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BenDeLaCreme is an American drag performer from Seattle, Washington. He is known for being a contestant on Season 6 of RuPaul's Drag Race, and for his solo shows ''Terminally Delightful, Homo for the Holidays,'' and ''Cosmos''. BenDeLaCreme's birth name is Benjamin Putnam. His stage name is a play off the French term "Creme De la Creme", which, translated, means "Cream of The Cream" or "The Very Best", as well as a play off of his given first name. He commonly refers to himself as either "Ben" or "DeLa" to distinguish between his private, male persona (Ben) and public, female one (DeLa).〔 In an interview with ''Artes Magazine'', he explained "I consider BenDeLaCreme to be the very best of Ben which is the name of the gentleman that I share a body with. DeLa is how I refer to the lady part of me. If you say Ben you’re talking to that guy. If you say DeLa you are talking to me."〔 == Career == BenDeLaCreme credits his interest in drag and burlesque to seeing Varla Jean Merman's ''Holiday Ham'' in Boston in 2001.〔 He was inspired by Merman's theatrical, character-driven approach to drag performance. His own career began in Chicago in 2002, while he was pursuing a BFA degree at the Art Institute of Chicago. Although his course of study focused on painting, he found himself more interested in performance art. DeLa's first opportunities to perform came at "drag revues" at Chicago-area gay bars. Early on, he was exposed to a more explicitly feminist, message-driven side of drag culture by the Chicago Kings, a drag king troupe with which he frequently performed as the token "queen".〔 At the same time, he made a conscious decision to preset a more positive, cheerful persona during his shows, even when grappling with serious subject matter such as prejudice, death, and depression.〔 DeLa considers drag to be "an inherently political act", an opportunity to encourage people to thinking about complex issues related to gender and sexuality through humor and theatre.〔 DeLa's costume style is reminiscent of iconic 1950's pin-up girl. He cites dancer and actress Ann Miller as an early influence.〔 DeLa's solo shows combines comedy, song, burlesque, dance, and video clips (often DeLa himself in other roles).〔 Since the mid-2000s, DeLa has been based in Seattle, Washington, where he runs the theatrical production company DeLouRue Presents with burlesque duo Kitten La Rue and Lou Henry Hoover, his friends and frequent collaborators. He is the hostess for The Atomic Bombshells burlesque troupe and teaches at the Academy of Burlesque in Seattle. He has also collaborated with many members of the Seattle burlesque community, including ''Drag Race'' Season 5 winner Jinkx Monsoon. DeLa appeared in several films by filmmaker Wes Hurley including the documentary Waxie Moon, Waxie Moon in Fallen Jewel and as a narrator of the series ''Capitol Hill''.〔http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wes-hurley/jinkx-monsoon-colby-kelle_b_7930328.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BenDeLaCreme」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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