00:01Excuse me, excuse me if I could have your attention for just a moment.
00:05Here he is, Dean Johnson!
00:11Dean was, if nothing else, a complete original.
00:17He took everything to a different level, and he still is.
00:20That's what's so crazy.
00:22And people don't even know it.
00:25Dean was a musician.
00:27Dean was a lyricist.
00:31Dean was a stylist.
00:35He was really defining how the East Village gay considered themselves other.
00:43He was kind of an AIDS activist drag queen.
00:46He was doing original rap songs full of anger, full of wit.
00:51New York was the epicenter of the AIDS crisis,
00:54and the East Village was the epicenter of New York.
00:58The 80s were not a time for openly gay rock stars.
01:01There are hardly even any now.
01:03This was at the height of Kyle Reagan and Bush, and AIDS was just in full force, and people were dropping like flies.
01:10People were afraid to be around gay people.
01:12It was very important for people to know that he was gay, and that this was gay music for gay people, and that it wasn't wimpy.
01:22Dean threw parties, right?
01:25Dean was a rock and roller, but Dean couldn't earn a living wage without being a hooker.
01:31Are there dangerous situations for male sex workers? Of course.
01:35You know, you're potentially showing up somewhere.
01:38You can't be in full control of the circumstances.
01:49He's a very important person, and it's very important to tell his story.
01:53Forty-five-year-old Dean Johnson was one of the most well-known people in Manhattan's gay community.
02:05So well-known was the six-foot-six party planner, rock band front man, and porn actor that his death under mysterious circumstances in Washington, D.C., headlined the New York Post's page six gossip section this morning.
02:17Really, if you were gonna do a story of my life, you'd have to talk to everyone else, because I couldn't tell it to you, so.
02:24Too much burnout.
02:27We're here with Dean Johnson.
02:29Hi.
02:30Here's Dean Johnson.
02:31America, I love you. Mwah.
02:34You want the big Johnson.
02:42I know how to handle an audience.
02:47And I'm going to have this space.
02:52There's a lot of space here about two things, so.
02:57I know how to handle an audience.
03:00It hasn't been hend, really.
03:02Melbourne is a very good juice.
03:04I have a big of a green in my mouth.
03:05But we look at friends in the city.
03:07Everyone has filled a little with a great taste.
03:09Your lead has a great taste, too.
03:10There's what you do...
03:12Rachel Moore will also be doing.
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