Drag queen at wedding

[wedding2021]

I'm considering having a drag queen sing at my wedding. What would you think if you were at a wedding and a drag queen had been booked to perform? Obviously they'd tone it down a bit with swearing etc.

Urgh. Hate weddings at the best of times, but watching some bloke parody a woman in high heels and grotesque make up. Think that would be the point at which I make my excuses and go home. But your wedding your rules etc

Hate panto too.

Offensive

Woman face is unacceptable

Have you gone to a concert of a young female singer?

That's presumably OK as women can wear as short a skirt as they like or as much make up as they like but men can't.....

Trashy and offensive

A live band is best option I reckon. If you get a good one they will play all the floor fillers. I had an indie rock type band for a big birthday (we saw them at a friends wedding 1st) and no one left the dance floor all night. Much better than a DJ

So please tell me what is the difference between picture A and picture B?

women can wear as short a skirt as they like or as much make up as they like but men can't of course they can, but when they pair with some fake tits and an innuendo name, and their ‘act’ consists of camping around the stage making sexist jokes, they can get to fuck.

Want to put a dress and a face full of slap on, fill your boots. Pretend to be a woman while you’re doing it, fuck off.

Some of you lot bashing drag queens with your outdated views and odd comparisons need to get a life , you sound so uptight and boring as hell.

I'm pretty sure that people who objected to minstrel shows and other shows taking the piss out at black people said similar back in the day.

Sooooo boooooring.

Again have you watched music videos lately? Have you gone to a concert of a young female singer?

What's the got to do with anything? Are those women caricaturing or taking the piss out of someone they are not? No? Not the same then.

I'd be hopeful of a bit of comedy and some cheesy music tunes to sing along to

The point I'd tried to make in my post was that the magician was funny - lots of jokes and tricks in one handy act and appealing to the kind of mixed age group you generally find at weddings. Which - as this thread has demonstrated - drag queens are not.

The cheesy tunes came courtesy of the band we also had.

I'd enjoy it provided they had a good act, but then I grew up in a town where drag is quite a normal thing to encounter on nights out so I'm very open to it. I'm not sure how many people would be into it though, tbh, especially if you have a lot of very conventional people coming. I think a disco's the best option by far.

I do think some people on here are being a bit prim about drag as a concept, though.

Sorry this should say

I'm pretty sure that people who objected to minstrel shows and other shows taking the piss out at black people were told similar back in the day.

Tacky shit

Not suitable for a family occasion

grumpyorange

Picture B is a fella. HTH

I do think some people on here are being a bit prim about drag as a concept, though.

What do you mean by prim?

Calling women 'prim' because they are uncomfortable with something is just old school misogyny really isn't it?

@Pinkarsedfly but what is the difference in the makeup? The sexualisation of outfits etc?

Oh, away with you and your prim shite

Such a shame that people are so quick to jump on the bandwagon.

I suggested to search about the differences.

Here is another one - 1880 Drag Balls. Please go do yourselves a favour and read from there.

Please read in Europe in the 1900's had Drag Artists. Some facinating history.

In America 1900's had BlackFace. Search the history and compare to the drag artists around at the time.

I'm not sure how many people would be into it though, tbh, especially if you have a lot of very conventional people coming. I think a disco's the best option by far

Yeah, go with a disco and some Steps and Abba
Although people would no doubt have a problem with that and say it's crap, where's the live band?!
In other words can't please all the people all the time, so in that vein OP have what entertainment you like lol

Please go and read about William Dorsey Swann. He started Drag balls for freed slaves like himself, who were often raided by police for meeting up with other fellow slaves. 1886 he was arrested for something ridiculous.

Drag Artists are being dragged down with Crossdressers, transexuals and whatever else for centuries. Living side by side.

Come to think of it, woman had to dress up as men in some areas of history to be taken seriously and recognised in the male-dominated world.

If I only played Stepps and Abba, I'd be the first to leave, and behind me would be some very confused guests wondering who I was.

They'd be wondering where the Soul, Blues, Reggae, Jazz etc was.

At a wedding?

I'd think it was vulgar and totally inappropriate. However, I don't believe the op is serious.

At a wedding?

Yes, that's what the OP said.