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ANTAGONIST: A SUBVERSIVE ADAPTATION ON THE VILLAINIZED DEVIANTS OF POP CULTURE AND BEYOND; A REPUTATION OFTEN ATTRIBUTED TO SUBURBAN DEVIANTS AND NON-NORMATIVE PEOPLE. SUBURBAN DEVIANT’S DEBUT RUNWAY SHOW, ANTAGONIST, EXPLORES THEMES OF IDENTITY, REBELLION, AND THE OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD NATURE OF DEVIANCE. ANTAGONIST CHALLENGES THE WAYS WE DEFINE AND DISEMPOWER THOSE DEEMED OUTSIDERS, DELIVERING A PROFOUND STATEMENT ON EXCLUSION AND SOCIAL OSTRACISM. ANTAGONIST INVITES US TO QUESTION NARRATIVES AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES INVOLVING THOSE WHO DEVIATE FROM THE NORM. WITH A PLAYFUL, CAMP-INFUSED TAKE ON POP CULTURE ICONOGRAPHY, SUBURBAN DEVIANT ENCOURAGES AUDIENCES TO EMBRACE THE EXTRAORDINARY AND DEFY CONTEMPORARY CONVENTION.