CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
The last time I handed out copies of Be Bold with Bananas....you don't want to know what happened.
ReplyDeleteI imagine it was quite a hotpot dish! Jx
DeleteObviously, the pair of you had mothers who couldn't read.
DeleteI'm afraid I discovered the "half-world of perversion and degeneracy" before she knew anything about it. Thankfully! Jx
DeleteOh to whirl madly through Paris once again, and do something bold with a banana. Maybe this Summer.
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This summer, I might just quit my job and join Janice. Jx
DeleteGreat blog! thanks for offering a portal to some great sites. The Yma Sumac site's picture of her bust at Hollywood Forever reminded me of my trek to find the Melina Mercouri bust in downtown Athens a few years ago. The cab driver knew exactly where to go. I'm also discovering some people I didn't know of.
ReplyDeleteWelcome on board, Cal! A fellow Diva acolyte, it seems...
DeleteWe took a similar "pilgrimage" to visit the bust of (and square named after) Gallic gay icon Dalida way back in 2006... Jx