![]() Lauren Pass, who plays the delicate Matt Adore, remembers finding drag after years of “difficult” relationships in which traditional religious and role-based expectations interfered. Kings, like Green, discovered drag because they were trying to find a lost sense of belonging, figuring out who they really were, or seeking a sense of community after years of not fitting in. Yet beneath all of that theatricality are motivations shaped largely by suffering and isolation.Īlmost all the I.C. Passion, confidence and biting humor are what come through at a Kings show. “I’m just as much man as I need to be to fit whatever song I’m performing to,” she says. An angular, sleek image who likes to sweep across the room whether he’s playing nerdy, sophisticated or sensual, Lover is played by Lauren Magnani. ![]() Jindapants’ fellow Kings co-founder, Franky D Lover, is almost the opposite. Kings: Iowa City’s 9-year-old drag king troupe MORE: Iowa City Pride book drive a show of solidarity for LGBTQ+ community She’s created an obnoxious, wild-eyed, sometimes teeth-baring, male-identifying human who moves with jolts and an energy that sometimes resembles a horror-flick villain. In drag, Green has found a way to embrace parts of her that others used to put down, the parts that seem both masculine and feminine. Kings, Iowa City’s 9-year-old drag king troupe. Green, as the drag performer Hugh Jindapants, is among the founding members of the I.C. But hard as memories like those are for Green, they may also be the birthspring of one of Iowa City’s most unique legacies. That memory is just one of many for Green that involves struggling to understand her own gender identity, and being forced to second-guess how she was naturally expressing it. Even now, it’s a painful story to tell, because of the vulnerability it creates.” “But I was clearly a mockery of my gender at that time. “I don’t know why that hurt so bad,” Green remembers. ![]() Two little boys walked up to her and shouted, “Are you a boy or a girl?” and laughed hysterically. Amanda Green remembers a time when she was about 11, visiting the local supermarket.
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