Why ‘Backspot’ Director D.W. Waterson Crafted the Queer Cheer Drama Like a ‘Gritty Football Movie’ (EXCLUSIVE CLIP)

For years, D.W. Waterson’s go-to performance look for their DJ sets was a purple cheerleading uniform. “For some reason, it just really gets the audience going,” Waterson tells Variety. “Cheerleaders are hype men — they’re the best people to get people excited.” Waterson didn’t know too much about cheer itself, but they found that wearing […]