Men dressed as ladies in comedy

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They would put more ladies in female roles, but they mostly can't act very well so you need to cast men really.

[a duncandisorderly]

not comedy per se, but... oh, but you would, wouldn't you?

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

Freddie Mercury and Brian May were the only members of Queen I recognised as a kid, so I genuinely thought that was an actual pretty lady.

I would therefore like to thank Roger Taylor for transforming me into the amazingly progressive, open-minded and tolerant man that I am today.

[Sebastian Cobb]

I think that might be why I've always liked Chris Morris as Sukie Bapswent. He puts on quite a convincing androgynous-leaning-feminine voice somehow.

aye but he also got away with blacking up without anyone going spare about it and all. I mean he was obviously playing a fully realised character rather than something crass like a minstrel, but still.

[gilbertharding]

French and Saunders 'fat old perves' characters (did they have names?) were pretty good, I thought, if we're after examples of women playing grotesque caricatures of the opposite sex. I mean, I think they're funny, and not just a novelty from the period. Hard to tell.

No - they're funny.

[Clownbaby]

I think that might be why I've always liked Chris Morris as Sukie Bapswent. He puts on quite a convincing androgynous-leaning-feminine voice somehow.

I also like the way Sukie says Nirvana.

"Nivanerrr"

It also takes a brave man to pull of Myra Hindley prostitute drag

[Clownbaby]

aye but he also got away with blacking up without anyone going spare about it and all. I mean he was obviously playing a fully realised character rather than something crass like a minstrel, but still.

It always gets me how convincing he looks as a black guy and all,  particularly Chuck Fadanoid. I wanted to see more of Chuck Fadanoid. That's the one slight thing I have with Brass Eye, yeah he doesn't drag a particular character too long and that's a good thing but there's some that are so intriguing, like the borstal warden, that I really want to see more of them.

[Clownbaby]

Gotta get my girl Jan Skylar in here

[Suky]

Harold Perrineau jnr (narrator in Oz) is rather gorgeous - smart, sexy, funny - in Woman on Top. Here with Penelope Cruz.

[Clownbaby]

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