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Kylie: Becoming a Gay Icon
Kylie’s passionately dedicated gay fans have been a key part of her success. In this short clip from Molly Presents the Divas (2006) Molly Meldrum refers to Kylie’s hit ‘Better the Devil You Know’ (...
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: Where are you blokes from?
After a drunken night at a pub in Broken Hill, the three drag artists – Mitzi (Hugo Weaving), Felicia (Guy Pearce) and Bernadette (Terence Stamp) – awake to find their bus defaced with an anti-gay...
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: The Queens of King's Canyon
Tick/Mitzi (Hugo Weaving) attempts to become more ‘masculine’ in the eyes of his son Benji (Mark Holmes), but the boy reassures his father that he accepts him as he is. Mitzi then joins Felicia (Guy...
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You and Me by John-Michael Howson and Jeanne Little
Jeanne Little and John-Michael Howson perform 'You and Me' by Henry Mancini from the Julie Andrews musical Victor/Victoria (Britain-USA, Blake Edwards, 1982) on The Mike Walsh Show circa 1984. This...
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: I will survive
Priscilla, the bus, has broken down in the desert. An Aboriginal man (Alan Dargin) invites the three drag artists to his nearby camp, where they put on an impromptu show. Everyone joins in, including...
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