transposition / petar cigic

Shade comes from Reading. Reading came first. Reading is the real art form of insult.

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Then Reading became a developed form where it became Shade. Shade is, „I don*t tell you you*re ugly, but I don*t have to tell you because you know you*re ugly“. And that*s Shade.

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Voguing came from Shade because it was a dance that two people did because they didn*t like each other. Instead of fighting, you would dance it out on the dance floor, and whoever did the better moves was throwing the best shade, basically.

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„You can take the pantomime form of the Vogue. What generally sometimes I do, as I make my hand into a form, like a compact or a makeup kit, and I*m, like, beating my face with blush, shadows or whatever, to the music. Then usually, I*ll turn the compact around to face that person, meaning, like, almost, like, my hand is a mirror for them to get a look. Then I*ll start doing their face, because what they have on their face right now needs a dramatic makeup job“.

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So Voguing is like a safe form of throwing Shade.

(iz filma „Paris is Burning", 1990.)