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Mona May Dresses Dorian Electra In Iconic Movie Costumes
DE: That was a super fun one. I definitely felt like I was in full drag when I was dressed as Michele.MM: Just wondering, why would it have to be called drag? Because drag is like a costume?DE: Not that drag is necessarily a costume, because I think it can be many things for different people. But for me personally, I tend to feel like I'm "in full drag" if I'm wearing something that's an extreme departure from my normal looks, whether it's extreme over-the-top feminine, like Michele, or extreme over-the-top masculine, like when I dress up as Bono and contour on fake abs. But then I'll do characters (like A Night at the Roxbury or my used car salesman character, Don Bogman) that I don't necessarily feel like are drag either! So as you can see, the line isn't always clear.I just know that when I wear my usual three piece suit and draw on a thin mustache, I don't feel like I'm in drag, I just feel like myself. But maybe that's confusing! I definitely have had way more feminine periods of my life in the past and sometimes it fluctuates for me based on my mood or what the event or day calls for you, know? When I was a kid, I wasn't into really feminine stuff but I also wasn't really a tomboy because I wasn't sporty at all and I didn't like the outdoors. I just watched a lot of TV, and I mostly felt pretty gender neutral as a child. But I was really lucky because my parents were very chill and didn't put any pressure on me to be any certain way.Related | Aquaria: The Unreal Housewife of New York