...And like magic, the weird anomaly appears!!
I did ask Boy In A Dress about this a few months ago, when I read an article about male cosmetics
and I'm sure I heard him softly sigh before he sat down on this shed stoop and began his monologue.
"Let's get the real-stuff out of the way first..." he said and pulled his knees together, for which I was
grateful.
"...Businesses sell things and in most cases, they will promote their wares via stories in the media
and this is usually done by sending a parcel of the stuff to a news-desk or inviting a Journalist to
test-drive a product. These are called 'freebies'
Some of the bigger companies hold seminars, where they wine-and-dine reporters for a favourable
write-up on their website or in their paper. It's sometimes cheaper than the standard advertising
manner and if the product is new and the company is uncertain of it's market impact, they may
suggest to the Journalist (which will already know!)... that the company is relying on the feedback
from an article to plot-out their strategy for that product.
The Journalist then writes a piece that 'entices' by using words and phrases that thrusts and parries
at we generally accept as the norm, the way it was before this product. Male cosmetics -just as female
cosmetics, is merely 'warpaint'... an external visionary device to lure or repulse another.
But if we put in these terms, it doesn't sound very exciting or provocative!!"
BIAD then proceeded to scratch somewhere that is irrelevant to this discussion, but it was quite
harrowing to see anyway and I believe it deserved mentioning.
"Now..." he continued, "...the image of a young man using a soft-brush to apply the make-up is
deliberate because it implies effeminacy and the media knows it's a trick to rustle feathers of those
who see it so. Yet everyday, men and women wear make-up on television and on stage to enhance
their appearance, but the application is rarely seen by the audience.
Even if it is, there's no blow-back of annoyance, we just accept that it's part of being an actor!"
The Man-Girl finally stood up and began to turn, which I understood was a canny way of dismissing
me, the sight of his unshaven genitals on a Monday morning can genuinely effect one's whole day
and I was happy it was over.
"We need to get back to the time before all of this reactionary negativity..." he said "...we need to
get a grip on what we used to know" he added and opened the little door of his shed.
"The gripes and arguments on the internet are low-hanging-fruit... easy battles that are beneath us"
BIAD hissed and I could tell it annoyed him. This, was one of the reasons I didn't comment on the
connection between the phrase 'low-hanging fruit' and what he'd just exposed to me when he was
sitting.
"Never trust the media..." he whispered "...you above all, should know that" and I knew he was
referring to my redundancy many years ago. Carefully folding my laptop closed, I wondered if
Boy In A Dress would like a pair of boots similar to the ones Gene Simmons from 'Kiss' used to wear.
Christmas isn't far off.
I did ask Boy In A Dress about this a few months ago, when I read an article about male cosmetics
and I'm sure I heard him softly sigh before he sat down on this shed stoop and began his monologue.
"Let's get the real-stuff out of the way first..." he said and pulled his knees together, for which I was
grateful.
"...Businesses sell things and in most cases, they will promote their wares via stories in the media
and this is usually done by sending a parcel of the stuff to a news-desk or inviting a Journalist to
test-drive a product. These are called 'freebies'
Some of the bigger companies hold seminars, where they wine-and-dine reporters for a favourable
write-up on their website or in their paper. It's sometimes cheaper than the standard advertising
manner and if the product is new and the company is uncertain of it's market impact, they may
suggest to the Journalist (which will already know!)... that the company is relying on the feedback
from an article to plot-out their strategy for that product.
The Journalist then writes a piece that 'entices' by using words and phrases that thrusts and parries
at we generally accept as the norm, the way it was before this product. Male cosmetics -just as female
cosmetics, is merely 'warpaint'... an external visionary device to lure or repulse another.
But if we put in these terms, it doesn't sound very exciting or provocative!!"
BIAD then proceeded to scratch somewhere that is irrelevant to this discussion, but it was quite
harrowing to see anyway and I believe it deserved mentioning.
"Now..." he continued, "...the image of a young man using a soft-brush to apply the make-up is
deliberate because it implies effeminacy and the media knows it's a trick to rustle feathers of those
who see it so. Yet everyday, men and women wear make-up on television and on stage to enhance
their appearance, but the application is rarely seen by the audience.
Even if it is, there's no blow-back of annoyance, we just accept that it's part of being an actor!"
The Man-Girl finally stood up and began to turn, which I understood was a canny way of dismissing
me, the sight of his unshaven genitals on a Monday morning can genuinely effect one's whole day
and I was happy it was over.
"We need to get back to the time before all of this reactionary negativity..." he said "...we need to
get a grip on what we used to know" he added and opened the little door of his shed.
"The gripes and arguments on the internet are low-hanging-fruit... easy battles that are beneath us"
BIAD hissed and I could tell it annoyed him. This, was one of the reasons I didn't comment on the
connection between the phrase 'low-hanging fruit' and what he'd just exposed to me when he was
sitting.
"Never trust the media..." he whispered "...you above all, should know that" and I knew he was
referring to my redundancy many years ago. Carefully folding my laptop closed, I wondered if
Boy In A Dress would like a pair of boots similar to the ones Gene Simmons from 'Kiss' used to wear.
Christmas isn't far off.
Edith Head Gives Good Wardrobe.