in case you've never read my profile info...i LOVE drag queens.
i remember the first time i discovered what a drag queen was when watching to wong foo, thanks for everything, julie newmar. i was still a kid, so i didn't fully understand it but i knew they were fabulous. since then i have seen pretty much every mainstream movie about drag queens. however, it wasn't until i watched paris is burning during my junior year in college that i really appreciated the art form behind it. in summary, paris is burning is a documentary about the ball culture in new york city in the late 1980s. this is where walk-offs and voguing really started off. the film showed me that it takes more than a wig and some heels to make a drag queen. it really is an art form. i am always transfixed watching the transformations from man to queen. it requires talent (as well as uniqueness, nerve, charisma...thanks rupaul) to become these larger than life personas. i do find it a bit odd when people (including some themselves) refer to drag queens as female impersonators. i mean, maybe i don't get out enough, but i have never met a woman quite like a drag queen.
i am so happy i can get my weekly fix now that rupaul's drag race has started up again. i officially got the inefficient detective hooked. now every monday i will rejoice as two queens LIPSYNCH FOR THEIR LIFE!
and in the words of rupaul: "Remember, if you can't love yourself, how'n the hell you goin' love somebody else? Can I get an Amen up in here?"
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if you youtube female to male post-op on google and look at the transformation it's just as crazy.
ReplyDeletehmmm, okay, i'll look it up. but honestly, if there isn't lipsynching involved, i'm not very interested.
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