North Kansas City Chicken N Pickle Drag Show Crisis Hits Climax

We thought about this post for quite some time and the only we can figure out how to start it is by trying to get across the point that we don't hate ANYBODY and yet we also respect the hangups of so many locals who are understandably having a tough time coping with a pronounced American cultural shift.

Still . . .

Here's the reality . . .

LIKE IT OR NOT, DRAG SHOWS ARE PART OF MAINSTREAM AMERICAN CULTURE!!!

As evidence of this fact we note that RuPaul's "Drag Race" earned record TV ratings and a bevy of MSM promotion, sponsorship & endorsement.

Again . . .

Respectfully . . . 

We acknowledge that not everyone is ready for this "new normal" in American pop culture. 

On a somewhat related note . . . Even Hillary Clinton is warning Democratic Party leaders that transgender issues risk losing upcoming elections for progressives. 

Now . . . 

We won't give parenting advice on this blog because we've never managed to "slip one past the goalie" and this blogger is a bit of a manchild when it comes to conversations about etiquette. 

Real talk . . .

A 'CHICKEN 'N PICKLE DRAG SHOW' SOUNDS KINDA FUN UNTIL WE FOUND OUT IT WAS RELATED TO B-LIST BAR SPORTS!!!

Nevertheless . . . 

There are two stories here and they're smooshed together for maxim effect and partisan gain . . . 

Without question: Parent complaints against a teacher and alleged "enticement" should be taken seriously and deserve attention. However, that's not REALLY the part of the story that has garnered Internets obsession . . . Understandably, online denizens are far more "interested" in debating the merits of drag performances at alleged family restaurants.

Accordingly and not out of character at all . . . 

TKC DEFENDS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS GUARANTEEING BAD TASTE AND LACKLUSTER PARENTING!!!

Nobody reported a nipple-slip or anything getting "untucked" so at worst these seems like a great deal of sound & fury over 90s-era dance moves & lip syncing.

Again, whilst we welcome opinions to the contrary, the main point here is . . .

Drag shows are now a part of the mainstream American entertainment world and feigned outrage and shock simply refuses to acknowledge media metrics and American viewing habits.

It doesn't look like anyone was being forced to watch this drag show event. There were no straps tying people down . . . In fact, the divas were strapless.

Moreover . . . 

It seems that outrage over this alleged affront to family values merely provides a convenient excuse to share, obsess and give in to insatiable curiosity about drag queens. 

The joke's on anybody who gets too worked up over a drag show . . . 

This week one of our favorite KC conservatives provided a brief bit of levity as he talked up the story with techno dance beats playing in the background. 

Nevertheless . . . 

We don't want to take way "the fun" for those who  indulge in fixation over the lifestyle choices of dudes who feel comfortable enough to twerk at an overblown chicken shack that has earned success by adopting a bar game . . . Here's the story . . .

The drag show event on Saturday in North Kansas City was hosted by “Aria Queer,” a drag queen identified on social media as a local 24-year-old teacher with the initials P.D. The brunch was presented by Nclusion Plus, an organization that dubs itself “a new-age, next-level club that features all things LGBTQIA+.”  

P.D., whose social media profiles identify him as a Spanish teacher in the KC-area Park Hill School District, is Nclusion’s Kansas City regional director. According to the group’s recent event promotions, “Aria Queer” performs frequently around the region.

A video from Saturday’s lunch-time event was posted to Nclusion’s Facebook page, showing three drag queens dancing, in-turn, around guests, including children and adults seated in a restaurant. Various guests held up dollar bills, which the performers enthusiastically took.  

Thankfully . . . This hack blog at least offered the venue a chance to respond . . .

Chicken N Pickle’s director of marketing, Carrie Bartlow – whose husband, Nick Bartlow, serves on the school board of another KC-area school district, Liberty Public Schools – how it is the entertainment venue plans children’s events that parents may understandably find objectionable.  

“We provide spaces for events hosted by organizations in our community, and we don’t discriminate against anyone’s political, social, religious, minority or gender identification,” Bartlow noted in an email. “We aspire to be family friendly, and we allow families to make their own choices about what activities are best for their children, including which private parties to attend.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

KC teacher's group hosts 'drag brunch' for kids

A Missouri teacher's involvement in drag shows and a recent "drag brunch" for kids and families has a Missouri education group crying foul. The drag show event on Saturday in North Kansas City was hosted by "Aria Queer," a drag queen identified on social media as a local 24-year-old teacher with the initials P.D.