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Jay Lee's Naked As A Gay Bird
Naked as a Gaybird is a performance put on by one man himself, Jay Bird. The play is about Jay Bird’s struggles growing up as a gay person and all of the issues he encountered. The performance went back and forth between scenes from his childhood. The argument of the production is that coming out of the closet can be a challenge, but once it happens, the rewards are worth the risk.
There were some positive aspects of the performance and some negative aspects too. The costumes were quite unique to Jay Bird and really helped to establish his identity as a gay man. On the other hand, the manner in which Jay interacted with the audience was not sensitive to audiences of all types. When he came into the crowd and wiggled his strap-on in peoples’

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