Magazine: Drag Queen - by Giulia Olivieri

QUEENS December 2018 A MAGAZINE ABOUT THE ECCENTRIC WORLD OF

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INDEX

Who are drag queens

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Performace as a real job

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The importance of gay prides

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Behind the scenes

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The world of RuPaul

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Who is Conchita Wurst

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An identity game

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Credits

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Eccentric Sarcastic Sexy

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WHO ARE DRAG QUEENS

The term consists of “Drag”, which stands for “Dressed Resembling A Girl”(dressed as a girl) is used to describrom “Queen” which means “queen” Then combined they give an idea of an artist over the top that, imitating women’s clothing, exasperate it intentionally. Have you ever asked these men who they are? What do they do once they get off their heels and down the curtain? Often behind every one drag a very simple boy with big dreams. The disguise is an instinct that can not be controlled. Absolutely not, never do that.

WHO ARE DRAG QUEENS

The dragthey are shameless, they are born behind a quintal of make-up, they create an alter ego, they can freely express themselves while remaining hidden, they balance their introverted personality with their dragged part. This is an absolute balance. they are different from transvestites. the difference lies in the fact that a transvestite wears the opposite sex habitually, in everyday life, while a drag queen does it for a specific event or a performance, in order to entertain an audience. We saw a lot of common people doing that.

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Performances

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PERFORMANCE AS A REAL JOB

PERFORMANCE AS A REAL JOB

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PERFORMANCE AS A REAL JOB

Something fun but never vulgar The Drag Queen has to know how to juggle in various areas of entertainment, and it is this versatility to be decisive, for example, in a competition like ‘Miss Drag Queen Italy. The performances are funny, sexy, spregiudicate and ironic. Something fun but never vulgar. They performe in different ways, they can bring on stage medy shows, obviously always accompanied by music, as I tend to point out that our work is mainly made up of playback of songs or recited pieces. There are many types of Drag, but we all have the same goal: to entertain and cheer the audience. We always try to add more numbers to the Queen world, based on music, choreography and disguises, even shows with a little more elaborate threads. Sometimes we can also deal with the theme of work or that of death “. Very often, when a person discovers that he can work asa Drag Queen, he lets himself go to the bias and thinks that I am all homosexual and that he also disguises himself in private life. This is not the case, and I often have to fight against this prejudice that is not difficult to overtake.

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It’s a full time job Because you are attracted by the entertainment world and by the desire to express an artistic need in some way.

There are those who do it following different guidelines and those who prefer this more colorful, fun and eccentric w ay. To do this work, underlines Diego, a very good dose of self-irony is necessary, but there is no lack of solid cultural foundations compared to what has been done before, not only in the drag world, but more generally in the entertainment world. “Doing the Drag Queen and having as unique sources of inspiration only the latest musical products is not to have a culture or the real basis. We must absolutely document ourselves “.

I know you are attracted by the entertainment world and by the desire to express an artistic need in some way.

There are those who do it following different guidelines and those who prefer this more colorful, fun and eccentric w ay. To do this work, underlines Diego, a very good dose of self-irony is necessary, but there is no lack of solid cultural foundations compared to what has been

I promise you are attracted by the entertainment world and by the desire to express an artistic need in some way.

There are those who do it following different guidelines and those who prefer this more colorful, fun and eccentric w ay. To do this work, underlines Diego, a very good dose of self-irony is necessary, but there is no lack of solid cultural foundations compared to what has been done before, not only in the drag world, but more generally in the entertainment world. “Doing the Drag Queen and having as unique sources of inspiration only the latest musical products is not to have a culture or the real basis. We must absolutely document ourselves “.

Cause you are attracted by the entertainment world and by the desire to express an artistic need in some way. There are those who do it following different guidelines and those who prefer this more colorful, fun and eccentric w ay. To do this work, underlines Diego, a very good dose of self-irony is necessary, but there is no lack of solid cultural foundations compared to what. has been done bef.

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PERFORMANCE AS A REAL JOB

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PERFORMANCE AS A REAL JOB

You can work more on the image, thus deciding to focus more on the aesthetic side, or you can opt for a more elaborate character, perhaps specialized in the cabaret sector rather than singing or tied to dance. It is the show that adapts to the public, not viceersa. What I do on stage is completely relative to who I am in front of “. In other words, the famous numbers of lip-sync go to acting, cabaret, dance or presentation of events. “Drag means really playing with your identity.

