![]() Perry, currently the only conservative voice on City Council, isn’t seeking reelection. “Twitter’s market value collapsed faster than Ron Nirenberg turned his back on A.” Don’t ‘party with Perry’Ĭornynation’s final act blasted the handling of Perry’s hit-and-run car crash, depicted through a Nutcracker-themed journey through that November night. “He bought the bird and s- the bed,” Hill said of Musk. Performers also took aim at Twitter CEO Elon Musk, whom they accused of “giving free speech to the goose.” The skit was sponsored by trial lawyers at San Antonio’s Hill Law Firm. Performers depicted a pre-DeSantis Florida in which “fairy godmothers brought children’s dreams to life … golden geriatrics golfed gleefully … and queens delivered joyful readings to audiences of all ages.”ĭrag queens swoop in to tie DeSantis to a maypole with rainbow ribbons. ![]() “… You can only push so far before the fairies and their godmothers … rock you like a hurricane.” “This living Napoleon complex cherishes nothing more than controlling how you live, learn, think and f-,” Kane said of DeSantis. Disney filed suit against DeSantis Wednesday. (The real Abbott was paralyzed from the waist down after a tree fell on him while jogging at age 26 and uses a wheelchair.)Ĭornyation’s cast expressed similar sentiments toward DeSantis, whose administration implemented a program last year that lured migrants onto a flight from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard, and is currently fighting with Disney over “woke” corporate practices after the company spoke out against Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. ![]() Near the end of the show, one popular skit showed Abbott’s character crushed by a sawed down-tree while performers danced to “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead” from the Wizard of Oz. “We know just the heartless son of a b- who could use a new ticker,” Kane said. Wade was overturned.Īnother performance showed Abbott being chosen to receive an interspecies heart transplant, a procedure that doctors temporarily succeeded with on a patient last year. One skit depicted Lady Liberty pulling a fetus out of Abbott, who in 2021 signed into effect the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws before Roe v. Its sponsors this year included law firms, local businesses and alcohol companies.Īmong the top targets of this year’s performance was Abbott, played by a performer wearing a giant costume head of the governor. ![]() It started as a costumed satire of the Coronation of the Queen of the Order of the Alamo, and has since grown into one of Fiesta’s most popular events.īilling itself as “adult-oriented satire,” the show weaves expletive-laden, R-rated jokes into biting political commentary. Credit: Bria Woods / San Antonio ReportĬornynation has been a Fiesta tradition since 1951. Cornyation, the annual Fiesta satire show, includes drag performances, which have been targeted by the state Legislature this session. “ and crew want that deep red cred for the 2024 Hunger Games,” Hill said told audience. “Deep in the heart of Texas it’s been a right wing fever dream made flesh,” said Kane, who cohosted the event with Mindy Miller Hill, who served as King Anchovy in 2019. Steve Toth (R-Woodlands), would allow people who view drag shows as a minor to sue the performers, though critics say the language is broad enough to include traditional theater. Later he warned queens to “take cover, girl, the future is fraught,” before introducing a skit titled “F- House Bill 4378 and the horse it came on.” “Big brother loves a snitch,” joked Kane. In a nod to those concerns, master of ceremonies Payton Kane invited attendees at the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre Wednesday night to take photo or video evidence of the night’s performance.
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