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But the Manitoba Underground Opera’s version of Jacques Offenbach’s grandiose final work — running today to Sept. 29 at downtown queer haven Club 200 — couldn’t go forward without the insight of one offstage muse: a self-made queen by the name of Moxie Cotton. Since 2017, Cotton has been a fixture in Winnipeg’s drag community, flirtatiously lip-synching to Carly Rae Jepsen and other “pop princess” fare.
Cotton belongs to the same local drag universe as queens such as Satina Loren and Prairie Sky, or kings such as Hari Vajayjay. Paul McKeen photo Adam Sperry and Janice Marple rehearse on the dance floor at Club 200. Cotton, who has a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Manitoba, revels in the opportunity to express herself and her gender identity through drag, but has reason for being protective over the community-based artform.
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