Speaking of plots, it is fascinating to search through literary works looking for cross-dressing scenes. There are many instances in the classics which I am certain you most have seen. Just as an example I found that the spanish writer Cervantes used TV bits quite frequent- ly in his works. In "Don Quixote" we find a scene at a small town square where some sort of festival is in progress. All the yound girls in town are performing a dance ritual while the crowd enjoys the spectable and the Mayor applauds. Suddenly two girls leave the group of dancers and approach the Mayor. One of them turns out to be the Mayor's son who is now asking his father to please let him marry the girl of his dreams. Since they wouldn't give her permission to see him, he had to resort to this subterfuge in order to be with her and talk to her. The Mayor is upset and indignant, but Don Quixote placates the old man and all ends well. In another of Cervantes' work there is a long narrative about a Prince who sailed to North Africa to find and rescue his damsel who had been kidnapped by Moorish pirates. As the ship approaches the coast of Africa, a friend points out to the Prince how much easier his search would be if the Prince should pretend to be a Peincess and let himself be kidnapped by the pirates. The Prince thinks this is a terrific idea(a TV no doubt), goes down to his cabin and emerges a couple of hours later transformed into a vision of loveliness. Cervantes definitely overdoes the scene when he says that She was a vision of beauty as fair of the fairest maidens". Obviously he didn't know that TV's need a lot of practice and he completely forgets to tell us what the Prince used for falsies and hip padding. Anyway, the entire crew is amazed at the change and the pirates fall for the impersonation. The princess is duly taken to the cave or palace(I don't remember which) where all the female prisoners are kept. The Prince looks so gorgeous that even his sweetheart--who does not read him right away--feels a twinge of envy. I wonder what kind of a TV wife she would make! And of course she is rescued and the Prince discards his feminine attire. I am sure that he must have continued to indulge later being so pretty, you know.

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