Unmasking the lolas: Production and signification of drag in Eat Bulaga's kalye serye

• Main Author: Cao, Ruepert Jiel D.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Drag shows > Philippines; Comedy; Television programs > Philippines; Television series > Philippines; Filipinos; Eat Bulaga
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/5293
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study investigates the process constructing meaning behind drag performances in Philippine television. A drag performance is the act of crossdressing and cross gender acting to entertain. This is very evident but an understudied practice in Philippine media where famous comedians have performed...