Английская Википедия:Dwayne Cooper

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Dwayne Cooper, also known by the drag persona Milan and as Dwayne Milan, is an American actor and entertainer who competed on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. On stage, Cooper has had roles in multiple national tours, and he performed in Broadway productions of Motown: The Musical and Hairspray. Raised in Florence, South Carolina, Cooper relocated to New York City.

Early life and education

Dwayne Cooper was raised in Florence, South Carolina, and attended West Florence High School. He was involved in many school activities and served as student government president in 1993, during his senior year. Cooper attended the University of South Carolina, initially planning to major in journalism but opting for theatre.

Career

Cooper is an actor and entertainer who competed in drag as Milan on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Since appearing on the show, Cooper has only performed in drag for acting roles, such as when he played a drag queen in the film Spoiler Alert. On stage, Cooper has acted in national tours of Show Boat and Smoky Joe's Cafe, and in a production of Suessical. He was part of the cast of Smoky Joe's Cafe which received the award for 'Outstanding Ensemble, off-Broadway' at the third annual Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography in 2019. On Broadway, Cooper performed in the ensemble of Motown: The Musical in 2007, as Thad in Hairspray in 2014, and in the ensemble of Sweeney Todd in 2023. He has been credited as the first Drag Race contestant to land a role on Broadway.

Cooper is also part of the Doo Wop Project, a supergroup of Broadway actors who perform pop songs from the Great American Songbook. According to Denise Leslie of the Pagosa Daily Post, Cooper has been described as a "modern day Sammy Davis Jr. meets Barry White".

RuPaul's Drag Race

On Drag Race, Milan placed ninth overall. On the fourth episode ("Queens Behind Bars"), she placed in the bottom two of an acting challenge and defeated Madame LaQueer in a lip-sync to "Trouble" (2003) by Pink. Milan impersonated Diana Ross for the fifth episode's Snatch Game challenge. Her performance landed her in the bottom two again, and she beat Kenya Michaels in a lip-sync to Madonna's "Vogue" (1990). Milan was eliminated on the sixth episode, when she placed in the bottom two of a design challenge requiring contestants to create and wear pride floats, and lost a lip-sync against Jiggly Caliente to "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga. Milan removed her dress, jewelry, and wig during "Born This Way".

For one runway look on the show, Milan wore a tuxedo outfit inspired by Janelle Monáe. Ethan LaCroix and Jillian Anthony ranked her eighth in Time Out New YorkШаблон:'s 2015 list of New York City-based contestants and opined: "Milan was never really a contender ... but she sure was entertaining while she lasted. She defied the judges week after week with her barely there makeup and her lip-synch performances that involved dress rending and wig tossing, leaving her spent and nearly naked on the runway." BillboardШаблон:'s Patrick Crowley ranked her number 23 in a 2016 list of Snatch Game performances.

In 2018, Michael Cuby included the disagreement between Milan and Willam on the third episode of the companion series RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked in ThemШаблон:'s list of the ten "messiest fights" on Drag Race. In The SpinoffШаблон:'s 2019 "definitive ranking" of 162 Drag Race lip-syncs to date, Sam Brooks ranked Milan's battles against Jiggly Caliente, Kenya Michaels, and Madame LaQueer numbers 129, 73, and 69, respectively. Chris Kelly included Milan's dragging split, described by Willam as "[swiffering] the floor with her taint", in QueertyШаблон:'s 2018 list of the show's ten best lip-sync "stunts, shocks and shenanigans".

Personal life

Cooper lived in New York City, as of 2011. He has credited Nashom Wooden of the electronic dance music group The Ones for helping him break into the drag scene. He once staged a show for the group.

Filmography

Television

• RuPaul's Drag Race (season 4)

See also

• List of people from New York City
• List of University of South Carolina people

External links

• Dwayne Cooper at IMDb