Michelle Clunie

Michelle Clunie Instagram – Happy International Drag Day!! This shot is from Season two, episode five, Queer As Folk, Showtime. I had spent the summer in SF attending Drag shows and came back and told the producers about the wonderful Drag King shows. The producers wrote it in. As an artist, you must explore, you must go to the ends of the earth and back and push the envelope and buck the status quo. You must be a rebel. You must challenge small minds and lift others up. Dashiell asked me what was important about acting the other day and I told him imagery, stories, tv, film and stage have the ability to change hearts and minds faster than anything else. It unites us, informs us and sets us free. We get to examine the human condition in a world that wants everyone to be mindless foot soldiers. We get to say we are here, we belong, we exist. And it doesn’t matter who you are- most all stories are a hero’s journey, David and Goliath. It doesn’t matter if you are white, black, gay, woman, man, straight, Asian, Latino, transgender… the story is always about the underdog overcoming the odds. Those characters, people, get to stand up and say, we belong! And people go and see these stories where they belong and it can change someone’s life, a country or an entire world. That’s the power of acting and imagery. Storytelling. We have been telling stories since the beginning of time and we will until the end of time. That’s how I feel about acting. By the way, I think I could have played Elvis Presley 💪 | Posted on 17/Jul/2023 01:20:59