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Christeene Opening For Fever Ray 2
Christeene Vale, known Mononymous person, mononymously as Christeene, is the stage name of Paul Soileau, an American drag queen, performance artist, singer-songwriter and rapper. Christeene is noted for untraditional, "terrorist drag," which features her wearing torn-up clothing, stringy matted black wigs, and heavy and smeared makeup with aims to expose hypocrisy and intolerance. Early life Christeene is a character created and performed by Paul Soileau. Paul grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He attended Loyola University New Orleans. Following college, he lived in New York City and New Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina, Soileau moved to Austin, Texas. Career Christeene is Soileau's second drag character, his first being Rebecca Havemeyer, who is similar to Barry Humphries' Dame Edna. "When Christeene came out of me," said Soileau, "I was searching for something that had the action of a switchblade in my pocket -- a character I could really put on quickly, but affect people i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christeene Opening For Fever Ray 2
Christeene Vale, known Mononymous person, mononymously as Christeene, is the stage name of Paul Soileau, an American drag queen, performance artist, singer-songwriter and rapper. Christeene is noted for untraditional, "terrorist drag," which features her wearing torn-up clothing, stringy matted black wigs, and heavy and smeared makeup with aims to expose hypocrisy and intolerance. Early life Christeene is a character created and performed by Paul Soileau. Paul grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He attended Loyola University New Orleans. Following college, he lived in New York City and New Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina, Soileau moved to Austin, Texas. Career Christeene is Soileau's second drag character, his first being Rebecca Havemeyer, who is similar to Barry Humphries' Dame Edna. "When Christeene came out of me," said Soileau, "I was searching for something that had the action of a switchblade in my pocket -- a character I could really put on quickly, but affect people i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce La Bruce
Bruce LaBruce (born January 3, 1964) is a Canadian artist, writer, filmmaker, photographer, and underground director based in Toronto. Life and career LaBruce was born in Tiverton, Ontario. He has claimed both Justin Stewart and Bryan Bruce as his birth name in different sources. He studied film at York University in Toronto and wrote for '' Cineaction'' magazine, curated by Robin Wood, his teacher. He first gained public attention with the publication of the queer punk zine '' J.D.s'', which he co-edited with G.B. Jones. He has written and photographed for a variety of publications including ''Vice'', the former Nerve.com and '' BlackBook Magazine'', and has been a columnist for the Canadian music magazine '' Exclaim!'' and Toronto's '' Eye Weekly'', as well as a contributing editor and photographer for New York's ''Index Magazine''. He has also been published in ''Toronto Life'', the ''National Post'' and ''The Guardian''. His movie, '' Otto; or Up with Dead People'' debu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
