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Real Drag

15 min

A tender, quietly triumphant short that turns a painful moment of rejection into a warm, glittering journey of self-discovery.

Directed by
Brad Davis
Starring
Tad Coughenour, Lawryn Lacroix, Biqtch Puddin
Overview
After harsh treatment, rejection, and freezing up at an amateur drag night, a cis-woman, with the help of a drag queen, explores her gender expression, ultimately soaring to new and unexpected heights.

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Directed by
Brad Davis
Starring
Tad Coughenour, Lawryn Lacroix, Biqtch Puddin
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How it feels

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Tone
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • found family
  • healing
  • gender
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Directed by
Brad Davis
Starring
Tad Coughenour, Lawryn Lacroix, Biqtch Puddin, Luke Antony Neville, Andrew Sotomayor, Rob Warner
Runtime
15 min

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