Today, in my speech class, my (fairly new) students were allowed to give a 3 minute speech on the subject of their choice.
One of my students said that he and a friend decided, on 4th of July, to go in drag on The Strip. They went to see one of the big production shows (he knows some of the people who work on it backstage)…and then they went to another of the larger casinos to go to a club, but waited in the lounge area first.
They got hit on my lots and lots of guys. He showed his picture in drag on his iPhone that he passed around the classroom and I have to admit, I would have been fooled. The guy was gorgeous as a woman - I mean really - no way would you have known he was a guy from looking at him! (Having lived in big cities, I have seen my share of good and bad drag queens.)
He said two guys came up to them, hit on them and bought them drinks, and after a short while he said, “You know we are really guys, right?” The two guys left. His friend said, “We should leave.” However, the guy giving this speech told his friend, “No. Wait - they are coming back soon.”
Sure enough, half an hour later the two guys came back.
The speech was a tad vague on how the evening ended, but he kept the classroom spellbound with his story. Got rousing applause from his classmates.
Can’t say as I have ever had a guy give a speech about going in drag and picking up guys at a casino before, but hey - it was a very good speech, he had all of the elements of the speech prepared well, and had the audience on the edge of their seats.
I grade my students on Intro, Body of speech, Conclusion and Body Language (eye contact, etc.)…he did great and the dude got an “A”.
Still, if there was any doubt, today I knew I was living in Vegas.