There are drag acts, pantomime dames . . . and then there was Dame Edna Everage.Born with the 'precious gift of being able to laugh at the misfortunes of others', Edna, a mix of and Crossroads' Noele Gordon, was a celebrity who sent up the idea of celebrity.But behind the diamante spectacle frames was . His other best-known vulgarian character was snaggle-toothed Sir Les Patterson, stalwart of the Australian diplomatic corps, with his 'enormous incumbency'. Both Dame Edna and Sir Les fed off Humphries' own personality; each was an aspect of his daredevilry, vulgarity, self-disgust and exhibitionism.
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