Re: Lindsay Kemp

[Doug Alan <nessus@athena.mit.edu>]

> From: Jorn Barger <barger@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu>

> But later in the film, at the Mayday festival, he is supposed to take the
> role of the _Fool_....

> Which put me in mind of a certain song about a homosexual actor who
> they give a part to, but he has to play the fool...  (I have no idea
> if Kemp is gay, but I've read that his great theatrical success was
> in drag-- I forget the name of the play...) [...] Any hypotheses or
> refutations?

This is indeed quite interesting.  Lindsay Kemp is indeed gay.  Rumour
says that Kate had a crush on Lindsay Kemp and that "Moving" is a love
song to him.  (Lindsay only had eyes for David Bowie.)  Whether or not
Kate had Lindsay Kemp in mind when she wrote "Wow", I know not, but
this new piece of information about Lindsay Kemp playing the Fool,
sure seems like more than mere coincidence.

|>oug

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