I’m almost embarrassed to admit that I watched part of the Miss USA “Pageant” last night and can’t believe what a bubble those women live in. Last night’s show was like watching RuPaul’ Drag Race on MTV earlier this year. You have a group of overly made up (lip-liner for days), big-haired, plastic-looking people vying for the top spot, waltzing around on stage in bad Debbie Reynolds Vegas drag, glittered up the ass, and answering silly questions. So, what’s the difference? At least with Drag Race, there were more laughs. When people take themselves too seriously, it’s hard to really care about them…like Kanye West and many Republicans.
There was all this bla bla (press) about how Miss USA has been modernized and brought up to the times, they even have their own reality show. But the end result was a throw back to the mid-to-late-sixties. I remember the year of the Moratorium on Washington in 1969, when the youth and women’s movements were in full “flower power” bloom, I was astonished at the dichotomy of these mummified, walking-talking statues that were so out of touch…………………… like many Republicans today.