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6. So there goes a lot of Shakespeare

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Oct 19, 2022, 12:57 AM

Oct 2022

Twelfth Night, As You Like It and The Merchant of Venice have cross-dressing women as major plot points (and of course in his time these roles would have been played by boys). Or do they just want to ban shows where men dress in what's usually considered female garb?

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Idaho bill to ban drag performances expected to get introduced by lawmakers [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2022 OP

Then TFG shouldn't show up in the state with his orange makeup, phony hair and dance that silly kimbutgar Oct 2022 #1

Along with Rudy in his Marylin Monroe getup MustLoveBeagles Oct 2022 #2

Ha ha I remember that! kimbutgar Oct 2022 #4

Trump nuzzled drag queen Rudy harder than that pat on the back. keithbvadu2 Oct 2022 #5

Or his girdle and high heels. Genki Hikari Oct 2022 #7

Freedom of speech. end of debate. Unconstitutional. ZonkerHarris Oct 2022 #3

So there goes a lot of Shakespeare Retrograde Oct 2022 #6

For people who want to go back (reputedly) to the 1950s Genki Hikari Oct 2022 #8