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So many of our artistic geniuses have complicated legacies. What do we do with work we love by artists whose behaviour is more difficult to admire?
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Through characters such as Bazza McKenzie, the late comedian promoted Australian vernacular – the witty, the crude and both – to new audiences.
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The Australian comedian has died at 89, after a career spanning seven decades.
Dame Edna Everage at Melbourne Town Hall in 2006 after being presented with the Key to the City.
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Public taste has changed and that is that. It’s not just the references that date in topical satire. Audiences are powerful, and if they feel insulted they can shut down a comedian.
Dame Edna Everage is the drag persona of Barry Humphries.
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There is still a lot of misunderstanding about what being transgender means and how it relates to drag.