**Delaney and I are still in the process of finalizing our proposal so my rough draft only consists of some of our research and information collected from one of our interviews. I will be adding a more thought-provoking introduction and filling in the major gaps for the final rationale once we figure everything out…**
A drag queen is a person, usually a man, who dresses and acts like a woman, often for the purposes of performing and entertaining. There are many different kinds of drag queens, a.k.a. drag artists. Some do it professionally and have gone as far as starring in movies, while others do it just once. Whatever the case, performing drag artists are among the most misunderstood and misinterpreted individuals in their craft.
Upon interviewing my good friend Heith who had been a drag artist professionally for over 8 years, he really opened my eyes to a whole different side of what it means to be a drag queen. Up until that point, all I was told is that doing drag is merely a cover because the people that do it aren’t content with who they are in real life and this is just their way of coping with that insecurity. (PLACE QUOTE FROM HEITH’S INTERVIEW HERE)
This to me was just another lesson in that one should never judge a book by its cover. There may be so much more than what meets the eye and with this being said, Delaney and I felt this diverse group of individuals would not only be a fun and interesting topic to cover, but eye-opening and thought-provoking as well…
While conducting our research, the idea of transforming one’s self was very intriguing to us. What does it really mean to transform one’s self from a complete male to a female and vice versa? And how might we bring awareness to this deeper, underlying meaning?
In answering these questions, Delaney and I began our journey by interviewing my friend Heith. As I mentioned earlier, Heith was a professional drag artist for over 8 years. He’s currently a make-up artist residing in Los Angeles and is making quite a name for himself these days! His drag artist career developed out of his passion for make-up. (INSERT QUOTE ABOUT HOW HE LIKED MAKE-UP AND THE IDEA OF ILLUSION).
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Nick, I really enjoyed reading your rationale, I felt that it was very informative. You talk about what it means to be a drag artist and what message we are trying to put across about drag queens. That we want to refrain from using judgment. I think it is great that you put quotes in from the interview and returned to the topic of Heith, reminding the reader of a person with experience first hand. It was good that you wrote about how interesting transformations are , transformations can be very impacting.
ReplyDeleteNick,
ReplyDeleteThis is a good start. Just continue and make sure to avoid abstract assertions and give yourself enough room to also describe the project itself and it's connection to what you've learned about drag culture. See my comments for Delaney for more guidance.