Why has only one person commented on this song?! It's so beyond fabulous! The sound of it is so cool because it sounds like an old song, and he's saying that old Hollywood is over, so it ties into the theme.
PennyT, you're right it is about celebrities being restricted by their public image. The way that Hollywood works is that many homosexual actors and actresses cannot come out because their agencies feel that homophobic people would "boycott", for lack of a better term, the celebrities, which would affect the agencies, so thus they must "play it straight". Celebs who do come out are taking the huge risk of being rejected by their fans and agents, so thus many of them do not come out. So basically Rufus is saying that people are being old-fashioned and need to accept the fact that homosexuality exists in the world today.
Why has only one person commented on this song?! It's so beyond fabulous! The sound of it is so cool because it sounds like an old song, and he's saying that old Hollywood is over, so it ties into the theme.
PennyT, you're right it is about celebrities being restricted by their public image. The way that Hollywood works is that many homosexual actors and actresses cannot come out because their agencies feel that homophobic people would "boycott", for lack of a better term, the celebrities, which would affect the agencies, so thus they must "play it straight". Celebs who do come out are taking the huge risk of being rejected by their fans and agents, so thus many of them do not come out. So basically Rufus is saying that people are being old-fashioned and need to accept the fact that homosexuality exists in the world today.