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Androgyny is back in style
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* BoyGeontcof Culture Ctuh h one
• of the n*oM successful androgsnou*
gy * pwwaalities, exuding
both male le and female
characteristic!.
The influence of androgyny in
pop muiic wu apparent at the 1984
Grammy Wjiic Award* in Lin
Anjele.-.
A trio Moo audience of 65
million worldwide watched »inger
Annte Unnox*se>f otiMng impersonation
of Elvii Pro icy.
Then voca*i« Boy George, drewed
in i vampith black turn go*n.
thanked America Tor knewinj "»
«ood drag qucctt" when n taw one.
.Michael Jackscn. with hn girlUh
voice and demure manner, U one of
the mow fexually enigmatic figures
ever to umc on the tmulc scene.
"Jackson u pre-jdolesccm, like a
Barbie doll with no genital!,* says
Dick Hcbdigc, author of Subadture:
TSc Mating of Sly U.
Androgyny is not a new
phenomenon: in the 1970'J, the
avame-gardc David Bowie
"dtipbycd u whole can of andrcgynou*
chancier*., fron*. texlcu
Psychedelic alien* to gritn.
emasculated aristocrat* in
suspenuer*." *aid writer NkMn
Jennings.
In the 1920'*. French drcu
designer Gahncllt Chanel
popularircd wearing pants. i»ced
jacket*, and kicked off the "parcoaac"
look, short htir. pleated
Ucvsen. tiuciio jackets, and bow
ties. The look was considered
"amusingly nenxne** at that tin*.
In the I93OV Greta Oirbo.
Marlcnc Dietrich, and Katharine
Hepburn -cn. „„„. ,u
„«.» llcpbum .,.-».;..: lent mure •— 'to
the glamor
.-nd sophistication of wiring dou-
We breasted jackets and tmncr*
which were reserved only for their
trulc counterparts.
\\>gue magaxinr showed a model
wwnnjr a pink HrwAs Hnxhcn'
shin K l«*53; thu*. it put » uamp of
approval on the fashion olue ol
incn'% cl«Hhiny for women.
Fashion dc\ignen often incorporate
an element 3f miAnlinity in
iheir cltKhct for women. \\c\ Sain!
l-jurcni\ trnu*er suit\ and Giorgio
AmuniS Irenwl^oats and overcoats
arc just d few examples nf the
presence of the mcn\»car element
in women's clothes.
Designer CtUin Klein ha» intrixtucal
a line of wtMr.cn's Imgerie
nxiucW alter iron's underpin* and
jKkcy »hon». Kicin's underwear
hai gwvvtd around S70 million in a
lititc »^cr a y a n ,imc> attciting to
Ihc popularity of the m!rog>r.ou»
look.
The cinema has cihihitc-J the s ing a w-otrun. a wnnun oonraying
nwi. and a woman pretending
io be a nun pretending in bt i
woman respectively.
The wnavh bnudu.i) mu*ka.' Li
Cage MIX Fella. «ar\ men drc\»cd
up av uonien.
Juno i\ tiflt; anJn>g>ii) ii
prc*alci4 in our SOCKIV. n*tfr MI
ihin in presi'.Mj»>can. there wa» a
Itcte n»)t too long agit when a l*l>
wearing iniusen HI. comidcred
positil
* performer**
I By Robert Kim
• *'Androgyny U in, and it** about
* time,** voices mckcr Gncc Joan.
• lones' own appearance suggest*
• sexual ambiguity, with her flattop
• haircut cropped to ihc Omll and her
* Wood-red lipstick.
t la addition to Jones, Annie Len-
• nox of Eurytbmlck. Michael
• Jackson, aod Boy George of the
. Culture Club, are notable an-
Soaps attract some 30 million viewers
(Continued from pjge It»i
The »ojpi base attracted the alienlion
of sociologitu snd
ptycholojUu. who hold several
contrasting view* of them.
