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In this new day and age, drag culture is becoming more relevant in today’s media, specifically drag queen culture. Queens like Alaska, Aja, Courtney Act, and Bob the Drag Queen have been dominating the media. For example, Trixie Mattel landed a guest appearance in season six of American Horror Story and Adore Delano’s album The After Party had reached #15 in March of 2016 on the iTunes charts. Even older drag queens such as Lady Bunny and Divine are getting more recognition as modern media…

No one could have imagined the impact a 6’ 4” gay black man would have on the drag and LGBTQ communities. RuPaul Charles started off with the dream any queer young adult in the 1980’s had; to become famous (Snetiker). Even though all odds were against Charles from the beginning of his career, he managed to push through and create an reputable life for himself. The internationally famous singer/songwriter and drag queen has gone on to be recognized in Time Magazine’s “The 100 Most Influential…

discussing go into these themes more to show people what 's actually going on. The musical La Cage Aux Follies, the major themes are homophobia and cross dressing. The two main characters are George and Albin, George owns a drag nightclub called La Cage Aux Follies, and Albin is a drag queen and the star performer in the club. George has a son named Jean Michels, whose mother named Sybil was someone George had a short lived fling with. Jean comes in accouncing he wants to marry Annie Dindon and…

movie’s cast is almost entirely Caucasian with a few token minorities thrown in it for. “representation”. However, Stonewall was a movement made of mostly people of colour with a large variety of looks and body types. They were the people of colour, the drag queens, the transgendered women, and the lesbians. Yet the movie presents the rioters as if there were barely any of them out there. The movie also removed or sidelined some of the most notable people of colour in the movement. For example,…

Economic Shift in Drag Racing Drag racing has spread out its economic value and growth since its launch in 1930s. With the evidence of economic shift from one dimension to the other in South California, drag racing is a sport with a worth cause. Consider its economic shift and development across the various states in America and in the world. Drag racing sport bring various persons together from all economic quarters, and has been of great economic value unto the spectators as well as…

Ruapuls Drag Race Without a doubt Ruapuls Drag race has been my faveourite television show for years, aside from Spongebob. Drag has definetly consumed my life as I am a die hard fan. Not everyone knows about this show as it is not on mainstream TV, my job today is to introduce you to the world of drag First of all what is a drag queen? A drag queen is a man that dresses up as a women for entertainment purposes. People often confuse drag for cross dressing or transgender but it is far different…

intersectionality. One major example of intersectionality displayed would be Lola as she was a drag queen as well as African American. Both of these identities found in Lola shaped her life and how she was treated. When Charlie brought Lola into his factory, he took her in the back way to hide her from the rest of the workers. Charlie did not know how him employees would react to the fact that a drag queen was in his factory and tried to avoid interaction. This was not a great start to the…

On Sunday, September 27, 2015 around 7:00pm, my life was changed. That Sunday, I went to a Drag Show at Rick’s Café. It was such amazing experience for me. I have never seen a drag show before, but always wanted to see one. I was really excited when I saw a posting about it in MSU Spectrum Facebook group. Also, my friend told me about it, and he really wanted to go to the show but not by himself. Of course, I was game to go to the show with him. When I walked into Rick’s Café, it seemed like…

RuPaul 's Drag Race is one of many American reality competition television shows that debuted in 2009. The show focuses on drag queens and their ability to showcase their “charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent” through a variety of challenges: acting, costume construction, modelling, fashion forwardness and more are assessed by a panel of judges, including host and titular drag superstar, RuPaul. Drag queens have always been central to the lgbtq rights movement, tied to the Stonewall riots and…

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…