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I did see it a while back. There indeed were a few bits that I thought might be new.Did you see the Barbara Rubin doc? There were a few bits in there that i hadn't seen, e.g. by her from Feb '66 (the Up-Tight shows), and some bits that looked like Danny Williams' style.
I was just at the NYPL, listening to Lou's poetry reading from 1971. In the introduction to Lady Godiva's Operation, he says "This is about a transexual operation." Later in the introduction, he adds "A friend of mine. She didn't really have it - just hormone shots. But that was close enough to set me off."iaredatsun wrote: ↑06 Sep 2020 14:32 Ok. Where does the transvestite/transexual reading of Lady Godiva's Operation actually come from? It's not really in the lyrics. The idea for the song's title probably came from Ronnie Tavel's play The Life of Lady Godiva and in that play Lady Godiva is a woman and played by a woman (Dorothy Opalach). The transvestite/transexual feels like a modern mis-interpretation.
Good to know there's real substance to the transexual reading. thank-you.hkmartin wrote: ↑14 Sep 2025 02:15
I was just at the NYPL, listening to Lou's poetry reading from 1971. In the introduction to Lady Godiva's Operation, he says "This is about a transexual operation." Later in the introduction, he adds "A friend of mine. She didn't really have it - just hormone shots. But that was close enough to set me off."