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The Comment Section with Drew Afualo

OUT-CRAZY THE CRAZY Ft. Sasha Colby

15 May 2024

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Chapter 1: What experiences shaped Sasha Colby's journey in drag?

0.031 - 5.519 Sasha Colby

Shout out to every Tinder guy who ever had a fish in their profile that has liked me.

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5.559 - 8.444 Drew Afualo

Don't. Stop.

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8.624 - 12.089 Sasha Colby

Please. Left. Why the fish?

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12.25 - 16.616 Drew Afualo

I don't know. Probably because they like killing things. They like killing things.

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16.857 - 17.678 Sasha Colby

They like colonizing.

17.938 - 36.958 Drew Afualo

It's what I do. Hey everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the comment section show starring me, your favorite, who cares about me. On to the guests. Today we have my AAPI sister, the iconic, the legendary, Sasha Colby. Woo!

Chapter 2: How does Sasha Colby view representation in mainstream entertainment?

36.978 - 63.892 Drew Afualo

Woo! welcome aloha kako aloha nice to see you girl how's it it's good yeah it's going great over here i'm honored to have you you've been highly requested thank you i love that my yelps are working yeah all your requests all your burner accounts they're working i got the message sasha okay fine I've been chasing Sasha for a while, y'all. But she is a busy queen.

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64.353 - 69.442 Drew Afualo

She's been running the world for the past year. So I've been chasing you for over a year. And now look at us.

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69.803 - 71.446 Sasha Colby

Yes, finally. During May.

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71.726 - 72.347 Drew Afualo

AAPI.

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What perfect timing.

73.87 - 77.136 Drew Afualo

I'm telling you. Everything happens. The universe is always working in my favor.

77.116 - 78.237 Sasha Colby

Our?

Chapter 3: What are the challenges faced by Pacific Islanders in the entertainment industry?

80.119 - 80.319 Drew Afualo

Our favor.

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80.339 - 81.3 Sasha Colby

I'm honored to have you. All of ours.

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81.32 - 94.291 Drew Afualo

A collective honor. I'm so happy to have you. It's an honor. I am truly fascinated and I admire your journey so much, especially as a PI woman. Thank you. I love it. I admire you. I think you're amazing.

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94.311 - 95.953 Sasha Colby

Thank you so much. Goddess sees goddess.

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96.433 - 97.815 Drew Afualo

Period. Real recognize real.

Chapter 4: How does Sasha Colby define success in her career?

97.835 - 107.123 Drew Afualo

I would love to know a little bit more about your lore. I'm very familiar, but your background as far as how you got into drag, what made you want to get into drag, all of that.

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107.103 - 131.442 Sasha Colby

The lore of Sasha Colby. I mean, born already kind of knowing that I was trans at like five. Yeah. You know, when they start separating you at school by gender. Yeah. It's like, why can't I go with my friends? My girls. Oh, he's born. Yeah, I knew at an early age, but I didn't have a way of expressing it or, like, know what that was. Yeah, totally.

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131.462 - 139.129 Sasha Colby

Although there were so many examples, especially in Polynesian culture. Absolutely. There's so many examples of trans people just, you know.

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Chapter 5: What insights does Sasha Colby share about navigating social media?

139.149 - 159.714 Sasha Colby

Wahoo people. Everyone has a trans auntie or uncle, you know. Absolutely. Fafafine is very common. Unwittingly, I, you know, was exposed to what Hawaii had to offer, but didn't really, like, come into it until... I think when I started dance. I was like sophomore in high school.

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159.814 - 160.956 Drew Afualo

What kind of dance did you love?

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161.036 - 173.855 Sasha Colby

I did ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, modern, tap. So all of it. All of it. Everyone bought hula. Yeah, they wouldn't let me because I wanted to do hula with the girls. Oh, yeah.

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173.875 - 175.197 Olivia Maher

That's a good point.

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Chapter 6: What are the cultural nuances of beauty standards in Polynesian communities?

