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Jun 10
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RuPaul: You Better Work (Encore) | 281

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RuPaul is born feeling like an outsider. Rejection by his father and peers makes him doubt whether he’ll ever fit in. But instead of conforming, he doubles down and becomes a gender-bending punk musician.

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