Her artificial expression, a Kabuki-like mask, reminded me of a terrifying drag queen.

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The towering Mr Fox has poked fun at his opponent by calling him el chaparrito (shorty) and la vestida (the drag queen).

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There was the year mascara icon Tammy Faye Bakker and drag queen RuPaul walked arm in arm down Park City's Main Street (the odd couple were promoting "The Eyes of Tammy Faye, " a documentary about Bakker's life).

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Was I a drag queen?

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And yet I do and to old friends like Stephen Jones, the milliner and the crew from Vivienne Westwood and an elegant gentleman with terrific posture, who, it dawns on me, I have met before for he, often dressed as she, is Jonny Woo, the most glamourous drag queen in town.

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Director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell, who proved he has the cross-dressing chops after working on the last Broadway drag extravaganza, "Priscilla Queen of the Desert, " skillfully makes his 32 cast members some wearing thigh-high boots and stiletto heels jump on and around conveyor belts and do high kicks on the factory floor.

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