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Ricky Renee

  • Posted by Bebe Brum November 5, 2014 #  #Drag Artiste  1,125 views
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    In 1967 Britsh Pathé did a short news item about him called “Quick Change Artist,” which is hilarious and a bit poignant in what they are and aren’t saying out loud. Basically Pathé‘s strategy with a cabaret artist as self-evidently awesome as Ricky Renee was to present him as essentially, a magician.

     

    http://dangerousminds.net/comments/london_in_the_1960s_when_quick_change_artist_just_might_mean_cross_dresser

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  • Andrea Caskin I love that old fashioned coy approach to something that still raged on behind closed doors! I met an old t-girl who had dressed during the 1940's and she had a few tales to tell which surprised me given the era! thanks Bebe XXX
  • Pauline Smith Anne Nicholls wrote a series of articles for us here on Tastic - Deceivers All. With some of teh software glitches the photos may not show but the storylines should still be there. Anne herself was an artiste and knew lots of those artistes in the 30s...  more
  • rita clark Couldn't get any pictures Pauline but the article was interesting. I'll have to go back through Anne's writing when I have time.
  • Pauline Smith Its worth the read Rita, shame about the pictures - eventually our leader will fix that. hugs Pauline xxx