A visual take on folk music, members of the band The Knife often have other people in their music videos. For Pass This On, they choose famous Swedish drag queen, Rickard Engfors. Engfors made me wonder about how accepting drag queens are in Europe compared to the US. I would imagine, based on this video, they receive more media time.
Exposure is the path to acceptance. The media helps us assimilate (and to a negative extent, to think alike).
Anyway, this video reminds me of a more social-political, mature version of a Eric Wareheim video (from Tim and Eric). If you haven't heard of them, do yourself a comedic favor and check out Wareheim's Vimeo page. You'll be surprised to learn you might've seen his work somewhere before.
Anyway, enjoy the video and use this as an excuse to write about the video, or about lgbtq media representation.
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