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28 • THE ARTISAN FALL 2022 Eighteen months and three babies later, Angelyne rebooted. Due to events, some folks could not return in the same capacity. To my relief, my friend David Williams joined as Department Head Make-up, allowing me to focus on Emmy, who, always in prosthetics, would work every remaining day of the schedule. David enlisted key Chris Burgoyne, who also lent his artistry to aging characters Rick, Cory, Danny, Bud, Andre, and more. Mara Rouse, Glen Griffin, Erin Lebre, and Ron Pipes were other talents in the main trailer. Mike Mekash and Abby Lyle Clawson resumed their pre-lockdown positions, resurrecting Team Angie. This time, we welcomed Mara Rouse, Robyn Rebbe, and Michelle Radow to help on Angelyne's oldest stage, and Brittani McNeal joined the team as our new contact lens technician. I feel I owe Mike and Abby a particular word of gratitude. In fact, there are no words to describe the depth of my appreciation. Additionally, I consider Vincent's and my collaboration one of the most meaningful of my career. When we embarked on this journey 3½ years ago, we knew there would be mountains to climb, but we had no idea there would be mountains beyond mountains. Having come out on the other side, I look back, knowing we survived and even flourished. We overcame life or death challenges, formed bonds, and through our artistry, we sent the empowering message to viewers that we can be whoever we want to be. I am so proud of our team and what we've accomplished. DAVID WILLIAMS: DEPARTMENT HEAD MAKE-UP Kate Biscoe asked me to step in and run the make-up department on Angelyne when the show came back after a lengthy COVID hiatus. I had just finished Pam & Tommy for Hulu. Both shows shared similarities as period shows, required multiple looks (both prosthetic and non-prosthetic), and a considerable amount of background that would also need to be time-period specific. The brunt of the design and prosthetics had already been done by Kate and Vincent Van Dyke; my primary task was to facilitate the make- ups so Kate could concentrate on Emmy's many looks as Angelyne. The show was set in 2019 with characters recalling their history with Angelyne in flashbacks and her counter recollection of those events. It spanned the course of seven decades, and most of the main characters were aged multiple years from their flashback sequences. The show chartered Angelyne's early years and her Holocaust survivor parents coming to America. Her mother's cancer diagnosis was untreatable at the time as presented in the show. We witness Angelyne's personal transformation, impeccably done by Kate, into the character Angelenos affectionally know today as the Billboard ueen, who came on the scene in the 1980s. Drag shows, club scenes, disguised characters, and her posse of devotees peppered the landscape of this quirky show. These were fun make-ups requiring considerable paint, facial hair, tattoos, and aging techniques ranging from "stretch and stipple" to complete prosthetic application. It was a rewarding challenge to do these make-ups and always a pleasure to work with committed, compassionate professionals such as Kate and Vincent. VINCENT VAN DYKE: PROSTHETIC DESIGNER Angelyne was one of those jobs that do not come along often ... from the very beginning. It was quite clear that this would be a special project, and it continued to be throughout the long journey of more than three-plus years. As a prosthetic designer, my job was clear, but a world like the one of Angelyne required much more than prosthetics. It required a true artist of all disciplines—and make-up designer Kate Biscoe is