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Why is Judy Garland the ultimate gay icon?
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| 9/24/19
| Louis Staples
Posted on 11/17/2023 12:48:16 PM PST by DallasBiff
On 25 March, 1969, Judy Garland took to the stage at the Falkoner Center in Copenhagen. As she reached the crescendo of Over the Rainbow – the song which made her a global star aged just 17 – it was unknown to the audience that they were watching her final live performance. Four months later, 47 year-old Garland was found dead in Chelsea, London, after accidentally overdosing on the drugs she had self-medicated with since childhood. One of the headlines would read: “Judy’s voice stilled. The rainbow is gone.
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To: daler
According to the article, her father was bisexual as he liked to diddle young men on the side.
The poor girl never really had a chance.
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posted on
11/17/2023 4:34:59 PM PST
by
RedMonqey
("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjam Franklin.)
To: x
Your TOS Geekery is strong. Respect.
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posted on
11/17/2023 4:59:27 PM PST
by
M1911A1
(Drain The Swamp)
To: DallasBiff
Probably not for millenial or Zoomer gays.
To: ansel12
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posted on
11/17/2023 5:37:22 PM PST
by
TChad
(Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
To: DallasBiff
My favorite Judy Garland song is
The Texas Tornado from the 1936 film Pigskin Parade which, in my opinion, is her best film. Much of it was shot on the campus of Occidental College, which is located on the western slope of Fiji Hill.
To: TChad
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posted on
11/17/2023 5:47:08 PM PST
by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: ealgeone
Note the reference to "Over the Rainbow" in the song
"Stairway to Heaven":
Over the rainbow,
That's where I'm going to climb.
Way up high where the bluebirds fly,
I'm going to love you all of the time.
To: ansel12; EagleOne; Angelino97
In her version of
Over the Rainbow from 1940, Vera Lynn sings the rarely heard verse, which does, indeed, sound like a Great Depression song.
To: ansel12
Wow, she is fantastic. She's one of my three favorite American singers. She was never a household name, because she was killed by malignant melanoma at age 33.
If you don't know her story, here's her wiki entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Cassidy
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posted on
11/17/2023 6:08:56 PM PST
by
TChad
(Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
To: dznutz
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posted on
11/17/2023 7:17:19 PM PST
by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: DallasBiff
I guess it was the fabulous sparkly shoes she wore.
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posted on
11/18/2023 12:04:31 AM PST
by
minnesota_bound
(Need more money to buy everything now)
To: Dr. Sivana
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posted on
11/18/2023 7:54:15 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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