The Whole Shebang Minute 26: Don't Break Your Waffle Cone

In Minute 26 of The Whole Shebang, Mike and Jenny are joined by old friend and English grad student Amy Mugglestone who helps them make sense of: Lindsay Kemp’s character’s fluid gender identity, the aesthetics of sleazy gay sexual awakenings, the history of male impersonation on the British stage as revealed by pantomime posters, the origins and etymology of “luvvie,” Brian’s parents’ postwar British middle-class decorating style, the unconvincing performance of “Tutti Frutti” by young Brian, the secret gay origins of “Tutti Frutti” and of Little Richard, white appropriation of black music from Pat Boone to David Bowie, the period in the 1950s where music hall and rock and roll shared bills, and the undeniable dramaturgical genius of putative Doctor Who Mr. Pastry.

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