[jwalburg]

Gravitas

[Sadecki]

Gravitas

Nobody's ever accused Rudy of lacking gravitas -- especially in NYC. He was a very commanding presence the entire time he was a mayor.

But FYI: rudy appeared in drag 3x in his 8 years as mayor. Once on saturday night live. And twice at the annual "mayors inner circle" press roasts which is the one event during the year where the mayor is supposed to make fun of himself.

Sometimes he used the press roast as a chance to get a plug in for broadway in some way-- once he was dressed as an animal from the "Lion King" and another time, as you know from the photo you posted, he was a character from the show Victor/Victoria on stage with Julie Andrews and the rest of the cast.