Guilherme Terreri, known as Rita von Hunty, took part in “Desculpa Algoisa”, a videocast by Universa with Tati Bernardi, and talked about his family, among other things.
He says he lost touch with everyone after his mother died. “I broke up. family is a lie The bonds I’ve made that aren’t based on blood are very strong,” he said.
The teacher said he still doesn’t think Rita is influenced by her mother. “I think she’s more of my grandmother,” he commented.
He said he wouldn’t talk to his father and older brother and he didn’t know what to talk to either of them.
Everyone should pull a damn lever once in their life William Terrari
“It’s not meant to be like Rita from Hunty.” It’s about provoking
Terreri told Tati about her beginnings as a drag queen.
“I’ve been doing Rita for ten years, I started at the carnival. I had no idea about anything,” he said. “At the time we were in a country where the social fabric was being torn apart and I had 20 cents to contribute. But I’m just another little teacher and I have a ceiling. I need to understand my limitations,” he says, revealing he’s already thought about quitting. “I’m kind of like that, but it can only take a while,” he says.
He says the original idea of the montage was to create a contradictory image. “So if my cause is Marxist because I’m propagating the theory that organizes the anticapitalist struggle, what image must it have? Margaret Thatcher,” he explains, referring to the British Prime Minister between 1979 and 1990, known for her Conservative attitude.
At no time is liking Rita. It should provoke. Rita researches labor and belongs to the extreme left William Terrari
“As artists, we have the power of volume control, and then I adjust that volume based on where I’m going,” he concluded.
Terreri says she questioned her transgender existence when she became a drag queen
Terreri told Tati that in the invites he receives he doesn’t choose when to present himself as himself or as Rita.
“This is what you need. I’m coming back from some lectures, I’ve had two days without shaving my skin, so tomorrow I’ll start pulling myself together again without stopping. It was a break for the skin. There’s the circus makeup thing, like doing it on stage, so the skin needs that time.”
The teacher pointed out that removing makeup from the skin is more important than makeup. “It’s not how long it takes to put makeup on, it’s how long it takes to remove makeup. It all comes down to what saves your skin.”
He commented on whether he started thinking about his gender identity after creating Rita from Hunty.
It’s not about wanting [ser trans]a trans woman, a trans man, they discover they are William Terrari
He even cited recent theories that suggest gender is fluid.
“The joke is that gender is, ‘I’m a woman, if I come back in a week I might not find a woman here,'” she pointed out.
Terreri also points out that today these issues would be more widely discussed and well received. “Young people can deal with it, it’s a better solution. I think there’s a generation that might be more advanced in that. But it’s a hassle. Fascism advances at full speed, the MP with the most votes rises in a “wig to speak,” he said, referring to the transphobic stance of Federal MP Nikolas Ferreira (PLMG) on March 8.
Femininity is bought
According to him, the image of the drag queen casts doubt on already established certainties about gender, as it shows that “feminine is not an attribute of women and masculine is not an attribute of men”. “From time to time we invent something,” he said. And buy too
I think drag represents the idea that femininity can literally be bought, from fingernails to hair, from silicone prostheses to corsets. The ideal of femininity is for sale William Terrari
The professor also pointed out the similarity between drag queens and other professions that also “go together.” “Everyone is a drag. lawyer, doctor. Incidentally, the doctor is the example I like best: he wears a lab coat, a stethoscope.”
On Attacks on Drags and Transgender People: ‘They Think It Means Quitting Manhood’
In the conversation, he spoke about the connection between masculinity and hate crimes, leading to attacks on drag queens and antitransvestite violence that is spreading to other members of the LGBT community as well.
“Why do we know more men killing transvestites than women killing transvestites? Because when they look at us, some see a deserter, a man who has given up being a man, who has left manhood and the club of privilege and power,” he said.
He even criticized the view that homophobia comes from the dark. “If homophobia is to blame for the closed fag, the straight man lets go of that guilt,” he said.
“Rita is a respectable lady”
Terreri says he can’t separate his engagement from a person’s political position. When asked by Tati if he would kiss a Bolsonarist, he told a story to answer the question.
“I was in a place and was approached by a handsome young man. We exchanged a long idea. Around three in the morning we drank, kissed, a very good conversation. I even said, ‘How cool is that?’ Meet’” recalled.
“Then the conversation turned to politics and he said, ‘I think the first round leads to political aberrations.’ I just listened without agreeing to see where he was going. Neither Lula nor Bolsonaro,'” he said.
He says that when he heard from his crush that he was going to vote for the New Party candidate, he got scared and couldn’t hide it, to the point that the boy realized it. “I washed my mouth out with bleach,” he said, laughing.
The teacher also shared what he can’t stand in a relationship: “The person who wants to guarantee theirs. This story of “The flour is little, my porridge comes first,” he said.
Although he’s open about relationships, Terreri said that when it comes to sexuality, he prefers not to be too outspoken. “It’s one of those places that for me is offlimits to the public. It’s to protect something. Sexuality is mine,” he said.
However, he added that this is understandable [a curiosidade sobre a sexualidade do outro] “It’s part of our culture, it’s been taught.”
When asked if he was bisexual or gay, he said he was a healer, a term that refers to spying and observation.
He concluded by opening up about whether he’s ever been approached by Hunty like Rita, and joked, “I can’t be approached on horseback, I’m a respectable lady.”
Bowie, Prince, Madonna: Who inspired Rita from Hunty?
Terreri shared what her inspirations were to create the character of the teacher who is successful on social networks.
“I was obsessed with Madonna, Prince and David Bowie. And they were all dolls, all doing drag. Whenever they were put together, it was someone else and I was very intrigued,” he said.
He also said that two of them caught his most attention.
“Prince and Bowe blew my mind more because they were always something different. Madonna is more consistent, she did the same thing throughout the CD,” he emphasized.
Guilherme Terreri opens up about his relationship with his best friend, who doesn’t put up with sex, and asks if Rita is going on a date
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The program “Sorry Something” will be broadcast on Canal UOL, Universa YouTube and audio platforms on Wednesdays at 8 p.m.