Mon, Aug 04, 2003 - Page 16 News List

Making Italian politics less of a drag

Mauro Coruzzi, better known as Platinette, has created the role of drag queen as pundit, bringing high camp and a sensible alternative voice to political debate

NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , PARMA, ITALY

"McDonald's is still the cheapest lunch on earth," she said. "There's merit in that."

Can a bid for national office be far away?

Platinette says she contemplated it, then learned that male lawmakers had to wear jackets and ties into the halls of Parliament. That turned the whole notion into more -- and less -- of a drag.

"I'm asocial, reserved, depressed, schizophrenic," said Platinette, or rather the man behind her, whose makeup, for the moment, was off. "I could never be in Parliament as Mauro."

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