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Touching Synchrony: Drag Queens, Skins, and the Touch of the Heroine

Submitted by Jacob Mallinson Bird on July 23, 2017 - 2:46am

Introduction

Lip-syncing is one of the drag queen’s most valuable skills. She stands on stage, silently moving her lips to the voice of another, embodying that voice and persona in a performance style honed over generations of predecessors.

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