I have never made sense of the attention seeking of modern drag. If there is an old drag, say the eighteenth century molly houses, then they were places for men to depart from the boorish heterosexuality of the day, both philosophically and practically. The nearest I get to understanding modern drag is believing 1-it is not for me. 2-I laugh at the malaprop laden humour of the Les Dawson/Roy Barraclough characters Sissy and Ada. 3-there must be some sort of endorphin rush from choosing such bright colours, taking that much time and effort in preparing yourself for being seen in public in so garish a way, where over applying make-up is almost a competitive sport. Then there is 'clown theory', where looking and behaving in an off-the wall way was supposedly 'a safe release valve' for the wilder feelings of those seeing it. If drag queens are 'modern clowns' for all society then there is a way to go to make their humour more intelligent and inclusive.
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I have never made sense of the attention seeking of modern drag. If there is an old drag, say the eighteenth century molly houses, then they were places for men to depart from the boorish heterosexuality of the day, both philosophically and practically. The nearest I get to understanding modern drag is believing 1-it is not for me. 2-I laugh at the malaprop laden humour of the Les Dawson/Roy Barraclough characters Sissy and Ada. 3-there must be some sort of endorphin rush from choosing such bright colours, taking that much time and effort in preparing yourself for being seen in public in so garish a way, where over applying make-up is almost a competitive sport. Then there is 'clown theory', where looking and behaving in an off-the wall way was supposedly 'a safe release valve' for the wilder feelings of those seeing it. If drag queens are 'modern clowns' for all society then there is a way to go to make their humour more intelligent and inclusive.
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