Love Quote by Catherine Zeta-Jones

There’s a mischievous clarity to Catherine Zeta-Jones’s fantasy: Vegas, drag queens, and a demand that it be unapologetically tacky. Coming from an actress whose screen image often leans sleek and controlled, the line reads like a deliberate swerve toward excess - a way of puncturing the prestige sheen with rhinestones.

“Tacky” is doing the real work. In one breath it’s a joke, a dare, and a cultural password. Vegas tackiness is a codified aesthetic: sequins, spectacle, camp, bodies doing too much on purpose. Pair that with drag and you get a tradition that’s always been smarter than its “cheap” reputation, using exaggeration as critique and joy as armor. Zeta-Jones isn’t just flirting with a gig; she’s aligning herself with a form that treats performance as a kind of truth-telling, where artifice is the point.

The subtext is also about permission. Drag has shifted from subcultural nightlife to mainstream arena tours and TV franchises, but the politics around it have sharpened at the same time. Saying “the tackier the better” is a small act of solidarity with the flamboyant, the unfashionable, the proudly extra - a refusal of the current demand that queer expression be palatable to count as acceptable.

It’s also career-savvy. Vegas residencies are where celebrities go to become icons again, turning their back catalog into a live, communal event. Add drag, and she’s not just selling nostalgia; she’s promising a party with a point.