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Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: ‘Like Disney Princesses, but for adults’

Started by Shana A, October 16, 2010, 08:24:53 AM

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October 16, 2010, 08:24:53 AM
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: 'Like Disney Princesses, but for adults'
J. KELLY NESTRUCK
From Saturday's Globe and Mail
Published Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 5:22PM EDT

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/theatre/priscilla-queen-of-the-desert-like-disney-princesses-but-for-adults/article1759531/

In confusing, complex times like the one we live in, audiences turn to traditional, old-fashioned entertainment to distract them from the world's problems – you know, like drag queens.

"They're like Disney Princesses, but for adults," says Australian makeup artist and former drag queen Ben Moir, as he works away on transforming a male actor into a larger-than-life woman for the Toronto production of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert – the Musical.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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