Tom Rubnitz

Tom Rubnitz

Tom Rubnitz was a video artist most often associated with the New York East Village drag queen scene of the late 1980s. His video tapes were mainly inspired by pop culture and Las Vegas style shows. A number of his works featured RuPaul and members of the B-52's. He also made the 1987 documentary about the annual drag queen festival.

Other works of Rubnitz' include "Strawberry Shortcut" and the infamous "Pickle Surprise".

He died of an AIDS-related illness in 1992.

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZlVJ2WNaLg Pickle Surprise]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKAohhK_Qg0 Strawberry Shortcut]
* [http://www.vdb.org/smackn.acgi$artistdetail?RUBNITZT Tom Rubnitz] in the [http://www.vdb.org/ Video Data Bank]
* http://www.thekitchen.org/MovieCatalog/Titles/MadeForTV.html


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