The Legend Of Georgia Mcbride Analysis

The Legend of Georgia McBride, created by playwright Matthew Lopez, who tells a journey of a man experiencing a new culture and world beyond his belief. Directed by Emmanuelle Delpech, the Arden Theatre Company in Center City Philadelphia produced this wonderful tale of Casey who was played by Matteo Scammell. “He 's young, he 's broke, he 's just found out his wife is going to have a baby, and now Casey has lost his gig as an Elvis impersonator.” (Arden Theatre PlayBill) This quote from the Arden’s PlayBill perfectly expresses the adventure and change Casey experiences to become a drag queen. Throughout the play the character of Casey is brought into a new world and lifestyle. From beginning to end, he completely alters his idea of the drag …show more content…
My mother had a good insight on this topic and she replied with, “Since babies pretty much look the same above the diaper we dress girls in pink & boys in blue which I did with you. Between hand-me-down clothes and gifts, I hardly bought any but when I did, tried to go a little less frilly, just because. I will never forget an older lady at Aunt Jane 's (my mother’s aunt/my great aunt) who still called you a beautiful baby boy despite all the pink, plus our protest stating your name and that you were a girl! The only thing you didn 't have was hair to put a bow in and I didn 't do the pierced-ear thing as a baby” Now back to the main topic, The Legend of Georgia McBride delves into how society views sterilized groups. From Casey’s newfound excitement in the drag queen culture to Miss Tracy’s commitment to the lifestyle of drag queens, each find themselves as misfits in society. The expectation and acceptance has certainly improved through the centuries but there are still many issues with our categorized system in civilization. One of the most memorable examples of boy blue (legos, action figures, sports, etc.) and girl pink (dolls, princesses, pets, etc.) is when Target® stopped labeling sections by gender. Coming from a family who is accepting of my preferences and raised me as not having gender specific toys or style, I can fully appreciate all aspect of this play. Although I am not a drag queen and do not know anyone close to me who is a drag queen, besides my father who occasionally dresses up as a woman for costumes, I find great importance in the acceptance of drag culture, as well as, gender fluidity throughout our modern society. The Legend of Georgia McBride is by far the play that personally resonated with me and I had such an amazing time in this class and