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Drag artists - am I the only one who doesn't find them funny?

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Grandma70s Sat 13-Mar-21 16:40:31

Danny La Rue had a certain charm, I think. Dame Edna is funny because we aren’t expected for a moment to see her (him?) as female.

Interesting that there are are no high-profile male impersonators these days, such as Vesta Tilley in the late 19th/early 29th century. I wonder why that is.

None of them would be my choice of entertainment.

Chestnut Sat 13-Mar-21 16:38:52

There is an Australian drag queen called Courtney Act, and she is actually very beautiful both as a man or a woman. I would not go out of my way to watch her but she is not hideous like most of them.

Mollygo Sat 13-Mar-21 16:35:10

Dame Edna made me laugh. Never saw much of Lily Savage.
Chestnut creeps me out is how I feel too. In terms of men/women liking it, neither my DH nor DD1 and husband like it. So that’s 2 men 2 women.
My GD (who’s old enough to watch) thinks “they’re grotesque and their makeup is ridiculous”.
Undoubtedly we'll be seeing more of them.?

Ilovecheese Sat 13-Mar-21 16:29:34

I don't find them funny either, but I once saw Foo Foo Lamarr give a very good performance in The Rocky Horror Show.

Doodledog Sat 13-Mar-21 16:26:16

I agree with the consensus. Dame Edna (and to some extent Lily Savage) were funny because they were using the persona to satirise the dynamic between the sexes - men as well as women, but I don't find the likes of Ru Paul funny at all.

nadateturbe Sat 13-Mar-21 16:18:59

Not my idea of entertainment but each to his own.

AGAA4 Sat 13-Mar-21 16:17:13

I don't like them either seamstress but many must do as there seem to be more of them on tv these days.
I wonder who likes them more men or women?

Chestnut Sat 13-Mar-21 16:16:42

I feel the same. They creep me out. The only one who ever made me laugh was Dame Edna, and for some reason I never minded her dressing up! I loved that she could get away with saying things that no-one else could, and somehow it never came across as offensive.

Pantglas2 Sat 13-Mar-21 16:16:10

I’m not keen either and have never been able to say why but now that you mention it, there are undertones as you say in your opening sentence.

seamstress Sat 13-Mar-21 16:11:28

With a number of high profile Drag Queen shows I am wondering if I am the only one who thinks these are almost akin to white artists' "blacking up". They look nothing like real women- grotesque, in fact. I find them bordering on the offensive to women and not remotely funny. I know I don't have to watch them - but I wonder if anyone could tell me why they are popular?