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How a Bay Area Asian American drag troupe survived the pandemic with high kicks and calculated pivots
Chi-Chi Kago has seen cultural attitudes toward both drag and Asian American representation shift dramatically in the 15 years since she joined the San Francisco-based Asian American drag troupe the Rice Rockettes. The group may have gotten “old and ripe,” …