What is the relationship between Asian drag queens and muscle boys
at the Mr. and Ms. GAPA 1991 competition and Chinese poetry written
during the Tang dynasty? Why is it that Ihara Saikaku's passages
from The Great Mirror of Male Love describing the clothing
of Kabuki boy actors seems so fitting for drag divas on the runway?
What is the significance when contemporary Asian gay men dress up
in costumes that seem more out of Hollywood than Beijing? How do
you pronounce An Ling, Mizi Xia, or Sodeoka? Is this deconstruction,
appropriation, or just over-kill? Find the answers in Aura
- a deconstructed music video featuring Asian drag queens, Chinese
& Japanese poetry, and house music. Effects-ridden and totally
overdone; an almost frivolous exploration of gender, identity, tradition,
and glamour.
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