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Boom Boom and Ceil are drag queens that frequent Christopher Street. Just prior to this conversation, Ceil has been rummaging through a trash can, looking for discarded fabrics that can be turned into a fabulous costume. When Boom Boom enters, she is near tears and struggling to concentrate on their couture ambitions. While the scene is dramatic, there is sincere humor and comedy in the characters. In the stage directions, Wilson notes that both Boom Boom and Ceil are played by men, but always
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CEIL: (to Boom Boom) Hi-ya, Boom Boom, how you doing?
BOOM BOOM: (Gloomily) Hi-ya, Ceil.
CEIL: (Concerned) Hon, what’s wrong?
BOOM BOOM: Mary, don’t ask.
CEIL: You developed an aversion to sequins?
[... … …]
End:
CEIL: You might want to call the emergency room at St. Vincent’s … sort of put them on alert.
BOOM BOOM: Oh for the good old days when I was an unemployed street person and all my medicine cabinet contained was peroxide, Nair, and A-200.
Doric Wilson, Street Theater, JH Press, 1982, pp.31-35.
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