Drag Queen Show At Highschool

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What exactly are you concerned about? Why is it inappropriate?

In my opinion it’s far more likely for the comedy acts or a seductive dance routine to contain sinful material.

Also it’s school appropriate, in an entertainment context to entertain the audience, good on the guy to want to spread joy and laughter in good spirits with the audience, all apart from one member who has spoken on here. What honestly do you fear?
 
My response will be too long to go into detail.

It is the continued degradation of society and now that everybody has to be sensitive and politically correct and make sure we don’t offend anybody, the degradation continues to build & worsen, yet somehow just goes un noticed or ignored.
 
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What seems to me to be a “degradation of society” is a 15 year old boy at home today rehersing a funny act designed to entertain an audience tomorrow.

While certain people on this forum talk of how its inappropriate, and talk of complaining and even disrupting the event so it can’t go ahead.

When asked to advise why its harmful or inappropriate, just putting some generic response about ‘political correctness’ and that society is too ‘sensitive’.

Do you care to complete the following points -

Its against catholic teaching because…

Its harmful because…

Its innapropiate because…

It shouldn’t be in a school because…
 
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Jen95 said:
Unless you, your parents, others want to try to disrupt it in advance. But you’ll just be villified.
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What justification do you have for wanting to disrupt this event.

Today a 15 year old boy is practicing his light hearted routine designed to entertain his classmates tomorrow, alongside other comedy acts and joke telling.

There is consensus on here that it does not violate any catholic teachings - so why on earth would you instruct a 15 year old boy (on this forum) asking for moral guidance on here to try to disrupt an event?

In simple terms would you let me know why this event should not go ahead?
 
Mi3hael said:
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Do you care to complete the following points -

Its against catholic teaching because…

Its harmful because…

Its innapropiate because…

It shouldn’t be in a school because…
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  1. I would think you can Google this yourself, but here’s a commentary on why drag shows are against Catholic teaching from the Vatican’s perspective:
    Vatican warns University of San Diego on drag shows - California Catholic Daily
  2. and 3. Harmful and inappropriate:
    Drag queens and kids: Get outraged and stay outraged | Voice | The Christian Post
  3. There are legal considerations about public school students and whether they are a captive audience:
    Redirect Notice
 
The word “Drag Queen” these days is used as a general term to describe all different styles of drag. Some of them are going for an extreme look as you say, others just perform as very pretty women or as celebrity impersonators (Cher impersonator, etc). Then you have men who might dress in women’s clothing styles or makeup but it’s clear they are men because they have a beard (Conchita Wurst for example). I don’t think you can say that all drag queens automatically look trashy or grotesque. I also doubt that a boy appearing at a high school assembly is going to be permitted to look trashy onstage, any more than a girl performer would be allowed to look trashy.
 
Hey! I dont remember it personally, I just know of it from seeing clips of it! 😡😅
 
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What you have shared there are some articles which support your views written by some Catholics.

I’m aware that there are Catholics who feel that way. There is a forum full of them here.

Without just copying and pasting generic links - I was wanting to get your opinion on actually what you think is wrong?

What is the worst that can happen if the event goes ahead?

Why in your opinion is it innapropiate in a school?

Why do you think instructing an (potentially) easily led 15 year old boy to try to disrupt an yearly high school event is acceptable behaviour for someone on a forum?
 
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Every year our public high school, (which all three of my kids attend(ed)) holds a massive, year-long fundraiser for the Four Diamonds Fund, which is Penn State’s childhood cancer research foundation.

One of the highlights of the fundraising year is the Pageant, where high school boys perform in a mock beauty pageant. It’s something of an honor to be selected to be a ‘pageant boy.’

The boys go to a resale shop like Salvation Army (scandal!! Salvation Army!!) and buy gowns to wear for the pageant. (scandal!! Cross dressing!!!)

Everyone has a load of fun, a lot of money is raised, and no one is harmed. It’s silly. They perform “talents,” (like two boys who pretended to be Obi Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader having a light sabre duel–in dresses). Was that in itself scandalous because they depicted secular sci-fi characters?

I’m triggered. 😐
 
Let’s all remember this is “school appropriate drag”, and I assume “school appropriate comedy acts” alongside it.

Some of the points here are taking this to an extreme, in order to be offended when there is no need to be.

Its like saying “Comedy acts at a school show, no way! I went to a comedy show once and there were jokes about rape and violence. No way should that be in a school. Ban the school from allowing comedy acts”

People who want to be offended, will always find a way
 
I also wondered if that might be the case.

I remember it personally.
 
I suspect the concern in this case is coming from the fact that the boy involved is gay and is more likely to be taking his inspiration from RuPaul than from Monty Python when it comes to putting on women’s clothing. It’s not a “let’s put on women’s clothes for a comedy joke routine” sort of act.
 
Exactly!

When I was in HS, the football players always did a skit of some kind at the homecoming pep rally. My senior year they did a cheerleader spoof and dressed in their mom’s dresses (which were like old house dresses and church dresses) and put balloons down their front as breasts, wore wigs, and jumped around with Pom-Poms. It was hysterical, and no one was offended.

I can think of Flip Wilson, Milton Berle, the Madea character, Some Like It Hot, Bosom Buddies, Mrs Doubtfire, and endless sketch comedy bits.

Cross dressing for comedy and “drag” are not quite the same thing. So, it does sort of depend. But I think for a HS comedy revue it’s more like the former than the latter. However the boy in question may be going more for “drag”— and if that’s the case then it’s artistic expression that is probably going to be allowed in a plural society.

It’s a public school, so really “morality” isn’t going to be the deciding factor. “School appropriate” means no vulgarity or risqué behavior.
 
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How can you demean women (wearing their moms’ old house dresses – you’re dating yourself there - - with balloons down the front), and think no one was offended?
I’ll say it – a drag show (even when it’s all in “good fun”) is demeaning and disrespectful to women.
Those of you defending it sound like the people who defend minstrel shows.
 
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What is a “school appropriate drag show”?
This I guess. It’s a special surprise!
At least these kids were not a captive audience during the school day, and obviously these kids are younger than high school age.
Oh well, “they’ve seen a lot worse!”

 
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What is a “school appropriate drag show”?
This I guess.
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No, it isn’t appropriate.

This was elementary and middle school, this was an adult, and the adult was in inappropriate clothing. This was a talent show, not a comedy skit.

That is not the same as a high school comedy skit.
 
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I’ll say it – a drag show (even when it’s all in “good fun”) is demeaning and disrespectful to women.
Those of you defending it sound like the people who defend minstrel shows.
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Not sure where you’re getting this from, but it sounds like an extreme fringe feminist view.
And I don’t have any use for extreme fringe feminist anything.

I feel no more demeaned by a drag show than I do when I see a woman entertainer dressing up as a man (think Liza Minelli, Lucille Ball, Florence Henderson dressed like Charlie Chaplin, etc).
If you don’t like the shows, don’t go, but “Lighten up, Francis”.
 
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