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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...evil. Bart St. Clair delivers his performance with great finesse, versatility, and fun. And Brian Martin's Tess provides a colorful parody of New Jersey chic, which leaves an indelible (indewibo) impression (impweson) upon the unsuspecting critic (cwidduck). In fact, most of the female leads display a refinement of drag seldom witnessed beyond the confines of Manhattan and San Francisco. They work it and they work it good. At times its just good, but usually it's so completely awful it's great Seldom has kitsch been given such lively treatment...

Author: By Adam J. B. lane, | Title: New Notes on Camp | 3/11/1993 | See Source »

Whenever and wherever men cross dress--whatever their persuasion--it is gay and it's not gay because of some "natural" propensity gay men have for cross dressing. It's gay simply because gay men and drag queens are repeatedly confused and conflated. The art of cross dressing has developed with a concomitant development of gay culture. Oscar Wilde's legacy embodies the meeting of these two identities. As a brilliant writer, he exalted the camp aesthetic for art, and as a gay man, he modelled himself into a living monument to camp. To Wilde's credit, he never allowed...

Author: By Adam J. B. lane, | Title: New Notes on Camp | 3/11/1993 | See Source »

...fact of the matter is that we did have to drag the UN in--we forced their hand by insisting that we would pull out relatively quickly no matter what--and perhaps we could have done a better job rebuilding the Somali state by ourselves. But this is precisely why it is encouraging that we were able to shirk the role of world leader and become one power among many. American hubris has doomed many a plan, and some rationality is nice for a change...

Author: By David L. Bosco, | Title: Making Sense for Somalia | 3/8/1993 | See Source »

...events that are unique to Adams. At one recent party, students danced by can delight through the maze of tunnels. Chocoholiday was the theme for the house's Valentine's Day celebration, at which residents indulged in about $1000 worth of obscene chocolate. Other events this year have been Drag Night and Erotic Night...

Author: By Olivia F. Gentile, | Title: Adams' Art Defines House Life | 3/5/1993 | See Source »

...worth finding a way in somehow. The $20 will seem like small change when a lumbering man in drag kisses you in the aisle...

Author: By John A. Cloud and Beth L. Pinsker, S | Title: AN EVENING WITH KNIGHTS IN SHINING DRAG | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

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