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20 fabulous films featuring performers in drag • Journal • A  Magazine • , Life in canada

Barbra Streisand, Katharine Hepburn, Martin Lawrence, Charlie Chaplin, Tyler Perry, John Travolta, Nathan Lane, Gael García Bernal, Angelina Jolie and Tom Hanks. That’s not just a list of some megastar performers—every single one of them has been in drag in the movies. The term “drag” was first used in the late 1800s to describe the action of performing in clothes that differ from one’s own gender (and not in Shakespearean times, as is commonly believed). Over the past century, the art of drag has gone through constant variations. In the 21st century, drag has transitioned from an underground expression of…

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