Real Life Parallels
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INT. HOSPITAL – NEW YORK – DAY – 1984
CECIL
Somehow he got it into his head that he had to perform in a frock - Don’t ask me why. I mean, I thought it was a bit naughty, a bit of a giggle, but...
Brian wasn't looking for a giggle, he was trying to start a revolution! Of course Cecil doesn't understand the impact of the dress, he's as clueless as Bowie's manager Ken Pitt and this comment foreshadows why he was replaced – who needs a manager that has no idea how to work the publicity angle.
In Bowie's case, the dress garnered a two fold publicity coup: first when he wore it on his first trip to the States, promoting The Man Who Sold The World on radio stations and then, later, when the cover was banned in the U.S., he got both notoriety and sympathy from the press. His insouciant attitude was the best part,
Oh dear, you must understand that it's not a woman's, it's a man's dress.
quoted in Melody Maker, 1972.
INT. HOSPITAL – NEW YORK – DAY – 1984
Somehow he got it into his head that he had to perform in a frock - Don’t ask me why. I mean, I thought it was a bit naughty, a bit of a giggle, but...
Brian wasn't looking for a giggle, he was trying to start a revolution! Of course Cecil doesn't understand the impact of the dress, he's as clueless as Bowie's manager Ken Pitt and this comment foreshadows why he was replaced – who needs a manager that has no idea how to work the publicity angle.
In Bowie's case, the dress garnered a two fold publicity coup: first when he wore it on his first trip to the States, promoting The Man Who Sold The World on radio stations and then, later, when the cover was banned in the U.S., he got both notoriety and sympathy from the press. His insouciant attitude was the best part,
Oh dear, you must understand that it's not a woman's, it's a man's dress.
quoted in Melody Maker, 1972.
