Workhorse Queen
May 08, 2021 | IMDB 5.6
88 min Watch NowDocumentary
After an unlikely casting onto a reality television show, 47-year old suburban telemarketer Ed Popil leaves his job to pursue a full-time entertainment industry career as his drag queen alter ego, 1960’s era housewife Mrs. Kasha Davis.
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