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JENNIFER SNRS AND JOANNA LUMLEY TALK AB FAB’S EFFECT ON GAY CULTURE
"By 1987, their sketch show was on BBC primetime, but was her 90s s, Absolutely Fabulo, -starrg Joanna Lumley, that ma Snrs an ternatnal star, and the book ntas a glor anecdote about them gog to New York to receive the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Prize om the state senate. Once, they turned up New York character as Ab Fab’s Eda and Patsy to receive the Gay, Lbian, Bisexual and Transgenr Pri Award, only to fd they had misjudged the affair terribly and were mortified to fd a crowd of policians sus, their award sandwiched between logi for the ad, while they gamely ma jok about sho. Fashn edor Jo Jon; photographer’s assistants Alfie Bungay and Thomas Lombard; fashn assistant Roz Donoghue; hair by Ian McIntosh at Arlgton Artists g Dryer Hair; makp by Charlie Duffy g Dr Forever Foundatn and Capture Totale Le Sem; manicurist Robbie Tomks at LMC Worldwi g EssieAllelujah is cemas om 17 March.
At that pot we didn't volve ourselv technilly at all - we jt msed about and told our jok - and looks a b like had this party New York, and there were a lot of gay men there drsed up as the characters. The movie is filled wh gay aspects such as outrageo drag queens, the lik of which uld brg “Drag Race” to a whole new level, transgenr nuendos, cross-drsg, screamg “sisters, ” bright red lipstick and bad sho along wh hysteril humor, il stunts and embarrassg lghter, all brilliantly wrten by Snrs herself. You volved gay characters and trans characters and a broad cross-sectn back when wasn’t really that PC to do .
We owe the gay muny a huge al, too, bee they’ve helped make the show popular, and we love havg them as fans. Your gay fans have always adored both of you.