Here at Loverboy we’re big, big fans of camp, catfights and costumes that use every colour on the palette – surprising to hear, we know. 😉 We adore the original 80s soaps like Dynasty, Dallas, The Colbys, Falcon Crest etc. When we heard a couple of years ago that Dynasty was being rebooted we crossed […]
Taking to the stage in a pink leotard, white PVC body harness, a tousled mess of pink hair and sparkly platform boots, Georgia. Tasda makes quite the impression. Then she opens her mouth to reveal blackened teeth and a broad Northern accent and it’s clear this is not just another run-of-the-mill RuPaul girl. In her […]
To coincide with the epic BFI season on Joan Crawford, Loverboy contributor and Joan aficionado Matt Harris asks the question, was she an actress or just a camp icon? Joan Crawford started her career as a body double for Norma Shearer in 1925, and within three years had become the archetypal flapper of the late […]
Rewatching Maurice (1987) today, more than thirty years after its initial release, so much of it is strikingly ahead of its time. That a mainstream film made at the height of the AIDS crisis should celebrate gay love and (spoiler alert) even dare to include a happy ending still feels refreshing. The film won multiple awards at […]
Fallon Gold looks beyond the comedy, glitz and tutti frutti hats to reveal why we’ve chosen uber-camp icon Carmen Miranda as July’s Tragic Diva. Most know Carmen Miranda as the over-the-top Latin movie star with a pile of fruit on her head. However, she was no South American caricature, there was a whole 3D […]
