![]() ![]() ![]() All while looking like that! And there is something inherently queer about Elvira, who remains herself unapologetically and celebrates the culture considered too low brow, camp or disgusting by mainstream critics. ![]() It’s like she was built for us: your cool camp aunt who is glamorous, tells filthy jokes and possesses an encyclopaedic knowledge of horror movies. ![]() Of course, Elvira is a celebrated gay icon. There is virtually no one – perhaps with the exception of RuPaul – who has sustained such a character-centred career the way Elvira has. Elvira became a pop culture icon, and Peterson became the puppeteer of an incredibly long-lasting, lucrative enterprise. The premise of her original schtick was to commentate old school horror and sci-fi on her TV show, Elvira’s Movie Macabre, which launched her to stardom thanks to her penchant for double entendre, usually regarding her cleavage. Styled after glamorous ghouls like Vampira and Morticia Addams, Elvira is a character conceived 40 years ago by comedian Cassandra Peterson, one that fuses the worlds of horror, comedy, and glamour like no other. ![]()
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