In a bizarre coincidence, two separate people in as many weeks have independently remarked to me that they recall feeling their first erotic stirrings when the watched the classic flick Labyrinth, starring David Bowie as the glam goblin king Jareth. (Or, as one of the aforementioned correspondents described him, a “hot, mysterious, slightly fey older man who always insists he knows more than you, but who is really just obsessed with you—and you hold the reins.”) Now, again wholly independently, I see there’s a Facebook group: “David Bowie in Labyrinth was responsible for my sexual awakening.” I smell NYT Mag trend story.
He Can Steal My Baby Brother Any Day!
April 17th, 2007 · 6 Comments
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1 LP // Apr 17, 2007 at 5:11 pm
I went to a women’s college armed with my copy of Labyrinth, and my little 13″ TV/VCR was the hot spot in the dorm all year. Interestingly, the movie disturbed me the first time I saw it, at age 7, probably at least partly because of the sexual undercurrents. This seemed to be a common experience, based on intensive surveying of female undergrads congregated in my room subsisting entirely on chips and lust hormones.
2 Brian Moore // Apr 17, 2007 at 5:36 pm
David Bowie in Labyrinth was one scary, scary dude, especially at the age I saw it.
3 mccleary // Apr 17, 2007 at 8:32 pm
My 6-year-old and 9-year-old like David Bowie’s music a lot. But seeing Labyrinth almost destroyed their interest in him completely. They regard virtually any moment in front of a TV as blessing, but after 30 minutes they were asking to turn off the movie.
Interestingly, they first became Bowie fans when they saw Bowie playing Wake Up with Arcade Fire on Fashion Rocks (see above post).
4 Julian Elson // Apr 18, 2007 at 1:49 am
Not to mention that some of David Bowie’s costumes seemed to be designed to accentuate certain bits of his anatomy.
5 Dave Weigel // Apr 18, 2007 at 10:19 am
You know, Jennifer Connelly was in that movie, too. You freaks.
6 Senescent // Apr 20, 2007 at 12:19 am
Yeah, I remember Bowie’s package stealing a number of scenes.