Drag means really reminding people that you are more than you think - that you are more than what is written on your passport “You have gone to this profession probably because you are a pregiudicated man, sorrounded by the stupid words of stupid society.

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Pride parades

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Prides like home The idea of dressing up is not always linked to the expression of a gender identity that is far from the biological one, but takes on the connotations of a game. Which is quite distinct from feeling like belonging to a gender other than that of birth, a very serious matter. A big big problem! associating these realities with negaToo often our society, dec tive and exasperated behaviors and atticeived by the kexternal as tudes, confusing the differences that pect, confusesu the other distinguish every human. Today many of the drag queens associate with their complex path of sexual identity that of discrimination due to not belonging to the Caucasian majority. Here too the message of the transmission is that of the inclusion and acceptance of the different. “If you can’t love yourself, how the hell are you going to love somebody else?” They are part of our community, they are themselves in a more eccentric and exuberant way, but they are harmless. On the contrary, they are funny, ironic and funny. Just love them and we surpass these useless and ephemeral prejudices that the world will be a better place to live in with beatufil feels.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF GAY PRIDES

THE IMPORTANCE OF GAY PRIDES

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Behind the scenes

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BACKSTAGE OF PERFORMANCES

Despite the drag queens performing in eccentric performances, they are normal men. As the backstage photos show, drag, before being ‘’ queen ‘’ are common men who love to wear make-up and play a character. Backstage is a sort of limbo, where men are both ‘’ normal ‘’ and queen, a place where they can begin to express themselves and be themselves at their best.

BACKSTAGE OF PERFORMANCES

As you can see, the drag queen is not a fixed lifestyle, or rather, it is choice to live in two people. Those who are able to accept this impulse live this way of life serenely, and the moment of backstage becomes one of the most awaited. Men of all ages and all walks of life can finally put on make-up and dress up as drag queens, and they can do it without judgment or criticism.

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Drag stars

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The drag queens are great artists, lovers of the eccentric, of the open-minded, of the ironic: artiste over the lines to love to respect a nd look in amazement. This idea of them is now in the public domain, and in fact there are many famous and loved by all queen. Queen, who proclaimed the rights of the drag world, has cut a solid space in the entertainment world, obtaining respect, fame and a large audience.

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The legend of

RuPaul

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WHO IS RU PAUL

American next drag queen revolution

On November 17, 1960s,RuPaul also Charles was born in San Diego, but you everybody call him simply RuPaul.

For an artist who has made makeup, excess and identity disguising a real trademark, such a short and incisive art name might seem like a sort of razy oxymoron: in fact, retracing hiscareer and digging under the thick layer of ma ke-up, glamor, bustiers and making their way into the mass of synthetic hair, it is easily discovered that for RuPaul the art of drag is anything but a way to mask oneself. For this reason, when we talk about this star,we do not speak “only� of the most famous drag queen in the world, but of an artist who has built a lot more in his thirty-year career.

WHO IS RU PAUL

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«YOU CAN CALL ME HIM, YOU CAN CALL ME HER, I DON’T CARE! THE IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU CALL ME.» Ru Paul

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WHO IS RU PAUL

American Next Drag Race America's Next Drag Queen (original title RuPaul's Drag Race) is an American reality based on a competition between drag queens, aired on channel from 2009 to 2017. The presenter and creator of the show is RuPaul, who is also a judge and mentor. Competitors must show their skills as entertainers and style, competing in various competitions. Every week the competitors are judged for their performances by various judges; among these we find fixed judges, the same RuPaul and Michelle Visage and guest judges. Today it has become one of the most representative TV programs of the Lgbtq community in the United States and in the world, but also representing a popular and colorful way of throwing opportunities for understanding and tolerance to the rest of society. Merit above all RuPaul, one of the most famous drag queens in history, and an easygoing attitude, self-ironic yet profound to represent diversity. it is also a way to give visibility to an entire community that still lives surrounded by prejudices and horrors.

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Conchita Wurst

Conchita Wurst, whose real name is Thomas Neuwirth, was born on 6 November 1988 in Austria, in Gmunden. Histrionic artist and out of the ordinary, Conchita has carved out an important place among the most beautiful voices in the international music scene. Accomplice his unconventional appearance, long hair, makeup and beard bushy and cured, has bewitched everyone with his singing, so as to be able to 'pierce' the screens and cancel the motion of amazement generated by its appearance.

