Hitch-hiked her way across the USA
Plucked her eyebrows along the way
Shaved her legs and then he was a she
She says, "Hey, babe
take a walk on the wild side."
Said "Hey honey,
take a walk on the wild side."
Anyone who knows that song, and let's face it, we ALL know that song, is familiar with Holly Woodlawn, the little Puerto Rican boy turned drag queen who shot to Warhol Factory superstardom as the garbage collecting whore who fucks herself with a beer bottle when her heroin junkie boyfriend can't get it up in Andy Warhol's Trash. Interviewed last night by legendary director Paul Morrissey, Holly celebrated a hedonistic New York City of garrulous maniacs running around in chemical and sexual abandon, when bathhouses thrived and the whole city got coked out of their minds at Studio 54, while the audience sat in rapt attention like she was Jesus Christ if Jesus Christ was a drag queen or the world's first club kid.
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