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Curtis Sliwa and Massive Hot Dog in Times Square
['Museum Of Contemporary Art Connecticut', 'Uw Neltje Center S Jentel Artist Residency', 'Institute For Contemporary Art', 'Virginia Commonwealth University', 'Mitchell Johnson']
Hyperallergic
I can’t say I’ve ever dreamed of watching a recreation of Curtis Sliwa’s infamous 1992 kidnapping and assassination attempt in front of a 65-foot hot dog in Times Square, but that’s just because of a lack of imagination.
Our Editor-at-Large Hrag Vartanian found all the above and then some — drag Melania, Epstein file cumshot, etc.
— during a visit to The Most American Pageant Ever!, an absurdist performance event that felt like an elegy during this national moment.
Todd Fine argues that the Mamdani administration ought to reclaim it as an emblem of democratic, labor, and socialist movements.
—Lisa Yin Zhang, associate editorGiant Wieners, Drag Queens, and Curtis Sliwa at “The Most American Pageant Ever!”