In 2013 she was chosen as the representative of Austria for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, in Denmark. His second title for the nation, after the one in 1966, that was absolutely.

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The first appearance of Conchita Wurst takes place in 2011, during the singing reality show Die große Chance, which is won by her. In 2012 she comes second to the Austrian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song That’s What I Am. In 2013 he took part in two reality shows broadcast by ORF: Die härtesten Jobs Österreichs, in which the protagonists had to work in a fish factory, and in Wild Girls Auf High Heels during Afrika, where the competitors had to survive in the Namibian desert together with the tribes locals. In September 2013, ORF chose it as the representative of Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.

Denmark. The selection of Conchita Wurst has Facebook page.

WHO IS CONCHITA WURST

He won the podium of the singing festival with the song Rise Like in Phoenix, a controversial hymn to life and truth.

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“Everyone should be able to live their lives as they want it as long as no one else is hurt or limited in his life, I dedicate this song to all those who believe in a future of peace and freedom.. We are unity and we are unstoppable! When we commit ourselves to love, respect and tolerance we can only be part of a larger movement, which must also be carried out by citizens and politics. No matter how you show yourself, it matters who you are and I am this.’’

Conchita Wurst

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WHO IS CONCHITA WURST

WHO IS CONCHITA WURST

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Champions of excess and ÂŤ I can all Âť Today we are this, tomorrow we are the other one. But it is a game of identity. The queens are "harmless" and cheerful artists, a blinding color in the gray of our world, that carry on their shows but with a message, between the lines, very strong, that is: yourself and always at your best.

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AN IDENTITY GAME

They must know how to sing, dance, make the audience laugh, improvise, be charismatic outside and above the stage. Above all you have to be the master of lipsynch, the synchronicity of the lips, the first and true art of drag that personifies the greatest stars of the show, sing their songs in playback. with a studied at table. Project Gutenberg never charges a fee, for anything. Everything from Project Gutenberg is gratis, libre, and completely without cost to readers. Free to read and free to redistribute. Project Gutenberg eBooks require no special apps to read, just the regular Web browsers or eBook readers that are included with computers.

AN IDENTITY GAME

“Doing’’ drag means to go beyond a boundary, aesthetic, emotional, identity. The drag queens are a little bit this, artists of the disguise, real works of art, always excessive, colored, clothes and make-up are their trademark. Dressing up means making fun of identity, they are chameleons. Project Gutenberg never charges a fee, for anything. Everything from Project Gutenberg is gratis, libre, and completely without cost to readers. Free to read and free to redistribute. Project Gutenberg eBooks require no special apps to read, just the regular Web browsers or eBook readers. that are included with computers and mobile.

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We are all born naked, the rest ist drag.

Being a drag queen instead overshadows the person who exists under the sequins, who is straight, gay or bisexual, to give life to the queen of fashion, to the woman of excesses that with her "I can all" cause a little of envy even in ordinary women.

Requirements for being a drag queen are not obvious as you might think. Not enough stiletto heels and lace corsets to be a star of the scene. They must know how to sing, dance, make the audience laugh, improvise, be charismatic outside and above the stage.

He won the podium of the singing festival with the song Rise Like in Phoenix, a controversial hymn to life and truth. 2014 was also the year of its overbearing performance among the 10 most sought after world artists on Go ogle and YouTube. In 2015 she was a guest in Sanremo, a presence that sparked a controversial chorus by

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CREDITS Free University of Bolzano - Bozen Faculty of Design and Art Bachelor in Design and Art - Major in Design WUP 18/19 | 1st semester foundation course

Project Modul:

Editorial Design

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Giulia Olivieri Magazine | Drag Queen

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Project leader Prof. Antonino Benincasa Project assistants Maximilian Boiger, Gian Marco Favretto

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Michael Fils - 2 Leland Bobbe - 3 Sophie Verass - 4,9 Lola Wallace - 6 Jérôme Favre - 13 Dan Kirk - 13 Matt Monath - 14,15 Steven Didis - 26,27 www.rupaul.com - 16,17,18,19,21 www.conchitawurst.com - 22,23,24,25

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DON’T BE A DRAG, JUST BE A QUEEN.

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