this story is about finding a way a way to deal with all the prejudices faced by those a bit different. people judging another by jus the way that they look. The writer lets us figure out for ourselves that he is a gay man who dresses up as a woman for a living. He is facing the fact that he is getting a bit old for this. His once pristine body is not what it used to be. He needs to buy a new corset to hold him into shape for the shows. The very real part of the story begins at the corset shop. The shop owners are a couple. She grabbed the curtain and yanked it shut”. This quote is important in the theme of observation, because Miss Adele gives an analogy to how uncomfortable and belittled the man made her feel. then Miss Adele confronts the man with her feelings and she tell him. If I’m so disgusting to you? If I’m so beneath your contempt? Why’re you taking my money’ This quote shows how angry Miss Adele is with the man and how she believes he is judging her and finds her disgusting. Miss Adele forms an initial judgment much more preferable to the man’s wife who helps her in the dressing room. The husband and wife are like fighting throughout the time Miss Adele is in the shop, and she often states her belief that the man is the reason for all the conflict. Miss Adele thinks that his wife is nice. Not like him.
I liked this story. It took me a couple of reads to understand what exactly was going on. That’s interesting though, I didn’t think of the curtain as an analogy (I’m definitely considering it), it really did seem the Husband was upset that a transwoman was in their shop and he made it obvious by leering at her in disgust. I like how the author built the scenario up. Although it was established somewhere toward the end that Miss Adele had a temper problem, I feel like she was managing her confusion and discomfort with how she was being treated and even went as far as asking Mrs. Alexander (discreetly) if she was causing any problems – which Mrs. Alexander denied (I guess that’s where the “Miss Adele was tempted to award her the Oscar right then and there” comes from, she was only pretending to be friendly). There were moments throughout their interactions when Mrs. Alexander was actually kind of rude, and by the end it could be concluded she really didn’t respect Miss Adele either as she misgendered her several times even after being told not to.
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