Doonan: Let Drag Queens Fix Oil Spill
Simon Doonan thinks a "fabulous black drag queen" like the late Dorian Corey is what the Gulf of Mexico oil spill needs.
By Julie Bolcer
http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Entertainment_News/Doonan_Let_Drag_Queens_Fix_Oil_Spill/While some scientists think a nuclear explosion could stop the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Daily Beast contributor Simon Doonan suggests that a "fabulous black drag queen" like the late Dorian Corey (pictured) should have a shot at fixing the disaster.
Doonan takes inspiration from Paris is Burning, the classic film about Corey and other Harlem drag queens.
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Why Drag Queens Should Handle Disaster Relief
by Simon Doonan
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-06-04/simon-doonan-on-gulf-oil-spill-and-paris-is-burning/?cid=hp:vertical:lWhy aren't more drag queens handling disaster relief? Simon Doonan on the late, great Dorian Corey, the sassy Harlem ->-bleeped-<- who would have fixed the oil spill by now.
Watching all these bumbling straight white dudes try to plug the Gulf oil spill, I cannot help thinking that the time has come to try something radical. Why not enlist the help of somebody with a totally outsider viewpoint? Why not go for the polar opposite of a turgid straight white guy? How about a fabulous black drag queen? I'm deadly serious.
