Drag Queen Gaga
- When
- This event has already passed
- Where
Shanghai Railway Workers' Cultural Palace, 164 Wangjiazhai Lu, near Xizang Bei Lu
- Contact
Shanghai Xinbaihua Art Troupe 上海新百花艺术团
150-2174-7399, Minmin 敏敏 (only speaks Chinese)
- City Weekend says
See drag superstars Baixue, Jiaojiao, Huofenghuang (a 60 year old grandfather) dolled up in wigs, fake eyelashes, pancake make-up and garish big dresses for a flaming extravaganza. These queens will be camping it out in a three hour show full of dancing, jiving and falsetto singing. Tickets are (RMB20) for the event.
- Contributor Description:
Cocks in frocks, Chinese style. Three hours of all the stars in Shanghai's transvestite world, including Baixue, Jiaojiao, Huofenghuang (a 60 year old grandfather ! ), plus the organizer, Minmin, all camping it up. Lots of glitz, wigs, applied eyelashes, pancake make-up, garish big dresses, false breasts, and falsetto singing. This is an extended version of the Lailai Dancehall people's monthly drag show, this time at a proper theater: the Railway Cultural Palace (164 Wangjiazhai Lu, near Xizang Bei Lu and Qiujiang Rd). Drag queen Gaga.
Cost: 20 yuan.
According to LGBeaT columnist Zhao Xing, "To both Minmin and Mr. Zhang, drag is a serious profession. While Minmin is openly gay, Mr. Zhang is married. “I have grandkids,” he says smiling. “Am I gay? I am, but I am also not. Well, I guess I do have such a hobby.” His wife knows he’s a drag queen, but she doesn’t know he’s gay. Being gay as a hobby while wearing drag as a profession, the Lailai dancing queens are a different generation of Shanghai’s homos. They dance, they jive and they have the time of their lives."
For more info about this unique Shanghai subculture see: "Dancing Queens," http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shanghai/articles/blogs-shanghai/lgbeat/dancing-queens/ ; and CNN article, "'Gay Nights' Underground," http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/16/oly.drag/index.html.
Contributed by choudoufu
1 year, 5 months ago
