The 11 Question Interview: Betty Whitecastle

Betty Whitecastle is a Queen of Queens & an internationally renowned drag performer.

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 1. If they made a movie of your life, who would you want to play you?

JoAnne Worley in the Laugh-In era, she's never BORRRRRR-RING!

2. What figure, throughout all of history, would you want as a BFF?

I would love to be a confidant and friend to Barack Obama, he has a great sense of humor and I think he is the kindest and smartest man who has ever been our President. Friends should enrich each others lives and I would love conversations with this Gentleman!

3. If you could be any inanimate object, what would it be?

The Elizabeth Taylor Diamond Ring (Krupp Diamond) Honey, the ring has STORIES!

4. You are a new edition to the crayola box. What colour would you be, and why?

Marvelous Magenta! It's BOLD and BRIGHT with a little bit of blue.

5. If you could sing one song on American Idol, what song would that be?

I AM WHAT I AM from LaCage Aux Folles, it's practically auto-biographical!

6. If you were told you had to have a spirit animal, even if you didn’t really want one, what animal would that be, and why?

My recently departed cat Sammy was totally my Spirit Animal. And his spirit lives on in me! He was funny, loyal, loving, and energetic.

7. Who was your first celebrity crush?

John Amos, the Dad (James Evans Sr.) on Good Times! incredible eyes, and such a sexy deep voice, and Corduroy pants never looked better then stretched over those muscular thighs!

8. If you could live your life inside one TV Show, what would it be?

I'd fit well on GILDED AGE! I know my way around a corset already, and I feel George Russell needs the love of a kind hearted Drag Queen in his life! I enjoy complex shows where kindness is at the core. Ted Lasso and Downton Abbey are amazing too!

9. If you were on that proverbial desert island, which one film, one book, and one piece of music would you want to have with you?

Wizard of Oz film with Judy Garland

To Kill a Mockingbird book by Harper Lee

Over the Rainbow by Harold Arlen, and there are so many incredible recordings of this song, Judy's is still my favorite!

10. What superpower would you most want to have - and what would your superhero or supervillain name be?

Flying...and Betty Birdy Whitecastle!  

11. If you could choose any two cartoon characters to be your pretend parents, who would they be?

Alexandra Cabot from Josie and the Pussycats would be an AWFUL Mother, but she'd keep me laughing from all her campy, caustic commentary... and The Incredible Hulk would be a fun DADDY! I think I could tame that beast!

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Betty Whitecastle is the producer of QUEENS WHO BRUNCH, the FIRST and BEST Drag Brunch in Central PA! Drag Brunch is every second Sunday of the Month at HMAC! This Queen has been around the Harrisburg Scene for a hot minute and she has performed her Cabaret show from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware to Kona, Hawaii.