It’s funny because I met the man briefly (in passing), and, as corroborated by pretty much everyone who knew him personally, or worked with him, he was nothing but polite and kind…
And yet, people who never met him, complete strangers, are now saying the most viable things imaginable, just a day after he passed…
Never in my life did I think we would have “Dixie Chicks 2004 incident” flip political sides quite this fast, but here we damn well are…
“It’s a sad, sad story when a mother will teach her daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger”
Ironic that the same stupid band ended up cancelling their own name, after the zeitgeist changed, lmao…
It was dumb that they changed their names. I always said they have freedom of speech but they needed to understand that country music is a more traditional/conservative fan base. Dame Edna was funny because a man in a dress is supposed to be humorous and not supposed to be taken seriously.
He started the Edna thing in the late 50s, but he had done stage stuff for 70 years…
Crazy longevity, honestly. His legacy will outlive all of these freaks.
Not sure exactly what he said, but basically that, yes. It was on the trans bathroom shit, and it was enough to get him cancelled, but you would have to look at the articles for the exact wording, I’m afraid!
I’ll look up some of his stuff. Like I said I love British tv (pre diversity obsession) and I’ve been meaning to look up some older Australian programming
What did he say? That men are not women? I love British tv and I’ve heard of Dame Edna. Was he around the time of Benny Hill or before?
Edit: oh I see he was Australian. Not sure why I thought he was British
It’s funny because I met the man briefly (in passing), and, as corroborated by pretty much everyone who knew him personally, or worked with him, he was nothing but polite and kind…
And yet, people who never met him, complete strangers, are now saying the most viable things imaginable, just a day after he passed…
Never in my life did I think we would have “Dixie Chicks 2004 incident” flip political sides quite this fast, but here we damn well are…
“It’s a sad, sad story when a mother will teach her daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger”
Ironic that the same stupid band ended up cancelling their own name, after the zeitgeist changed, lmao…
It was dumb that they changed their names. I always said they have freedom of speech but they needed to understand that country music is a more traditional/conservative fan base. Dame Edna was funny because a man in a dress is supposed to be humorous and not supposed to be taken seriously.
Before, I think. Or maybe slightly after…
He started the Edna thing in the late 50s, but he had done stage stuff for 70 years…
Crazy longevity, honestly. His legacy will outlive all of these freaks.
Not sure exactly what he said, but basically that, yes. It was on the trans bathroom shit, and it was enough to get him cancelled, but you would have to look at the articles for the exact wording, I’m afraid!
I’ll look up some of his stuff. Like I said I love British tv (pre diversity obsession) and I’ve been meaning to look up some older Australian programming