Do-be-do-be-do me

This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on August 3, 2004). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

This was going to go into the linklog, but it’s so wonderfully bizarre that I figured it deserved a little more visibility.

Debbie Does Dallas — The Musical!

WATCHING a porn film with your colleagues is not the usual workplace practice.

But for a group of Sydney actors rehearsing a new musical, a viewing of the classic 1978 X-rated flick Debbie Does Dallas on Thursday night was all in the name of research.

“There was a lot of fast-forwarding going on and quite a few toilet and drink breaks,” actor Lisa Adam said yesterday.

“But I think we can justify it for character development – and I’ve got to say, it’s the most interesting research I’ve ever done.”

Adam stars as Debbie in Debbie Does Dallas – The Musical, a spoof based on the classic porn film that featured Bambi Woods as a cheerleader who needs to make money through, ahem, sweat and tears to join the pom-pom squad of the Texas football team.

[…]

\”There’s no hardcore sex, instead when there’s a sex scene in the movie that’s when we do a musical number.

“So an orgy scene is done to a tango and a threesome is like a Spanish-style flamenco. The choreographer has tried to make it very stylised and comical, rather than just having people rooting on stage.”

I knew I should have stuck to theatre…

iTunes: “Related Vortex” by X-Dream from the album Spirit Zone Vol. 2 (1996, 8:48).