A stripped backstage is naked but when she is in front of an aud… — Quoted in “Streaking: A Mad Dash to Where?: A Form of Assault” by Robert D. McFadden, NY Times Mar 8, 1974 | The MMM

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A stripped backstage is naked but when she is in front of an audience she is wearing her public.

Quoted in “Streaking: A Mad Dash to Where?: A Form of Assault” by Robert D. McFadden, NY Times Mar 8, 1974

Quote #5851

Year: 1974

Chapter: Putting On

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