http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png http://jezebel.com/tag/pageant http://jezebel.com/tag/pageant Do you love all the drama of beauty pageants but hate the kiddie-porn-esque vibe of children's pageants? Then get thee to Pageant, a documentary paean to the biggest drag pageant there is. [New York Times]

]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5118309&view=rss&microfeed=true It's taken us a while to get around to this, but the new commercial for the Miss USA pageant — airing on NBC on April 11 — is sort of a mindfuck. Instead of sweeping previous embarrassing moments under the rug, NBC is embracing them and encouraging TV watchers to tune in because they might just see a beautiful woman slip and fall on her ass, or babble on about "the Iraq." Such as. Sure, they use the tagline, "Anything can happen — because it's live", but really, they're gleefully humiliating and mocking the girls who participate as well as their own damn programming. Correct me if I'm wrong. Clip above.

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