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Onefascinatingfacetoflatecapitalismisthatitcantakeinalmostanythingandsellitbacktousforprofit.ParticularlyinEuropeandNorthAmerica,thishasseentheabsorptionofdragcultureanditscommodificationasmildlyirreverent,high-ratingsentertainment.Itssignificantvalueinnormalisinggenderfluiditynotwithstanding,thatversionofdraglosesitsinherentradicality,asarepudiationoftheveryfoundationsofoppressivesocialstructures.<br/> Avant-Drag!paintsportraitsofninedragartistsofvaryinggenderexpressionsandsexualitieswhotaketothestreetsofAthenstoquery,problematiseand(yes,please!)underminesocialstrictures.Employingwildlyimaginedpersonas–likeriothousewivesandAlbanianturbo-folkgirls–whoperformactsasrevolutionaryaspraisingabortionandascharmingasdrawingchildishpictures,theseartistscallforsocialjusticebytakingaimatconservatism,patriarchy,patriotism,racismandsexism.<br/> Alinefromthefilm’sexquisitepunk-poeticnarrationdescribesthisimpulseperfectly:it’s“ademandtochangetheworldthatcomesfromthepast,lookingstraightintothefuture.”And,lestyoubeconcerned,havenofearthatthereisnoshortageofgloriouslyoutlandishoutfitsandtoweringhigh-heeledboots.Thisisdrag,afterall.
