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Friday, September 23, 2005

Wigstock returns this month and invites controversy

Wigstock returns this month and invites controversy Wigstock is happening this month in New York City's Tompkins Square Park, but the event is not without it's controversy. Betty Butterfield will be on stage, the muddled white church-lady persona of Chuck Knipp, a gay white Texan male. Knipp is also known as Shirley Q. Liquor, pictured, his overweight, opinionated, African-American mom presented in blackface while delivering Ebonics-laced monologues. Protestors picketed her previous NYC performances, cancelling the second one. �
[Date: 09-Aug-05 ]

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