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Article: JUDY IN THIS GUY; Jim Bailey claims he channels Judy Garland in his stage show.(FREETIME)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- June 29, 2001
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Byline: Rohan Preston; Staff Writer
You can call Jim Bailey Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand or Marilyn Monroe. But don't call him an impressionist, female impersonator or drag queen.
The loquacious character actor, singer and comedian best known for channeling divas as varied as Peggy Lee, Phyllis Diller and Madonna, considers himself an "illusionist."
"Because nobody does what I do, and because when a man wears a dress in America, he's automatically a drag queen," Bailey said in a telephone interview. "I created my own art form. I'm a character actor. I'm not going out there and camping it up. I'm creating something from imagination. I'm ...