Bowie Sunday - "Boys Keep Swinging"

From Saul Austerlitz's Money For Nothing: A History of the Music Video: "The gay undertones of these videos ['Jean Genie,' 'Life on Mars,' 'Be My Wife'] never came right out and announced themselves, but they were to be seen everywhere, from the prominent use of makeup to the flamboyantly androgynous clothing to the hints dropped by Bowie's sexually ambiguous lyrics. 'Boys Keep Swinging' (1979), directed by David Mallet, brings the subtext substantially closer to the surface. The video takes place at a transvestite's fashion show, where flashing fluorescent lights illuminate cross-dressers taking off their wigs and wiping off their lipstick, and a trio of trannies (including one church-lady type) serve as Bowie's backup singers. At least some of the women appeared to be played by Bowie himself, only adding to the video's gender-bending confusion."