Disney in Drag: Once Upon a Parody

The Hairy Godmothers

Many shows arrive in Adelaide, well-developed; having already earned good reviews and significant awards recognition.

Out of the west lurches the Hairy Godmothers’, Disney in Drag; Once Upon a Parody. These Godmothers update those loving, adorable and morally improving characters still resident in our heads, left there by the wonderful world of Disney.

Disney in Drag arrives in Adelaide with warm revues from Perth. Seems the Godmothers mine Disney’s camp shadow, even when it’s attached to every known form of cultural and racial stereotype. Today, some would say that Disney “colonised” the minds of the young, and we all need some recalibration.

Disney provided a glorious Wonderland to feed many a child’s escapist fantasies. Children could identify with endless magical, exotic and morally attractive characters. It takes little for the adult mind to recall and reclaim their personal fantasies as projections of their true younger selves.

As a loving subversion of Disney, the show has a wholesome and happy, but updated ending.