Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 10109514)

..the article said it was a decision made by the head at the last minute when he received the acts that were happening...so all rehearsals, all content etc had, had no objections from other students, other staff involved or any parents that may have been aware of the drag act through their child...so in essence all involved through the rehearsal process had felt the act was appropriate and fine for the talent contest...

Originally Posted by parmnion (Post 10109518)

Thats why his fellow students walked out in solidarity..

Originally Posted by parmnion (Post 10109518)

Thats why his fellow students walked out in solidarity..

Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 10109514)

..the article said it was a decision made by the head at the last minute when he received the acts that were happening...so all rehearsals, all content etc had, had no objections from other students, other staff involved or any parents that may have been aware of the drag act through their child...so in essence all involved through the rehearsal process had felt the act was appropriate and fine for the talent contest...

Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 10109526)

..so then if they did that, they weren’t being non-judgemental, Parmy...they were very much being judgemental and that is essentially bullying behaviour which should never be condoned by a school...which is what I thought your post referred to..?...I’m seriously confused..

Originally Posted by parmnion (Post 10109523)

Ps, school talent shows just need a brave student to walk on and show the talent, they dont need to do a dress rehersal...

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 10109527)

as i thought

not one dissenting voice about Dezzy's disgusting attack on the head


shame on all of you


too busy taking easy pot shots at Parmy



brave

Originally Posted by parmnion (Post 10109485)

For kids in school who seemingly dont judge people..which is backed up by half the contestants pulling out in solidarity..then using wigs, make up and clothing to impersonate someone who has inspired you should be allowed....like johnny did and i do.

Originally Posted by parmnion (Post 10109509)

This is old news fgs..the kid was on this morning..

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/r...-back-12977965


He impersonated rupaul dezzy..read it in black and white in the op...

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 10109510)

He can dress anyway he likes on This Morning its not like he couldn't change his look :suspect:

Originally Posted by parmnion (Post 10109513)

His performance was a dance to a medley of tracks he mixed with his stepfather including songs by Little Mix, Ariana Grande and RuPaul....


Rest assured, he dressed up as rupaul to lip sync his track.

Originally Posted by parmnion (Post 10109531)

Can someone tell ammi the other performers were in solidarity with lewis.

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 10109533)

Solidarity with the student Ammi :laugh:

Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 10109537)

...ahhh, I get you now Parmy..(sorry..)..a drag queen isn’t someone who uses wigs, make-up and clothing to impersonate someone else...it’s an expression of part of themselves, they don’t ‘impersonate’ in any way as such...I can sing songs which were recorded by black singers because I feel the songs and I like to sing them..someone on a talent show can do that as well...but faces don’t have to be blacked to do it, to perform a song...there is a fundamental difference..

Originally Posted by Dezzy (Post 10109539)

You're actually wrong. It says he was inspired by Rupaul's Drag Race and it was the headteacher that said he was imitating Rupaul in order to falsely strengthen her point that it was inappropriate. He never says he wanted to appear as Rupaul.




Yes, I'm sure he was planning to rip off the outfit to reveal a sheer naked glittery bodysuit underneath... You asked for pictures, you got them. You can't try to discount them with a strawman theory because they don't suit your opinion. You can't scream fake news at things you don't want to hear.

Also finally, the teachers okayed his look and his performance, do you really think it would have taken until the night before for the head teacher to take action if his performance contained anything inappropriate? Be honest with yourself.



That makes no sense. To perform a song you have to be dressed up as the artist? Did he have five costume changes planned so that he could also appear as each member of Little Mix and Ariana Grande to suit your strange criteria?

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 10109532)

Yes and as you well know the buck stops at the head teachers desk, good and bad

Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 10109557)

..we also know that heads don’t always make good decisions as well, Cherie...and when those decisions reach the media like this one because of their flimsy and dubious quality...then they’ve opened their school up to criticism...

Originally Posted by Amy Jade (Post 10109562)

When I was in primary school our whole school went to theater clwyd every christmas to see a panto and I remember regularly seeing people in drag in the roles* and and none of us were confused. It's just an act.

I sort of see this kid doing his thing as similar and see no harm at all in him doing his act (which he had edited to remove risky words and apparently removed whole sections of songs to avoid anything bad being utterd. Sounds to me like the head has just banned him without seeing anything.

* not just men as women either I have seen Peter Pan as a girl and a girl playing Aladdin.

Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 10109557)

..we also know that heads don’t always make good decisions as well, Cherie...and when those decisions reach the media like this one because of their flimsy and dubious quality...then they’ve opened their school up to criticism...

Originally Posted by parmnion (Post 10109555)

No..because to me it looks like he was impersonating ruapaul, impersonating little mix n ariana.:shrug:

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper (Post 10109535)

Thread: Teenage drag queen banned from performing at school talent show
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