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Waking Up Witches

From: katefans@world.std.com (Chris'n'Vickie of Kansas City)
Date: Sat, 12 May 90 02:18:24 -0400
Subject: Waking Up Witches

Dave writes:

>> From: Andrew Marvick (IED)
>>     [Mr. Fox'] summation of the narrative in _The_Ninth_Wave_ is
>> grossly incorrect:
>> [regarding the gender of the character]
>>     IED doesn't know where Mr. Fox got his information, but he
>> definitely didn't get it from interviews with Kate Bush herself.

> If you'll indulge my speculation, it's probably an extrapolation
> of Kate's comment that The Ninth Wave was originally inspired by
> the film "The Cruel Sea", in which the sailors are all men.

We know Kate likes "sea movies". Has anyone seen the John Wayne film
"Wake Of The Red Witch"? I've always wondered....

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It's refreshing that something as mild as the "Masturbation Debate" can
be called "Hot". And here I thought that sometime back there must have
been some clawing, tearing, screaming, gnashing flame-fest over "The Man..."
way long time ago. 
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Vickie (one of Vickie'n'Chris)
katefans@world.std.com