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Meryem Constance Ersoz <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 4 Apr 1996 12:12:01 -0800
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Keaton cross-dressed as an old woman in SHERLOCK JR. It was a disguise,
however. There is something about cross-dressing or drag which must
reveal rather than conceal in order to really qualify for the category.
Otherwise, it doesn't "read" as cross-dressing in the semiotic field of
gender (whatever that grandiose phrase might mean)...
 
Meryem Ersoz
University of Oregon
 
On Wed, 3 Apr 1996, Eugene Walz wrote:
 
> I'm sure Buster Keaton did it in one of his movies; I can see him in my
> mind's eye running with a dress on--but I can't for the life of me think of
> the movie!
>
> More to the point, it was a staple of vaudeville, and Milton Berle did it
> all the time on his weekly TV show in the 1950s. This was so morally
> offensive to my RC parents that we were forbidden to watch Uncle Miltie
> (besides, he was on opposite Bishop Sheen)!
>
> Gene Walz
> Winnipeg, MB Canada
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