Category: Glamour
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Being A Super-Villain
Must be a lot harder than being a normal one. And a lot more expensive – think of the cost of a lair and henchmen. Sorry. Henchpeople… Being a normal villain is expensive enough. If you set out to counterfeit tram tickets the price of thick paper for inkjet printers is high – plus it’s…
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Sex Kittens
Can still throw up on the carpet. The business of sex is nowhere less attractive than when it is treated as a business. Look at the internet and the millions of sites that want you to send them money to watch something happening. If you had any sense, you would realise that if that same…
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Raree Shows And Figured Dancers
David Hume, the Scottish philosopher, wrote about ancient Greek tyrannies expending large sums on ” raree shows and figured dancers “. Apart from mentioning that they gathered the money for this by murdering citizens and foreigners, I can see no sensible objection. If the people in the city were provided with food and drink by…
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My Dress Is Your Dross
And vice versa. So glad we do not share a wardrobe, eh? Modern people generally do not make their garments from scratch. Few of us cultivate reed swamps, cotton fields, or flocks of sheep. Oh, there are enthusiasts who do, and we appreciate they industry in shearing, carding, spinning, and weaving. Bless them – whatever…
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Theatre Is The Land Of Adventure
Some of it goes right…some of it goes wrong…but all of it should be slightly unexpected. This is much the case for amateur concerts and recitals. You hope every act will be a hit but you know that somewhere in the background the stage manager is threatening an entertainer with a broken table leg. If…
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Unclothed
As opposed to not-quite-nearly-all-naked or nakeder-than-anyone-bargained-for. We are always being given these trite phrases that don’t quite cover the situations. I think we should insist upon more accurate definitions. Note: The auto-bot censors at Facebook and the search engines are currently running red-hot so you may not be able to read the rest of this…
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So I’m Hearing Rumours…
Talk to me, Myron… I’m hearing rumours about the Queen of the Starlets. ” What kind of rumours, Sam? What’ve ya heard? “ Rumours like there is friction, Myron. Friction on the sets. Friction in the dressing room. Friction in the studio canteen. I don’t like friction, Myron. Friction costs me money… ” Okay, well.…
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The Goldfische Studios
A knock on the door… ” So come in, already. Oh, it’s you again. What now – you got a new actress on the books? I should put her in the movies, maybe? What? “ I’ve got this wonderful new starlet for you, Mr. Goldfische. So talented you could die. Her name is Harlow… ”…
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Look At The Last Number
Sitting at a cool screen on a hot day, you can get to wandering a long way from where you start. I began with Mae West and ended up with Carmen Miranda. My guide was Wikipedia. I’ve read that this is not a good thing – the use of this website for factual information. Political…