SEAN YOUNG☆ 𝓓𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓔𝓭𝓷𝓪'𝒔 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗬𝗪𝗢𝗢𝗗 ⛲️ BARRY MANILOW & CÉSAR ROMERO

1993
"Don't be lewd, Madge!" 0:47

🪄 ✨ ✨ 💫 Sean's Entrance 02:39 ✨ 🩰

"Madge, the badge for Shorn please.." 3:05 ✨✨

Dame Edna's Hollywood 1991–1993 ✨✨ 🩰

"Just'a many'a, slip-twist-trixt, a lip'n a chit.. ta ch.." 11:48

Barry Manilow 12:23

Dame Edna Everage is a character created and performed by Australian
comedian Barry Humphries, known for her lilac-colored or "Wisteria Hue"
hair and cat eye glasses or "face furniture", her favorite flower, the gladiolus
("Gladdies") and her boisterous greeting: "Hello, Possums!" As Dame Edna,
Humphries has written several books including an autobiography,
My Gorgeous Life, appeared in several films and hosted several television
shows (on which Humphries has also appeared as himself and other alter-egos).

Humphries has regularly updated Edna, originally a drab Melbourne
housewife satirizing Australian suburbia. Then he caused the Edna
character to adopt an increasingly outlandish wardrobe after
performances in London in the 1960s through which his Edna
character grew in stature and popularity.

She is also well-known for her outlandish spectacles.
Barry Humphries has claimed that they were inspired by the glasses worn
by Melbourne eccentric, beautician, radio broadcaster, actor and dancer
Stephanie Deste, as were many other aspects of Dame Edna's personality.
Following film appearances and an elevation to damehood in the 1970s,
the character evolved to "Housewife and Superstar", then "Megastar"
and finally "Gigastar". Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Dame Edna
became increasingly known in North America after multiple stage
and television appearances.

Edna describes her chat-shows as "an intimate conversation between
two friends, one of whom is a lot more interesting than the other".
The character has been used to satirize the cult of celebrity,
class snobbery, and prudishness and is often used by Humphries
to poke fun at the political leaders and fashions of the times.
Her exuberant persona and scathing commentary on society
and celebrity, as well as her habit of treating celebrities like
ordinary people (on her television shows) and ordinary people
like celebrities (in her stage shows) have become signatures.



Although Humphries freely states that Edna is a character he plays,
Edna refers to Humphries as her "entrepreneur" or manager.
Humphries and his staff of assistants and writers only refer
to Edna as "she" and "her", never mixing the character with Humphries.
It is this precision and richness of identity that gives Dame Edna her
unique force as a character.

In March 2012, Humphries announced that the character would be
retired at the end of the current stage tour, but later in 2013 he
decided to bring her back.

Humphries died following complications from hip surgery
at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney on 22 April 2023.
He was 89 years old. Tributes to Humphries were given by
members of the British royal family including King Charles
III and Sarah, Duchess of York, and by Australian prime
minister Anthony Albanese and Western Australian premier,
Mark McGowan. Tributes were also given by members of
the entertainment industry including Michael Parkinson,
Eric Idle and Ricky Gervais.


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