The Drag Show Thread - Favorite songs and moments to treasure., page 6

posted on Aug, 10 2013 @ 12:04 PM

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oh ok. I am not too savvy when it comes to drag language.

Here is a question. Why do performers emulate a "shallow" personality in a light that is not satire but instead as something they enjoy. I dont see how it is empowering or liberating....that can not possibly be who they really are. In the end I see it as the Ego taking over.

Like look at Erin Morton in this documentary called "cover girl dont cover boy"

He is completely natural with his persona and it seems that his persona IS him. He doesnt come off as having a superiority complex. He isnt trying to forge a "career" he is just expressing his art form, so maybe that has to do allot with it. He seems to be really comfortable in his own skin. Also I would have no way of knowing but what he says about getting in with the right people seems to be true. His "drag mom" seems to have taught him to avoid all the negative influences. William Belli is trying to forge a "career" and so he has to sell what best sells. Unfortunately what sells is shallow and whorey.

William seems like a legit person putting on a show. He is probably not what he portrays to make a buck, since for example he is still married to his sweat heart after many years.

I just think that the whole point of it is to feel empowered by being you..by being your true you. Yes you dress up and put on a costume and a show for a purpose like satire or comedy or what ever your reasons are....but at the end of the day it is just an approximation to your real you. Maybe that is discovered along the way I dont know....but it seems many get side tracked with the persona. Their persona becomes them instead of them being themselves through their persona...if that makes sense.

Again I am talking out of my ass and only from what I have observed over the years. I have never lived it and wont pretend to lecture someone who has....That is just how I see it. I may be wrong.

And I do like William. He is a great performer and really is one of my favorites. I just get kind of thrown off when he is like being interviewed or talking to a camera in his "natural" state. It doesnt seem real...there is always a pitch..... And yes he can be real even though he covered with everything from fake eye lashes to fake tits. That has nothing to do with the show or the props. I dont want to come off as judgemental ...."No T, No Shade" as they say.....its just how I see it.

anyhow. Great thread. I learned allot.

Have a great day!

edit on 10-8-2013 by tadaman because: (no reason given)