WP: Profile of Randy Rainbow

[The Blue Flower]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/05/28/feature/randy-rainbows-witty-world/?utm_term=.b6b4b67dc283

Randy Rainbow stands before the full-length mirror in the living room of his compact Queens walk-up, oozing mischievous charm. He tugs on a black sequined jacket, checks his satin tie and adjusts the angle of his bowler hat. Maneuvering around a huge backdrop set up in the room, he’s trying on a variety of costumes for a photo shoot for this article. He glances into an open suitcase of props that he keeps in the next room, his home office. Permanently hoisted there is a green screen, along with a camera on a tripod and four MacBook Air laptops. A few hours after the photographer and I leave, Rainbow will step before the camera and belt out some just-written lyrics describing the despicable, dastardly or just plain dumb behavior of today’s prominent political figures.

But first, with a practiced swipe, he applies his Rouge Dior lipstick, a gift from “Little House on the Prairie” star Melissa Gilbert, a fan who messaged him on Twitter and showed up at his birthday party in July with a bag of cosmetics from Sephora. “This girl knows me,” Rainbow observes.

He patiently strikes multiple funny poses and doesn’t object when I pick up his Persian cat, Mushi, who protests with a meow. We are clearly invading their space, but Rainbow just turns on a sweet megawatt smile like the show business pro he is. “Let’s try the devil horns,” he suggests enthusiastically, digging into his prop suitcase. “It’s Sa-tan!” he warbles in his stage-worthy tenor as he affixes the red horns to his head.

In a topsy-turvy era, is it surprising that a political commentator should dress in sequins, feather boas and pink cat-eye glasses? Because that’s Randy Rainbow (yes, it’s his given name). In real life, the 37-year-old leads a solitary existence in an orderly apartment adorned with oversize photographs of Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand. But millions share his splashy, over-the-top digital life: Since 2016, Rainbow, a Broadway hopeful who fled from cattle-call auditions, has found his own spotlight through the Internet, emerging as a YouTube sensation who dispenses musical-comedy salve for a divided nation.

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[rurallib]

1. His videos are fun

and really skewer the target

[SunSeeker]

2. He is very talented. Glad he is on OUR side! nt

[burrowowl]

3. K&R for Randy Rainbow!

[House of Roberts]

4. He's outstanding. So is Lauren Meyer.

We get all the political parodies from both on The Nicole Sandler Show, Tuesday thru Friday, live, at 3pm EDT, on her website, and at 10pm, recorded, on Progressive Voices.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. This was excellent - thanks for posting!

[Hekate]

6. Thanks for this: I adore Randy Rainbow. Anyone who can get me all the words to Stable Genius...

...will have my gratitude, because then I'll be able to sing it in the car (tho not nearly as well as RR!)

[smirkymonkey]

7. I love Randy! Broadway's loss is our gain!

Go Randy!