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Post by oxfordsimon on Jun 28, 2019 23:47:51 GMT
Finally caught the first episode - and what a little gem of a show.
Full of heart, glitter and feathers.
I just loved the dad opening up about his struggles to accept his son's sexuality - what a kind soul he really is.
The drag team have some good moments.
I know they are playing on emotions - but I did blub 3 times!
Well worth a watch
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 29, 2019 7:16:27 GMT
I found it a bit depressing. Daylight is no friend to a drag queen for starters. They all looked dead rough. And I’m not sure I can sign up to the idea of drag artists ‘counselling’ real people with, if we are to believe it, real problems. Telling someone with social anxiety or self-image issues that they’re fabulous from the inside and all of the other usual clichés rings a bit hollow to me. Even exploitative maybe.
The story about the dad accepting his son was ok but as subtle as being smacked round the head with a handbag.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jun 29, 2019 9:08:20 GMT
Yes, it was rough and ready - but that is actually what a lot of drag is. It isn't the high glamour of Drag Race - it is about schlepping round clubs night after night, changing in toilets, dealing with hecklers.
And whilst they are not trained counsellors, they each have a lived experience - and that is valid. Giving someone a confidence boost, even for just one night, is still a worthwhile thing to do.
On the whole, it felt genuine to me with heart in the right place.
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Post by crabtree on Jul 18, 2019 21:57:37 GMT
So what do we make of this. it's good that it is on, and the individual stories are usually well edited and very heartwarming - even if the whole process, as suggested, takes four days or something. very rushed. But it was only with the character in black with the long red veil looking like a Hollywood femme fatale last week where I thought she looks classy, and a character. too often they look as if they've fallen into a kids' art project. It's all about the cathartic and releasing effect of transformation, but heck sometimes a little restraint would work just as well.
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