![]() I WAS THINKING THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S REALLY BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED. GATES: UH-HUH.ĬHARLES: UH, CREATE A PERSONA, AND THEN GO TO HOLLYWOOD AND BECOME A STAR. HIS PARENTS DIVORCED, BITTERLY, WHEN HE WAS ONLY SEVEN, AND HE CHANGED HOMES, STATES, AND SCHOOLS, NEVER THRIVING IN ANY OF THEM.īUT THROUGH IT ALL, RUPAUL HAD HIS MIND SET ON A VERY SINGULAR GOAL.ĬHARLES: I WANTED TO BE DAVID BOWIE BECAUSE, UH, AND IF I TALK ABOUT HIM LONG ENOUGH, I, TEARS COME UP BECAUSE HE MEANS SO MUCH TO ME AND TO SO MANY PEOPLE IN MY GENERATION OF, OF FREEDOM.ĬHARLES: OF JUST BREAKING DOWN ALL OF THE, THE WALLS AND BARRIERS IN, IN OUR HEADS.ĪND SO, IN MY MIND, I WOULD GO TO NEW YORK, BECOME FRIENDS WITH ANDY WARHOL. (LAUGHTER) GATES: RUPAUL MAKES EVERYTHING SOUND EASY, BUT HIS CHILDHOOD WAS ACTUALLY QUITE TRAUMATIC. I, YOU KNOW, UH, NEVER, WAS NEVER BULLIED.ĬHARLES: UH, THEY WOULD SAY NAMES, BUT THAT DIDN'T BOTHER ME. I, I DIDN'T LET, UH, THE BORDERS OR SOCIAL CONCEPTS STOP ME FROM DOING WHATEVER I WANTED TO DO.ĬHARLES: LITTLE KID, LITTLE KID ON, NEVER LET THAT STOP ME.ĪND TRUTHFULLY, PEOPLE WERE NEVER MEAN TO ME. THE MULTI-MEDIA SUPERSTAR HAS ALMOST SINGLE-HANDEDLY TRANSFORMED THE WAY THE WORLD PERCEIVES DRAG QUEENS, AND DRAG CULTURE, BRINGING THEM INTO THE MAINSTREAM WITHOUT COMPROMISING EVEN AN IOTA.īUT TO HEAR RUPAUL TELL IT, IT'S JUST WHAT HE WAS BORN TO DO.ĬHARLES: MY SISTERS WILL TELL YOU THAT I WAS ALWAYS, IN THE FRONT YARD WEARING WHATEVER, THEIR DRESSES, ANYWAY. (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ ♪ GATES: RUPAUL IS A TRUE PIONEER. IN THIS EPISODE, THEY'LL DISCOVER HOW THEIR ANCESTORS MET THOSE CHALLENGES, HEARING STORIES OF SACRIFICE, COURAGE, AND SURVIVAL, ALL HIDDEN IN THE BRANCHES OF THEIR FAMILY TREES. GATES: MY GUESTS ARE CELEBRATED AROUND THE GLOBE FOR THEIR DARING CREATIVITY, BUT THEY SHARE SOMETHING ELSE AS WELL: EACH DESCENDS FROM WOMEN AND MEN WHO FACED DAUNTING CHALLENGES. RODRIGUEZ: I'VE GOT TO START RETHINKING MY WARDROBE NOW. VON FURSTENBERG: IT'S GETTING VERY EMOTIONAL. GATES: A RECORD OF ALL OF OUR DISCOVERIES. GENEALOGISTS COMBED THROUGH THE PAPER TRAIL THEIR ANCESTORS LEFT BEHIND, WHILE DNA EXPERTS UTILIZED THE LATEST ADVANCES IN GENETIC ANALYSIS TO REVEAL SECRETS HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD.ĪND WE'VE COMPILED EVERYTHING INTO A BOOK OF LIFE. GATES: TO UNCOVER THEIR ROOTS, WE'VE USED EVERY TOOL AVAILABLE. RODRIGUEZ: WELL, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INCREDIBLY CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE, MY ANCESTRY IS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SUCH A MYSTERY FOR SO LONG.ĬHARLES: I'M REARRANGING ALL OF THE STORIES I'VE EVER BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE FAMILY.ĮVERYTHING'S SORT OF RECALCULATING, RECALIBRATING. VON FURSTENBERG: MY MOTHER, SHE USED TO SAY THAT SHE HAD FOUND ME IN THE GARBAGE AND IT TOOK HER TWO DAYS TO CLEAN ME. IN THIS EPISODE, WE'RE STEPPING INTO THE WORLD OF FASHION TO MEET THREE ICONS OF STYLE: DIANE VON FURSTENBERG, NARCISO RODRIGUEZ, AND RUPAUL CHARLES.ĮACH HAS CHANGED THE WAY WE SEE OURSELVES, ALL THE WHILE KNOWING VERY LITTLE ABOUT THE ANCESTORS WHO SHAPED THEIR OWN IDENTITIES. ![]() GATES: I'M HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., WELCOME TO "FINDING YOUR ROOTS".
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