Well this begs the question.
Is drag automatically “adult-themed” because it is a man dressing as a woman? Or is the material of the show what makes it “adult-themed”?
You could have a person dressed a clown suit but make penis balloons while telling pegging jokes.
So it is the attire or the material?
I think you're being really unfair here /s. You have me by the balls for just less than one week so I just can't post flippant outrageous shit just to piss you off in my response to you.....
so
FINE, I'll try to give a sincere answer...such that it is.
Naturally a drag show is not default adult-themed merely because a man dresses as a woman (for the most part). Anything can be sexualized, rule 34 and all that. I mean, the Scottish wear dresses all the time and they turned out ok right?
Queuing the outlier outrage-videos, it's both of course. How provocative is the attire and what do you do with it as with anything. Throw in, "what is the intent" of that particular show and thus, the outrage mob.
For example, I'm sure Rainbow Dildo Butt Monkey had a perfect child friendly non-sexualized show but ...perhaps, maybe...his attire was not really suited for a 45 minute show for 3 to 8 year old children's story time and should be unacceptable in most rational circles.
WHY the library thought this is a good choice for children's story time is an excellent example of the willing-blindness people will put themselves through just to be seen as an 'ally'. Thus, the protests.
As the alternative, I'm sure the Gia Munster show at TDB was perfectly tame - more like dress-up story time. Sure, some parents don't want their kids exposed to men in drag but it's far more acceptable than, say, the
5 year old sexualized beauty pageant (at least to some).
I can't get worked up enough to spend 2 seconds on something like this TDSB thing.
However parents SHOULD be able to withdraw their kids from it if they want.
However, for the most part, I must align with Kitty Demure's (her? him? being a subject matter expert) now well-watched video on the subject
AS A WHOLE which I 'think' likely covers much of the original intent of drag shows and the surrounding controversy. I have yet to see a good counter argument to their rant. Again, it's not the shows themselves but the parents who bring their children to the
obvious adult shows. Now excuse me while I take my 6 year old nephew to watch the Dallas Cheerleaders lift their legs so we can peek under their dresses during their show on national television. Perfectly fine parenting of course
On a barely-related aside, I think it was a fucking
outrage rip off that Priyanka won Season One of Canada's Drag Race when clearly Rita Baga was
much much better. A
clear case of ageism and anti-Quebecois bias. Three years later, I'm still pissed. Also, Jameela Jamil is a waste of time, band-wagon-ing, pick-me wannabe fake who has absolutely no right to be a judge on Legendary. She obviously bought her way in and it shows. She damages the brand. THIS I can get worked up about. Change my mind.