175.177 - 178.103 Sasha Colby

Very binary. Yeah.

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178.124 - 178.444 Olivia Maher

Right.

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178.464 - 200.609 Sasha Colby

Ironically. Ironically. In dance it is. Yeah. I think it was around that time I started just performing like as a dancer and learning dance and like meeting my gay friends who are still my friends to this day. They're all Hawaiians from Oahu, and we all grew up in, well, we all grew up all over Oahu, but our dance studio is based in Kaneohe.

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200.869 - 201.45 Drew Afualo

Love.

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201.47 - 204.074 Sasha Colby

Called 24-7 Dance Force Studio. Shout out.

204.535 - 205.256 Drew Afualo

When we're tied.

205.316 - 206.758 Sasha Colby

When we're tied.

Chapter 7: How does Sasha Colby address the topic of hate and bigotry online?

206.959 - 207.62 Sasha Colby

When we're tied.

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207.64 - 213.148 Drew Afualo

I went to the University of Hawaii, girl. Period. I'm a rainbow warrior till I die. Period.

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213.128 - 241.026 Sasha Colby

oh my gosh i love that go bows go bows period we i mean it was 20 it's called 24 7 so i literally it was 24 7 yeah and twerking yeah and i was like uh you know there were the kids that their parents could afford it and then there were us kids whose parents couldn't so we were on scholarship which meant we had to like do the front desk and help people sign in and then after each class we had to clean oh

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241.411 - 245.356 Olivia Maher

I don't want to talk about child labor laws here. I was going to say. I was going to say.

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245.597 - 268.228 Sasha Colby

But it was all for free classes. But we were also required to take everything. So I think that really molded me because it made me be a well-rounded dancer. So I just kind of always loved performing. And then right around their high school graduation is when I started to see drag shows. That was...

Chapter 8: What advice does Sasha Colby give to aspiring Pacific Islander entertainers?

268.208 - 289.322 Drew Afualo

and sign me up yeah you were like you were sold you don't have to sing i know can you sing i can't lip sync for a reason i can't sing for shit either well i'm like the only someone in the world that didn't get hit with that jean i'm i'm just saying i'm pissed i mean i'm upset about it yeah can you olelo

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290.129 - 294.854 Sasha Colby

I mean, I'm not going to disrespect my ancestors right now.

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294.874 - 315.095 Drew Afualo

I know that shit's hard. Arguably harder than singing. When I was going to the University of Hawaii, like it's a requirement that you take a Hawaiian studies course when you go. And so my kumu was like, first of all, came to school barefoot every day, period. Love that. And then second, he could olelo so he would do it all the time for us, which I'm fascinating.

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315.235 - 316.738 Sasha Colby

Yeah. And it's powerful.

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317.981 - 333.417 Drew Afualo

So when you got into drag, other than the fantasy of it all, the pageantry, or the attention, which we all love attention, right? I mean, you have to to do this. You have to love attention to some extent. What drew you to drag? What made you want to really commit to it?

333.397 - 368.359 Sasha Colby

I think drag, just because its origin is based on a fringe art form that was created for people who are not allowed in everyday spaces and weren't allowed to be. And so we made this safe space for us to create and be and express. And it got so... Popular now, you know, it's such a cultural phenomenon, this little queer thing that is now for everyone to enjoy.

368.419 - 376.971 Sasha Colby

That's the thing that really excites me is the fact that you could be anything you wanted to be, even if the world said you couldn't.

376.951 - 398.08 Drew Afualo

Yeah, absolutely. And obviously you're on Drag Race. Obviously everybody knows that. And I'm curious, how was your experience on Drag Race? Did you have fun? Because most of my friends who have been on there, they're like, oh girl, you couldn't pay me to go on there again. Well, I had a good time. Spoiler alert. I had fun. You had a great time. I'm not traumatized at all. You're right.

398.1 - 405.79 Drew Afualo

The ones I talked to did lose. I'm kidding. I love you. You guys know I love you.

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