Burning truths

BayWindows.com – by Brian Jewell – Arts Writer

Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Coco Peru

She’s a seasoned stage actor and has been spotted in a variety of roles in film and TV, but drag performer Coco Peru’s calling card is still the memorable monologue she wrote and performed for the movie Trick. If you’ve seen the film, you can’t forget the drag queen who corners Gabriel in the men’s room to deliver a long tale of woe that climaxes with Coco leaning in with deliberate slowness to fix the young man with a steely gaze and ask, “You ever get cum in your eye? It buuuurns!”