The Rise of the Modern Drag Queen
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show
Fausto Fernós
4.4 • 834 Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2021
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
While American society in the 1960s was opening up to the many possibilities offered by the sexual revolution, a lot of drag artists took the art of female impersonation very seriously, and didn’t stray too far from a feminine ideal. It was folks on the fringe like Divine, Sylvester, the Cockettes, Holly Woodlawn and David Bowie who shaped drag into a multi-faceted art form we see today.
Today, queer educator, doctor of drag Lady J Martinez O’Neal Davenport joins us to take a look at the rise of the modern drag queen, from Holly Woodlawn and the Warhol Superstars to David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust persona to RuPaul who made her-story by being the first drag queen to get signed by a major record label.
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| 1:01.0 | Even though folks have been cross-dressing for entertainment since the dawn of time, |
| 1:07.2 | the rise of the modern drag queen can be traced back to some relatively recent events and a few key artists. |
| 1:14.6 | While American society in the 1960s was opening up to the many possibilities offered by the sexual revolution, |
| 1:22.6 | a lot of drag artists took the art of female impersonation very seriously and didn't stray too |
| 1:29.6 | far from a feminine ideal. |
| 1:31.7 | It was folks on the fringe like Divine, Sylvester, the cockettes, Hollywood Lawn, and |
| 1:38.0 | David Bowie who shaped drag into a multifaceted art form. |
| 1:42.9 | Today, queer educator, Doctor of Drag, Lady J. Martinez-O'Neill Davenport, |
| 1:49.1 | joins us to take a look at the rise of the modern drag queen. |
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