Money Sep 21, 2018 at 2:45 pm

Three Seattle drag queens break down the head-to-toe cost of their looks.

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No, the right answer is to raise the ticket/gate fees which is more stable
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The problem with tipping os that it's unstable, also it basically has turned drag queens into folks who now come out on stage and immediately go on the floor to collect tips throughout the song, barely performing at all. It's very annoying. They've basically become beggars in a costume instead of real performers who get compensated through ticket fees.

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Could a union work? The huge spread in power and pay between the high end and the semi-amateurs, that complicates things, but... movie actors have a huge spread in pay and they make it work somehow?

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There are people out there who sink a ton of money into their hobbies, yet for some reason don't expect to be compensated for it at all.

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@3:

Yeah, because "Model Train Night!" at your local drinking establishment is totally a thing.

The venue makes money or they wouldn't host the event in the first place; so I don't see any problem with them giving a little more of that back to the performers who are drawing in the customers who are spending money in the establishment.

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@3
Yeah, like musicians, for example.
@4
Yeah, like musicians, for example.

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How much does the ground glass cost to put in rival queen blushers?

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“Drag isn't supplied, it's like being hired to work in an office, but you have to find your own computer, printer, and water cooler,” explains Seattle drag performer Mona Real.

Oh, so it's also like being a teacher.
People who care and love their jobs are always the ones getting taken advantage of, sadly.
Musicians, artists, teachers, performers. If you care enough to do it for free, they will find a way to force you to pay your own way to do it at all.

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Dressing like a woman is expensive and doesn't yield financial gain? You don't say.

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The city should set up a civil service position for drag performers; set up jobs and occupations the Socialist way.

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Drag queens are more annoying than MIMES AND DEEJAYS COMBINED.
They should pay us and go away.

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8)
Liz Lemon: Hey Jack, do you treat me any differently because I'm a woman?
Jack Donaghy: Well, I pay you a little less.

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If you're going to spend nearly $1000 and look like crap...you're not living right

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As Beccoid says, dressing like a woman is flipping expensive, and most of the people who do it are underpaid.

14

Most beat up flea market clowns I ever saw.


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