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What this video is

Released in February 1997 as the second single from the Foxy Lady LP via Rhino Records, 'A Little Bit of Love' arrived at a pivotal moment when RuPaul had successfully crossed from underground queer nightlife into mainstream American pop culture following the 1993 breakthrough of 'Supermodel (You Better Work).' The video — directed by Barbato and Bailey of World of Wonder, the duo who had been instrumental in…

Why it matters

Represents a key artifact of mid-90s Hi-NRG/dance-pop's intersection with mainstream drag visibility. As a World of Wonder production, the video is an early example of the directorial sensibility that would later define RuPaul's Drag Race — camp theatricality, queer empowerment messaging, and…

The director

Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey are co-founders of World of Wonder Productions (est. 1991), a Los Angeles-based production company specializing in LGBTQ-focused documentary and unscripted content. The pair met at NYU's graduate film program in the early…