The Allure of Alyssa Edwards

October 19, 2018• byMichael Strangeways

The allure of Alyssa Edwards….

Well….I gave it a shot.

Briefly.

I’m talkin’ about drag diva ALYSSA EDWARDS and her new show on Netflix, DANCING QUEEN, a ten episode reality series focusing on the RuPaul’s Drag Race star at home in Texas running her dance school in suburban Dallas.

I hated it.

Well, hate is a strong word. It just wasn’t for me. I kinda suspected that Dancing Queen was gonna be a rip-off of “Dance Moms” and that’s exactly what it is except it has a kooky drag queen running things instead of the monstrous Abby Lee Miller dealing with crazy moms and their non particularly talented daughters.

I j’adore Alyssa Edwards but apparently I j’adore Alyssa in 5 minute increments on funny web series shows. An hour of Alyssa (and her boy half Justin Johnson) is a bit….much?

Anyway, here’s Miss Alyssa on a web show for Allure Magazine basically doing one of those hyper popular make-up tutorials. She’s fun here!

‘Cause it’s six minutes long….

Alyssa Edwards, a contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 5, show us her drag transformation tutorial. Catch Justin Johnson (a.k.a. Alyssa Edwards) in his Netflix original docu-series “Dancing Queen” available now. Still haven’t subscribed to Allure on YouTube? ►► http://bit.ly/AllureYouTubeSub ABOUT ALLURE The best daily makeup tips, skin-care advice, hair tutorials, product reviews, and videos from beauty experts.

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.