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Tony Curtis to 'Hedwig': Drag's cinematic evolution

Started by Natasha, January 25, 2008, 09:57:16 PM

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Tony Curtis to 'Hedwig': Drag's cinematic evolution

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/arts/articles/0125trocksside.html
by Kerry Lengel
01/25/2008

It's easiest to see the mainstreaming of gay culture in movies. Before the gay-liberation movement, cross-dressing in cinema was played for
laughs, and the characters were straight men "forced" into wigs and makeup by circumstance. Think Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot.
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