babe from the Bush & Dowager of style
English translation: a cross-dressing Australian
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| 5 +9 | a cross-dressing Australian |
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| 4 +6 | gorgeous creature from the outback / grand dame of style |
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| 3 +1 | Babe from the Bush, Dowager of Style -> self-styled names; the bush = an area of land where... |
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| 4 -3 | Aristocratic icon from the hinterland |
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peer agreement (net): +9a cross-dressing Australian Explanation: Danme Edna is a drag queen in the UK. Originally Australian, this is the reference to 'bush', tthat is the Australian outback. As for 'dowager', she has a middle-aged, matronly look, exactly like one would expect a middle-aged exuberant aristocrat to look like. DAME EDNA EVERAGE - HOUSEWIFE & MEGASTAR She is one of Australia's best known performers. A comedienne and entertainer, she has had regular TV shows and has performed on stage in Australia and England. Dame Edna has interviewed such famous people as Charlton Heston, Barry Manilow, Jane Fonda, Sean Connery and many, many more. In the 1970s the then Prime Minister of Australia, Gough Whitlam, awarded her the title of 'Dame'; a high British honour. Her motto is 'I'm sorry, but I care'. She is a flambouyant dresser, wearing elaborate evening gowns and outlandish glasses. Her trademark is a bunch of those famous flowers, Gladioli which she tosses in to the audience. The funny thing about Dame Edna is that she is really a man, the lesser known comedian and performer, Barry Humphries. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-12-18 21:01:20 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Forgot to mention that she is called \'dame\' which is an honorific title, typical of aristocrats, hence the reference to \'dowager\'. Note the reference to flamoyant in teh text above, this is a reference to her fairly over-done, outrageous style of dress. The man behind the Dame By Ken Gewertz Gazette Staff Dame Edna Everage, the mauve-haired, gladiola-flinging megastar currently holding court at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, has become a celebrity of such magnitude that many assume her to be a sort of eternal presence, like the constellations. Those who attended an event at Kirkland House last Friday, March 9, had an opportunity to learn otherwise. Barry Humphries, an Australian actor and entertainer, explained to an audience of several hundred how he happened to create the character of Dame Edna and how she has evolved through the years. Humphries appeared as part of the Office for the Arts Learning From Performers Program. (A caveat: Dame Edna does not recognize Humphries as her creator, characterizing him in interviews as nothing more than her incompetent and annoying manager whom she\'s stuck with as the result of a long-term contract.) According to Humphries, however, Dame Edna was born in 1955 when Humphries, then a dilettantish student at the University of Melbourne and an aspiring actor, was asked to write a skit for a Christmas show. Melbourne was gearing up for the 1956 Summer Olympics and was short on accommodations for visiting athletes. read more in Google: http://www.google.ie/search?q=cache:KkZOMSo2VSsJ:www.news.ha... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-12-18 21:03:30 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.dame-edna.com/biography.htm See website for a great picture:-) |
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