Her sets revolve around taboos: stories about her sexuality, her beauty, about the numerous men she has fucked with physically and mentally, loose talk about vaginas and penises, how society ignores sexual behavior. “She pushes the boundaries of our society through content the outfits add to the ambiance,” explains Moiz Kazmi, her manager. In conservative Pakistan, neither drag nor dirty comedy is common, and Chatni is the first person to combine the two into a rollicking show that’s taken Karachi by storm. A spider climbed out the other day, crying out of all its 19 eyes, and asked me, ‘Why?'” Then Miss Phudina Chatni (Miss Mint Sauce) steps up to the mic: “It’s been so lonely up my pussy. The audience is visibly shocked but hoots and whistles. As about 50 people cram into every crevice of a tiny art space, a drag queen wearing a sheer black robe over a red bikini enters dancing to a sensual Bollywood number.
