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Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

The Man Behind Lady Gaga’s Meat Dress

Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

Fausto Fernós

Tv & Film, Comedy Interviews, Documentary, Society & Culture, Comedy, Tv Reviews

4.4834 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

One of the the most talked about and parodied costumes any pop star has ever sported is the meat dress worn by Lady Gaga at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. Mother Monster wore it to draw attention to the U.S. military ban on lesbian and gay service members. Time Magazine named it the top fashion statement of the year.

Today we’re serving up butcher shop realness, talking to Franc Fernandez, the remarkable man behind the amazing and delicious meat dress.

Listen as we talk about how they made the meat dress, how the dress influenced the government’s lifting of the the anti-gay military ban, and discover where that mouth watering gown eventually wound up.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Behind most pop music divas, there's an army of fierce designers working around the clock

0:11.8

to make fashionable choices that not only look good, but get people talking.

0:17.2

One of the most talked about and parodied costumes any pop star has ever sported is the meat dress worn by Lady Gaga at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.

0:27.3

Mother Monster wore it to draw attention to the U.S. military's ban on lesbian and gay service members.

0:34.1

Time magazine named it the top fashion statement of the year.

0:39.1

Today we're serving a butcher shop realness, talking to Frank Fernandez, the remarkable man

0:44.0

behind the amazing and delicious meat dress. Listen as we talk about how they made the meat dress,

0:49.5

how the dress influenced the government's lifting of the anti-gay military ban and discover where that

0:54.8

mouthwatering gown eventually wound up.

0:57.3

Plus, a new study shows how women are only turned on by sexually explicit advertising

1:02.7

when the product is seen as expensive.

1:06.1

People are furious that Carrie Underwood in The Sound of Music isn't Julie Andrews.

1:10.5

And comedian Louis Vertel says that Dustin Lance Black should use the Twinkie defense to justify his love for his younger boyfriend.

1:20.0

I'm Fausto Fernos.

1:21.5

I'm Mark Fillion.

1:22.5

And this is Feast of Fun.

1:27.4

Hello?

1:28.4

Hi, is this Frank Fernandez?

1:30.5

It is.

1:31.5

Hi, Frank, this is Fausto Fernos.

1:33.5

And Mark Fillion from Feast of Fun.

1:34.9

How are you today?

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