RuPaul
SKIP TO CONTENT SKIP TO SITE INDEX In Drag, It Turns Out, There Are Second Acts RuPaul on the set of “Drag Race,” now in Season 6. Credit... Mathu Andersen By Michael Schulman Feb. 21, 2014 LOS ANGELES — RuPaul Charles zoomed down Sunset Boulevard in a 1979 red Volvo he inherited from his mother. He wore a pinstripe suit and an open-collar shirt revealing a wedge of shaved chest. “Hollywood is an idea,” he said, as the Bee Gees blared on the radio. “It’s not a real place.” He stared down the road through oversize sunglasses. “It’s more of a concept,” he continued. “So, to step behind the curtain of the dream factory, things are never what they seem to be, and that is by design.” As arguably the world’s most famous gender illusionist, he should know. More than two decades after his hit single “ Supermodel (You Better Work) ” made him an unlikely pop icon, Mr. Charles is back on top. His show “ RuPaul’s Drag Race ” returns for its sixth season on Monday (it was just renewed for a se...