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From: judi@coyote.datalog.com (Judi McKernan)
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1991 19:13:00 -0700
Subject: "Putting (on) the Vaseline"
To: love-hounds@eddie.mit.edu
Is anybody 100% absolutely sure that the line "putting on the vaseline" in "WOW" refers to gay sexual relations? Did KaTe say so? Where I come from, and when I worked in college theatres, specifically when doing stage make-up, putting on vaseline (or albolene) referred to the extremely tedious and messy chore of using such greasy, nasty products to remove the incredibly thick make-up used on stage, as vaseline and albolene were about all that would cut through it! (Ordinary cold creams generally did not work.) By the way- the line is "He's too busy hitting the Vaseline", and since she IS talking about an actor doing his part ("You know it's not for real", etc.) maybe she is referring to the practice of some stage players who do rush to remove their make-up as quickly as possible. I, for one, can tell you from experience that cream and pancake makeup that's been melting on your face under extremely intense stage lights feels absolutely GROSS, and I was always glad to remove it as quickly as I could..... "Hey man, time to hit the goop...." (inotherwords, time to get this shit off my face!) judi