RuPaul rules a gay Black supremacist musical dystopia where straight white kids are the rebels.
A musical set in the North-American city of Nacirema Falls, in the country of Nacirema, which black LGBT people rule, promoting and conducting white racism and "straightphobia". When Nolan Renner falls in love with a waitress at a diner, he gets into trouble.
Acting
Todrick Hall carries revolutionary earnestness through absurdity.
Writing
Mirrors real oppression rhetoric with uncomfortable precision.
Production
Nacirema Falls = 'American' backwards; the detail work is *chef's kiss*.
Director
Colin Duffy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The directors crowdfunded this after Todrick Hall's YouTube success proved built-in musical audiences.
The title references 1931's 'The Forbidden City' while inverting Hollywood's historical erasure of Black queerness.
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