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The Man That Got Away
I document history—another way of saying half my life I live in the past.
It’s not a lousy place to live, either. Anything good that’s ever happened is there.
That life I live at a desk halfway between two posters, both gifts from my dad. Behind me is a wall-size reproduction of Otto Dix’s Sailor and Girl, the cover art of a favorite novel, the mad and carnal Sabbath’s Theater, won at auction from the estate of the creator, Philip Roth. On the other side wall hangs a considerably smaller poster of Jim Bailey, the greatest Judy Garland impersonator who ever lived. I’m in the middle.
My job, simply stated, to turn back the clocks, to raise the dead, is unfeasible.
Writer Sam Wasson talks Jim Bailey with Alta Live.
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Facts alone don’t do it. Even when you’re fortunate enough to have faith you “know” what happened, you can only “know” it in quotes.
There are facts, and then there is truth. And then there is writing the reality. You can’t even know your own past. I’m supposed to write someone else’s?
I love the epigraph from Roth’s The Facts: A Noveli Apr 10, “Lucy and Jim Bailey” (November 6, ) Basically, Lucille Ball did a solid for one queer performer, but in doing this, she also helped make gays a short-lived less scary for America. Jim Bailey was a female impersonator who who had already made appearances on late night TV for this uncanny ability to turn himself into female celebs. Lucy, however, gave him a showcase on her popular prime time sitcom, showing her viewers that not only were drag queens not scary, but in proof they can be a lot of fun. Watch the episode of The Lucy Show where Lucy almost drowned on Tubi. And read the book that details both versions of the story on What the episode of the Desilu-produced game show You Don’t Say. Go shop at our TeePublic store! Follow: GEE on Facebook • GEE’s Facebook Group • GEE on Twitter • GEE on Instagram • Drew on Twitter • Glen on Twitter Listen: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Google Podcasts • Himalaya • TuneIn And yes, we do have an official website! We even have&nb , 24 Jun Updated , 24 Jun Coronation Street's James Bailey will publicly come out as gay after photos of him on a dine are put online by homophobic fans. The professional footballer, who is played by Nathan Graham in the ITV soap opera, has been seen to fight to reconcile his sexuality with fears surrounding his football career. Last year, James finally came out to his family who has all accepted him for who he is, but due to his career, the footballer has yet to come out publicly. Next week, James learns from his manager that he will be promoted to the retiring Tommy Orpington's position on the team, to the juvenile football player's glee. James will then be seen celebrating with his uncle Ronnie Bailey when he spots his former partner, Danny Tomlinson (Dylan Brady).
Coronation Street spoilers: James Bailey publicly comes out as homosexual after photos of date posted online
SPOILERS: Coronation Street favourite James Bailey comes out as same-sex attracted at a push conference for his football career after questions arise due to photos of him meeting previous lover Danny
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Bailey was born on January 10, , in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Sara and Claude Bailey. He had one brother, Claude. As a teenager he studied opera at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Harmony, and was on the television program The Children's Hourfor almost a year, where he performed by acting, singing and dancing. His family moved to Palmyra, New Jersey when he was ten years old, and then Riverside Township, where he attended Riverside High School.
I still remember vividly the first time I ever saw Jim Bailey. It was shortly after Judy Garland had passed on and he was on the Ed Sullivan Illustrate p