Some nrpK that thr soaps are
healthy, lhal they, likr other entertainment
forms, provide a fanUsy
svorld for the viewer and enable*
him io escape from his own
pmbleiiu.
t.lto believe that
the real world, because they deal
with many human problem*. Thus,
viewer* supposedly identify with
these character*.
On the other hind, other* argue
that soap opera* do not offer a
realistic pom^>al of the world at all
— in fact, they d quite ihc opposite.
A survey *. f wop add»a» at
vatf:w» college* taken l?.u year
772 CIAPCM0NT BLVD.
ONE BLOCK rnou
POSTAL TUNNEL
SANFfUNOSCO
revealed thai nun) of the viewer*
ovtrotinuic ihc number of
a.sd doctor* in the "real"
world.
Other survey* hasc shown that
*oap opeta viewer* also
overestimate the number of
p.-emariui and extramarital affairs,
divorces. illnc*sc» and death. Soap
opera cynics contend that »h:*c
" -mrj)- real problems. lhe>
them »nd misinform and
obviously.
f
-«rJ viewing i
not juvt limned lo hou
ap>m.»rc. Col'ejte students IcaJ the
voo; open surr.pcdc; rtcaily two
thi tls of the soap audience fall into
thr; college age group. Today, many
oillegc* ocn offer a refutar course
ii "stup opcm osjchology".
Whicii stup* are popular tulij'
Of the 30 million people who wa'ch
soaps. i5 •n-Ilio-; wuch General
ttmpitat. All My Children. Out Life
,oli\*. The Young oiul the Reittei\.
and The GuiUtinx Mxht -ire alvi extreme!)'
p"pulai. acconlinr to
daytinK ratings.
Jhr Imtll, January IS. MS. V*tf n
.ENTERTAINMENF
Dillon soars as
'The Flamingo Kid'
Carla QMH Janet) K rotnanctd b> Jeffrey WHlh .-ar-old UratVlyn kid ahcut to alues waiter. Jeffrey y and bKfaiher
(.mer Cutumbu Univcrsit> to uuJy drift i apan during di this h time. i JS< < Jcf* Jf
en^inArrmg.1VMnfyu'.c*pljcein frey has second ihoucjat
the rarlv I'W)\ Columbia. C l b
JclfnV* family ',.t»cr-middle- Towards the end of the story.
jnJ hi* tltcr : i'(i|j\eu fry t'ec- Iltitly shows hi- inic tolur*. Hi* job
tui (ilu'inJoi nukci < living as a i'lf:r turns nut to he the r^niiioo 01"
plumber. Mr. Willis v.-nt. JcHrey to a \lockho>. and Jcifrc) Jiwrmt.-s
ruse wtut **c never S*J hiimelf: N: Hnxl> isn't playing "on lhc up and
scrimped aiwi saved fur Jcllrcs's up."
n. >. Occc Jeffrey leamsincirutr about
This si immcr Jeffrey ik-csn't ••am Bn. jelfre) makes up wtih hi*
in an nlrtcc as 1 copy ho), fjthcr. The old saying of "Father
So. Jclfrey** friends help him get a knows best" comes lo mind. arV
job al lhc HI Pamingo Beach Club, cscrync leave* lhc irosje with a
Long Island. (a!thuut*h Mr. Willis good feeling,
docn'i fully approve). Iclfrcy stan* The role of Jeffrey Willis U 3
o-il a* a parking attendant and work* change fur Matt Dillon. He's most
hi* way up :c cabana buy. ueil known as a ispic.il "James
"ATiile *.o»kiftg at Li Flamingo. Jcf- Dcan-t'Righguy." ;*ho gets in strcvt
frey mceu Phil Onxl). a rich "know- fight* and has a pretty girlfriend.
11-all" who owns a chcin of foreign His title role in Tex and lhc role of
car showrooms. Diody didn't b>u to Dally in The OuttiJen have fisrn
college, and he made hit fin tune by Dillon an image of a dumb punk. The
f iMid luck jnd street srturts. He Flaminftt Kid prose* thst he can lo
transmits to Jcfdcy that college isn't j more challenging mlc*.
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