Has Drag Had Its Day?

[101333]

Maybe there was a time when drag served some sort of subversive purpose? Maybe there was a time when a viciously sarcastic man - dressed as a woman - made genderfuck genuinely interesting and was an important antidote to pantomime dames and television 'comedians'? Maybe there was a time when withering, bitchy humour undercut pretensions, told us something about who we really are, and made us laugh at ourselves? And maybe the way society has evolved, gender ideas have developed, and sensitivity to the rights and concerns of others means that this historically central part of our culture is now out-of-time, out-of-step, and out-of-date? Has drag had its day?

[amnesiac]

I wouldn't let Fabula hear you talking like that...

[LeBaron]

Dere will be Fannybangs of Biblical Proportions !

[Bootyzilla]

101333 has a point, I think the days of men in frocks making bad pussy jokes and mouthing the words to tacky songs has had its day - American drag, in particular, just isn't funny any more. But look at the likes of Lily Savage and Steve Coogan as Pauline Calf - this is comedy (actually very funny comedy, depending on your sense of humour) - using drag as its medium. Our own Veda and also Rentecca are two Queens who steer clear of the humour angle and give Performances, unoriginal songs but done with such style and effort that you can't help but admire the effort that's gone into it.

I think there's very little originality left in entertainment nowadays anyway, but that doesn't necessarily mean that unoriginal entertainment is bad. If something's done well, there will always be room for it.

Besides, did anyone ever take Drag so seriously? I have to smile whenever I hear someone describing themselves as a 'Drag Artist', or when I hear lectures on the inherent misogyny of Drag. It's there to make people smile! And god knows, we can always use more of that...

[redbulljunkie]

As far as I'm concerned, something doesn't have to be done in a new and original way, it just has to be done better way. It'll just get to the stage where people will expect more talent from drag artists.

[Karma_Slave]

You know I have great respect for drag artists ( i have to smile when I hear or say that too) but a lot of the drag acts have become so stale and jaded. Maybe someone out there will come up with something thats nods back to the for the lack of a better phrase good old days while being somethign fresh.

On another note, As a MTF its so god damn irritating when someone asks are u a drag queen. (you all have permission to laugh this has happened several times to me) I ask you those of you that have met me when Im femme am I that tacky?