A judge’s spontaneous recognition of a performer’s artistic lineage outweighed the win itself
Evidence
Edie Massey, the last of the judges, held up her scorecard for me. As she displayed the final 10, she proclaimed in her high-pitched, little girl voice, “I love her best, because she looks just like a baby Divine.” Edie didn’t know that I had always thought of Divine as the mother I wished I’d had. I often gave Divine credit for teaching me everything I knew about beauty. To get that public recognition for my true lineage from Edie was the best part of winning the contest. — Dolores DeLuce, Blow Jobs, 54
Categorization
- XREF: The search for a chosen-family lineage through mentors and its recognition by an elder — reads against the maternal/grief thread the reader has collected in this chapter.