Drag Queen pushes a bachelorette to the ground – What a drag

May 21, 3:58 PMDallas Pop Culture ExaminerMichael Jenney

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Flashback to last Saturday, May 16th and enter into the Rose Room located upstairs in the popular club Station Four. First of all, everyone needs to be on the same page when reading this article. So nobody becomes confused or feels offended by incorrectly saying he or she when talking about a particular performer, we will just refer to Drag Queens as women or performers, because they are human beings just like the rest of us and obviously comfortable dressing and conducting themselves as ladies.

There was a group of people invited to the Rose Room for a friend’s bachelorette party for some harmless entertainment and something unique to remember. If you have never been to a drag show, picture beautiful people providing comedic dialogue engaging with a large, often obnoxious audience and dancing their heels off to famous artists like Janet and Britney. The group of people had the perfect seats right along the front of the stage. Apparently, it was bachelorette night because there were at least 5 other women with their friends as well. The drag queen (ultimately the MC) finished her opening number to Ciara or something reminiscent of the artist and immediately began poking fun at people, which is understandable, usually accurate and very funny at times. She noticed the bachelorette's scattered among the seats in front of her and pulled all of them onto the stage. She went down the line, one by one and gave the women an interview/judgmental reading of how she perceived them. Some of the comments were valid and hysterical, but others often ridiculous and not even close to being on target. She proceeds to exclaim to the audience that straight people need to find other bars to go to and that the bride-to-be clans need to contaminate other men. She confessed that she was teased by people like “them” and made her life horrible in High School. Wait, so they should all have to leave because of this? Come on, everyone was harassed at some point in school, including the individual hanging out with the group by the stage for being gay, so get over it! Since when does a society so close to being officially accepted for being gay start criticizing other people? Why do you think “they” often ridicule you and make a mockery of different people? You’re giving gay people all over a bad name and a misrepresentation of being the respectful and equal humans that we all want to be.

While she may have been joking, the group started to loosen up and start dancing to songs the women were performing. The MC felt the nerve to get back on the stage and blab about how disrespectful it was to dance while the women were “at their place of work.” She said the tips people give to them were not as effective because they were in the way of getting paid. Are you kidding? That should only escalate the amount of money you receive! The group shouted back, “When music comes on, we all love to dance and have a good time not trying to be rude or get in the way of the performers.” “Do you expect everyone to be in their seats as if they were watching a dance recital?” The MC became fumed and yelled at the bachelorette that was sitting with the group by the stage. The bachelorette was sticking up for what her guy friend had previously said. The MC went up to the girl and pushed her down on the ground and was screaming all sorts of nasty things to the group! The audience became shocked and clearly rushed up to the bachelorette asking the group questions and glaring at the drag queen. The bartender approached the group and told them not ever has he witnessed something so distasteful, tacky, and out of line behavior from a performer at Station Four since he has worked there.

That group won’t be returning for awhile. When they do return for what’s supposed to be a fun night of dancing, watching entertaining shows and paying (literally) respect to the amazing women of the Rose Room, one person in particular will walk right up to this drag queen, (if she is still there) hand her a $50 bill and say, “This is for having a good time at your show and for you pushing down an innocent bachelorette celebrating a night with the gays.”