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Dates: during 1973-1973
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Suddenly, it seemed, Michel Polnareff's bare backside was staring at all of Paris. Or, rather, all of Paris was staring at it. The sight was scarcely avoidable. It appeared on 6,000 posters that the pop singer-composer had had plastered across the city's walls to promote his "Polnarevolution" show at the Olympia music hall. The posters showed the 28-year-old chéri of the Paris entertainment world in sunglasses, a woman's floppy hat, and a lacy shirt raised undemurely to reveal his derri...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: L'Affaire Derri | 1/1/1973 | See Source »

Haled into court on charges of "exhibiting indecent images in public," Polnareff appeared fully clothed-wearing tight, cream satin pants with a matching bolero, a curly wig and his inevitable sunglasses. His exchanges with Judge Emile Taillandier produced some of the liveliest courtroom dialogue since Irma La Douce. Samples...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: L'Affaire Derri | 1/1/1973 | See Source »

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