How to Survive French Colonialism in Việt Nam —Fall 2024

Skills:
Costume Design
Makeup Design
Prop Design
Storytelling
Drag

Alongside the Stanford Drag Troupe, I performed a drag king set as Earl of the Orient, a comedic and radical portrayal of anti-imperialist masculinity. In a three part act, a Vietnamese aristocratic man negotiates his manhood under French colonial rule. I posit that drag and reimagined relationships with gender are revolutionary forms of praxis and resistance.

Other performers: Gene Attel Warts and Noir

Makeup and Costume Design

Act I: I am a Vietnamese man! I am a French man!

Act II: Emasculation, Humiliation, Domination

Act III: Chiến tranh Đông Dương (The Anti-French Resistance War)