One, two, three, bang.
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>> You might be wondering how I ended up here.
Let's rewind a bit.
(Noise) I've been an avid watcher
of the Emmy award-winning show RuPaul's Drag Race for years now.
I love everything about it.
But one of the best parts of the show is when queens have to lip sync for
their life.
And there's one signature move that many queens whip out that
always raises the stakes.
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It's the death drop, always wanted to learn how to do the death drop.
So I headed to RuPaul's Drag Con to see if some of my favorite
Queens could show me how it's done.
And it's safe to say that things got off to a pretty rough start.
>> Technique.
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>> How you doing Miss This is Angela from and
I am going to show her how to do a death drop.
One, two, three!
That is a death drop for me.
>> Okay, it was a very rough start.
>> Yes, fall to the floor.
Yes, yes, uh-huh, yeah.
Now keep the, yes, that's a death drop, honey.
>> Fall, fall down.
No.
We're going to put this down.
And this goes backwards.
Yeah, that's, yeah.
>> That was helpful.
But when I saw Todrick Hall, I thought, hey, a famous choreographer.
He could surely help me.
>> Count of three.
One, two, three, bang.
Yeah and I think, yeah.
I need more sass, quicker death, bent leg, straight leg, the one in the air.
One, two, three, bang.
That was actually really good.
That looked like it hurt.
But, (Laugh) it looked like it hurt.
>> I think I cracked a rib.
(Laugh) >> Kick her good.
Yeah. There you go.
>> Three.
Ow.
>> Am I beautiful now?
Let's get sick.
Ow.
>> That's actually not bad.
But if you're wearing the wig and the pad, you're not afraid of the pain.
So if you were in drag I think you'd be fine.
I will just say death drop instead of doing it.
So I'll just be like, yeah, it's death drop.
Like that's enough for me.
>> One, two, three.
Yes. (Laugh)
>> The goal for
a death drop is to land with one leg out,
one leg turned back like this, and then on the ground like that.
That's how a death drop should feel.
No one should be like (Sound) you've had a cover girl.
You better work, one of those moments, and give them one of these moments and
just stand up.
Do it, no, no, so you slide into it.
And swing the leg around.
You're already (Bleep) up.
On the feet.
You have turned this into a Martha Stewart Jazzercise class.
>> Okay, so here we go.
This is what I got.
I'm trying to get better Okay, ready?
>> Jesus. Wait that was bad.
>> You gotta ask Laganja, you know the perfect person to ask is Laganja.
>> Jiggly was right.
I needed to talk to the most famous death dropper
from Drag Race if I was going to perfect my move.
>> Come on, season six, let's get sickening.
>> But when I ask her to teach me, I got denied pretty quick.
>> You thought I was going to give you free death drop lessons?
Baby, I ain't got bruises on my knees for nothing, yes girl.
>> Luckily for me, YouTube exists.
(Sound) Now that I knew the different elements of
my body at play, I came back for day two with a new sense of confidence.
I decided that it was time for me to put my death drop to the test in
front of the reigning queen of Rupaul's Drag Race,
Sasha Velour, winner of season 9 and a sensational performer.
I was nervous, but I went for it.
>> You look right at the camera, still looking like completely undisturbed.
>> Okay.
>> Perfect. 3, 2, Yeah!
>> Okay, my death drop is still nowhere near I'd like it to be.
But I did learn a lot from my death drop journey.
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I learned that you should stretch a lot.
But I also learned what all drag queens already knew,
which is that beauty is pain.
At least I don't have to death drop while needing to tuck like they do,
and for that, I am even more grateful.
>> I'm proud of you.
>> Thank you, I'm proud of me too.
(Laugh) >> I could have broken you.
I could have broken you.
(Sound) I don't know how to do it safely, but I did it for years.
So I can show you how to, in about give or
take seven years, definitely need knee surgery.
>> Okay, yeah, show me.