Nicco Annan dishes on the real ‘P-Valley,’ the best Southern comfort food & queer love
P-Valley‘s third season, but until then Nicco Annan is keeping us fed with docu-series that goes deep on the Deep South.Since 2020, Annan’s been giving us life with his portrayal of The Pynk’s fabulous proprietrix Uncle Clifford on the acclaimed Starz series, a groundbreaking genderqueer character who’s as funny as she is fierce.And this summer, Annan linked up with Starz to give us a different taste of the “Dirty Delta” with Down in The Valley, which finds the iconic actor traveling across the South to show us what its really like through the lens of the Black, queer experience.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Thus far, episodes have seen Annan head to Memphis to take a peek behind the doors of one of the city’s hottest clubs, outside of Dallas where musician Marley Santana is chasing his dreams after being outed, and to Tennessee’s infamous Beale Street district, where he meets women practicing spiritual Hoodoo traditions.Down In The Valley‘s been keeping it hot all summer long, but before the August 4 finale heads to a Black-owned farm in Mississippi, we grabbed some time with Annan as the latest guest in our rapid-fire Q&A series, Dishin’ It.In our conversation, the star shares his first impressions of the South from when he was just 11 years old, teases P-Valley‘s whiplash-inducing third season, and shares the most challenging thing about filming Down in The Valley (hint: it was the 100-plus degree temperatures!).Is there a piece of media—whether a movie, TV series, book, album, theater, video game, etc…—that has played an important role in your understanding of queerness and the queer community?
Why does it stand out to you?Whenever I’m asked this question I have to mention Fame and my childhood hero Gene Anthony Ray, who is no longer with us.
As of late, the novel Drapetomania by John R. Gordon has really left a lasting impression on me. It displays representation of queer.
