Male Impersonators: Men Performing Masculinity

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Summary: INTELLECTUAL ORGASMS - Margi Clarke Review
Review: "Like me this book plays with men. Provocative, irreverent, acerbic and witty, it offers one gigantic intellectual orgam after another." - Margi Clarke

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Summary: GUSTO AND WIT - John Ashbery Review
Review: "Mark Simpson detects and dissects the myths of machismo and its attendant media circus with refreshing gusto and wit."'

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Summary: AN INSPIRATION TO TARANTINO?
Review: One of the most interesting - and funniest - books I've ever read, and certainly by far the best on masculinity. I especially enjoyed the masterpiece chapter on the movie 'Top Gun' which completely convincingly interprets it as a gay movie and shows how Cruise's real interest is Val Kilmer not Kelly McGillis.

Shortly after this book was published Quentin Tarantino appeared in a film called 'Sleep With Me' arguing this exact point. I wonder if he had a copy of Simpson's book in his dressing-room?