Considered to be the first example of the now-common expression "throwing shade."
A young Pepper LaBeija can be seen very briefly as a contestant in the 1968 documentary The Queen (1968), about a drag beauty pageant held in New York City. The legendary Crystal LaBeija, original mother and founder of the House of LaBeija, is also featured giving a fierce and shady reading.
Picked by Entertainment Weekly magazine as one of the "50 Greatest Independent Films" in a special supplement devoted to independent films that was only distributed to subscribers in October 1997.
This documentary was a major inspiration for the television series Pose (2018). The latter is a fictional dramatization of 1980s and early 1990s ball culture in New York. Dorian Corey and Venus Xtravaganza inspired specific stories. After Corey's death, a dead body was found in her closet, just as Elektra is seen hiding a dead body in hers. Venus's death while turning tricks is not unlike the fate of Candy Ferocity,
Venus Xtravaganza mentions that there have been times when men threatened to kill her; in tragic irony she was murdered not long after.