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MN context re: article by @rachelcleves: "Some participated in the performance tradition of the “womanless wedding”...in which an all-male cast made up of community members reenacted a comedic wedding scene by playing roles of both men and women. At the same time that these revues allowed for socially accepted manipulations of class and gender norms, they also served as fundraisers hosted at local schools or churches..."

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