I FEEL LIKE IM ON CRAZY PILLS
Added 2023-03-11 04:50:08 +0000 UTCIt’s so interesting to think that the last time I performed as a man in Drag I was at the Nashville Burlesque festival, in Nashville Tennessee, surrounded by friends and loved ones and insanely talented performers. These performers were performing Burlesque and Drag, and embracing creativity in whatever form it presents itself. There were so many tickets sold that we had to shut the doors, it was an incredible sold out show. People are consuming striptease, Burlesque and Drag in Tennessee. It’s heartbreaking to think that I cannot perform Drag in Nashville anymore, that would be illegal. Something I just did a short time ago would now be illegal… It blows my mind. What I find even more confusing about it is that as a nation, we consume so much Drag in our every day lives, on TV, in media, in the movies, here are just a few examples of that
Every Madea movie…
Mrs. Doubtfire 1993 by Chris Colombus
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), by Jim Sharman
Kinky Boots (2005), by Julian Jarrold
The Birdcage (1996), by Mike Nichols
Victor/Victoria (1982), by Blake Edwards
The Queen (1968), by Frank Simon
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), by Stephan Elliot
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), by Beeban Kidron
Just to name a few…
We consume this Drag, we laugh at it, we feel with it, we cry with it, but somehow it’s not acceptable today in 2023. Art, culture, humanity cannot be erased despite their best efforts.
Comments
Censorship is a terrible thing.
Bud March
2023-03-11 20:35:12 +0000 UTCI live in Clarksville, and I have yet to talk to anyone who thinks this is a good law. Even my 79 year old, usually Pearl Clutching mother thinks it’s ridiculous.
Jeff Black
2023-03-11 12:01:25 +0000 UTCIt’s so insane. I cannot wrap my head around it!
Christina Manuge (Manuge et Toi Design)
2023-03-11 11:50:31 +0000 UTCMilton Berle Flip Wilson “Bosom Buddies” “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Harvey Corman Et cetera My high school in north Texas did Powder Puff football for the female juniors and seniors. The school’s football players would dress up as cheerleaders, complete with balloon boobs, and attend class like that before the game. The people writing these laws are some of the biggest hypocrites. There’s video going around Twitter of the Tennessee Lt Governor (I believe) admitting in an interview to viewing, liking, and commenting of Instagram posts with a decidedly gay nature. Photos of other male politicians are popping up from their youth showing them dressed in female drag. These politicians continue to ignore the U.S. Constitution by making laws that go against it. Makes me sick.
Kim Rice
2023-03-11 05:06:16 +0000 UTC
