The servant problem
In a NYT review of the one (wo) man show, “Blanche Survives Katrina,” the Blanche duBois character, recountinging her experiences at the Superdome in the hurricane’s aftermath, says, “Everyone there appeared to be someone’s maid, yet the place was filthy.”
I have that impression of myself after cleaning up for my dog.
It never stops.
Ah, but to your dog, you’re much more than a maid. You’re also cook, waiter, and cruise director.
And, the most important question… was anyone being offered payment in exchange for cleaning? I thought not.
I thought that was what made the quote funny. Pure, politically incorrect drag queen humor.
On drag queen humor…. How can you not love the hairier than average girls who called themselves things like:
Ida Slapter
Dora Jarr
Hedda Lettuce
Sofonda Peters
Anybody else heard a good one?
Myrna Minkoff?
Well, there’s another one.
Nellie Knowitall
Natalie Dressed
Jean Pool
Chris Coe
Marsha Dimes
Georgia Peach
“Marsha Dimes” is my favorite, although it carries a slight taint of altruism, which may or may not be warranted. One novelist I liked, whose name I disremember and whose book has been lost to sloppy lending practices at the Cocktailhag News Network, had characters named Kitty Litter and Faye DuWeigh, although as I recall they were actual women.
The first six were mine but now I’m cheating.
Andrea Dorea
Anita Bath
Auntie Christ
Bessie Mae Mucho
Blanche Debris
Blanche Dividian
Carmen Dioxide
Carrie Oakey
Clare Boothe Luce Change
Crystal DeCanter
Tequila Mockingbird
Lois Carmen Denominator
If cheating is wrong, who wants to be right? Each name, from Anita Bath, to Lois Carmen Denominator, is a thing of pure beauty, although admittedly their namesakes probably aren’t.
Kind of makes me want to be a drag queen myself, if it weren’t for all the work. Thinking up a name would be the best part.
Here is the website where I found those names. Enjoy!
http://tillyscreams.blogspot.com/2008/01/canonical-list-of-drag-queen-names.html