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   Quoth The Raven; Forge  in   
      
   > On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:56:32 +1100, Highlandish wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> were there any in the evil Kirk episode, George took off his shirt   
   >>>> and was a swordsman. the way he looked his opponent up and down   
   >>>> looked so gay. I barely remember much else, just that that was the   
   >>>> gayest scene in scifi I had ever seen.   
   >>>>   
   >>> That was just George imitating the classic swashbuckling swordsmen   
   >>> of the classic movies (who did the same 'look the other guy up and   
   >>> down').   
   >>   
   >> if youre talking about Errol Flyn movies, Errol was Bi and loved to   
   >> look the other male cast up and down.   
   >   
   > That really was the style in the bad old days of yore however; in the   
   > 17th Century guys used to get a lot more chicks if they acted like a   
   > pansy. See also "The Scarlet Pimpernel" wherein nobody thinks the   
   > good guy is the heroic swordsman because he's such a poof.   
   >   
   > Adam Ant made a bazillion dollars riffing on that Romantic Era style.   
      
   we in the goth scene often emulate that style too. I don't do the makeup   
   bit though, I am too blokey and look like a footballer in drag if I   
   attempt it. but I do enjoy velvet and satin and long pirate coats.   
   actually most of the time I do look like a pirate.... (in clubs that is)   
      
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