Lily Savage
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Jonathan Harvey imortalises the late great LILY SAVAGE for the stage : UNMISSABLE
In queer culture, the words icon and legend are too overused. Even Queerguru will have to agree with that claim. But not today; we won’t apologize for using both when we are talking about the late and great Paul O’Grady, aka Lily Savage. (i.e. Lilian Maeve Veronica Savage) He burst onto the London gay scene…
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SAVAGE : the story of the UK’s favorite foul-mouthed Drag Queen is now a play : can’t wait
We are still surprised at the sheer number of people who believe that RuPaul actually invented drag. True he/she was the one who introduced them to mainstream TV in the U.S. in 2008, where a vast majority of viewers suddenly discovered their actual existence. The theory behind Drag Race centers on gender as performance, camp…
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The Life and Death of (the truely wonderful) Lily Savage
Its not often that this reviewer finds himself laughing hysterically and then crying whilst watching the same film. But then this very incisive and affectionate documentary is about one of the most endearing and talented queer entertainers I have ever had the joy of seeing perform so many times. Lily Savage, the drag…
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Did we ever tell you how much we really loved you Lily?
It has just been announced that the Britsh Award-Winning Talk Show host Paul O’Grady has died unexpectedly at the age of 67. Since 2004 O’Grady has been a major presence in mainstream TV with his different shows getting record ratings. However despite all his wonderful success, to Queerguru, and most of the British LGBTQ…
