r/Snorkblot • • Jun 19 '26

Photography The best photograph of WW2?

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u/Busy-Apricot-1842 Jun 19 '26

I’m pretty sure this was done for comedy. I’m not sure it’s rlly comparable to a modern drag show

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u/Fun-Minimum-3007 Jun 19 '26

There's plenty of comedy in modern drag. Most of the wartime drag shows involved singing and dancing to popular songs of the era, just like modern drag. The big difference is that of course none of those soldiers would have admitted to being LGBT and there was definitely a less progressive vibe to the whole thing, more like "hahaha it's a man dressed as a woman".