The notion of masculinity is one of played-out stereotypes and tiresome tropes, one that we reinforce through repetition, one that we keep pushing forward instead of stopping at its limited idiocy. For me, it’s always been about play – no more, and very often quite a bit less. Masculinity so rarely has anything to do with men.
When you’re able to see its stupidity and social construct, you can pick up its various elements and present something wholly fabricated for public consumption. Sometimes all it takes is one accessory or pose – the people always fill in the rest with what they want to see, what they find comfort in seeing. It’s what they have always seen. Playing with this and upsetting expected notions was how I got off twenty years ago, and plays a major part in the formulation of The Divine Diva Tour: A Fairy’s Tale.
Imprisoned by the yellow tile of a locker room, our protagonist contemplates the various ties that bind him. Sartorially, he remains a prisoner. Socially, he stays an outsider. Stylistically, he is the ultimate trickster. Something about shape-shifting removes emotional earnestness. You do not know what to believe, you do not know what is true, you do not know what is real. There is the body, there is the brain, there is the heart, there is the soul. Science does not quite match up to style. Life is a pose.
~ The Divine Diva Tour: A Fairy’s Tale ~
- Pink Frilly Fairy: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three
- Homage to Herb: Part One, Part Two and Part Three
- A Purple-Hued Interlude
- Style & Panache: Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four.
- Purple Puff Confection: Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four.
- A Blue-Hued Interlude
- Fuchsia Fabulousness: Part One. Part Two and Part Three.
- Bad Boy Bangs: Part One, Part Two. and Part Three.
- Vanity Under Where: Part One, Part Two. and Part Three.
- Sugar Plum Ballerina: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three.
- A Pool Frolic: Part One, Part Two. and Part Three.
- A Cemetery Interlude: Part One and Part Two.
- Powder Blue Fur Doll: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three.
- A Milky Interlude
- Rock Out, Cock Out/ Hang Out, Wang Out: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three.
- Cocktail Cocktale: Part One and Part Two.
- A Fairy’s Interlude: Part One and Part Two.
- Willy Wonkers: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three.
- A Peacock In Everything But Beauty: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three.
- Swan Lake Fantasia: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, and Part Four.
- Black & White in Briefs: Part One, Part Two. and Part Three.
- Weave of Basket, Weave of Rope: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, and Part Five.
- Chains of Gray to Color: Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four.
- Black Jockstrap: Back Entry: Part One, Part Two and Part Three.
- Super Fairy Interlude: Part One, Part Two and Part Three.
- American Psychology: Part One and Part Two.
- Jocks & Frocks: Part One and Part Two.
