I say it's Paris.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZlznE8V1yg

But I've never known who the other two pictured are. Anyone know?

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[–] mojo2004 10 years ago

I also caught the film twice this month. In answer to your question I've seen various pictures on Google Images of the cover photo shoot ,which also showed other people who were photographed but didn't make the cover. Like David Xtravangaza in the middle in jacket & tie (the guy who walked wearing the man's or was it woman's fur coat) (lol) But one of the guys on the cover -in the black & silver stripped gown- looks like Junior Lebeija in drag to me. He was the fierce emcee in many of the film's Ball shots.

photo
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Smo4569smf8/UHDlvjY-u0I/AAAAAAAAAV0/ebuTSeVs 6jc/s1600/paris-watermark_dark.jpg

https://www.google.com/search?q=fierce&source=lnms&tbm=isch&am p;am p;sa=X&ei=J6uyU8aEOYqtyATezoK4Bw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1097& amp; amp;bih=521#q=paris+is+burning+photo+shoot&tbm=isch

*if the links fails just google Paris is Burning photo shoot

Junior Lebeija
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brau7r28Rx8

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[–] rubyredjewel 10 years ago

Hey 'mojo2004' that picture your referring to with David X? is in the link I posted this morning about the soundtrack.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/04/23/151218475/the-music-and- meaning-of-paris-is-burning

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[–] mojo2004 9 years ago

'ruby', I just saw this post. I read an old article this week that said David Ian X passed in 1996. I've read articles and the Xtravaganzas' had a 'David X', a 'David Ian X' and a 'David "The Father' X'. Looking at various pictures on the internet it looks like the one who walked in the fur coat was David 'The Father' Xtravaganza. Now that I think about it in the credits both all 3 names are listed. Also in the film a flyer for one of their balls has a drawing of Angie & David and that looks like him.

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