Amanda's take on fashion

Here's an idea that I had for the theatre people: when I was first getting into Dave's anti-fashion philosophy, it struck me that if the designers create garments the performers could walk around in, then it's a great way of generating cheap publicity... I mean, look at my success from only a handful of proper guitar performances on the streets in gaudy outfits! The outfits themselves are a great way of attracting attention for introverted people; if it's eccentric enough, people are usually too freaked out to ask invasive questions, which is a win. I'm not all that annoyed the opera people ripped me off (though I like to mention it), but including my songs in their vision was too much for me to swallow, so I packed a sad. - The Knight costume was a similar success re: fashion. People dug that, and I gather that some of the Bad Man sketches were similarly shocking... as I said, using swastikas was controversial, and one of the sketches that was cut (and I've never seen) was Aidin Ralfe playing a suicidal person about to jump onto the Wellington motorway, and Ben Zolno a passer-by sucked into his drama. The way Stephen told it, we had permission to film there, but the cops weren't too happy. I've appreciated the support from the Welly Council -- we've made projects while 3 different Mayors were in charge -- but I'm really keen to do a story which is nationwide rather than another Wellington thing. I don't love Wellington anymore; I think Covid was very beautiful and poetic in Welly, but the last few years it's felt like the city is slowly imploding. - PS: I forget if I published the tape where I said this, but it felt like Auckland was totally over Covid since the floods, while Wellington remains mired in Covid-era vibes.