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From: "S.Irani-lewis" <MDA95SI@sheffield.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 16:09:38 +0000
Subject: Re: the *homosexual* theme
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> > I do _not_ think the song denigrates homosexuality. *Wow* touches on gay > > issues, too--the homophobia of the entertainment industry: *Hell never > > play the scene/get to be that movie queen/hes too busy hitting the > > vaseline* And get a load of that gesture in the video--Kate slapping her > > ass to the last of the above-quoted lines. > > > Wasn't the video banned for that reason -- and then later > reproduced from her live show? It was.....of course the funny thing was that when she performed it on Top Of The Pops she made the Ass-slapping motion and at that point a cheesy old video effect came in to play which was meant to "hide" the hand/arse contact. All it did was multiply the image and have them all spin off to infinity...... Not QUITE the effect the Beeb were looking for, but jolly amusing none the less :-D