Post the Ninetieth: In Which I Am David Bowie
Gentle Reader, if you haven’t yet learned that I adore costumes and dressing up, you are possibly a little addled, or new here. The sidebar to the left is a testament to my penchant for fancy outfits – take a look right now. Wait – is that a photograph of David Bowie?
Yes, it is. Well, not quite: it’s a photograph of your humble host here, made to look like David Bowie in his incomparable role as Jareth, the Goblin King, from Labyrinth.
The resemblance is uncanny
Yes, one year I decided that I was going to do this for the whirlwind of balls, soirées, and parties that is known as Halloweekend, a constant cocktail blitz. Due to my work schedule at the time, and reliance on public transportation, David Bowie was caught unprepared, in various hilarious situations.
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My workplace at the time was also involved with a local charity function, the Ghost Train, which entertains children in a safe environment by taking them on a miniature train ride past various spooky scenes. Our theme was something to do with aliens, and for some reason David Bowie was there, too.
I really don’t know what is supposed to be going on, here
We had both a film viewing (of Rocky Horror, at the Admiral Theatre in Bremerton) and a costume party to follow the Ghost Train, and I was a little worried about that – the makeup involved takes hours. After two hours of literal, violent, pratfalls, I was neither feeling nor looking my best. Also, somehow Jareth had transformed into a Forest-Hobo-Drag Queen, which – while frightening – is not exactly the look I had been going for.
I made a song about Forest-Hobo-Drag Queen, but it never really took off.
Luckily, I was able to salvage the situation, and ended up well turned-out at the theatre. If it hadn’t taken me quite so long to repair my look, I was informed that I would have won the costume contest. It’s a damned shame.
All in all, the costume was an unqualified success, and was well-recieved. I’m pretty sure that I am so good at being David Bowie that when he finally dies, people won’t notice because I’ll have secretly replaced him. You’re welcome.
Tagged: Costumes, David Bowie, Halloweekend, Jareth
