It was based on a true story about a factory owner who was trying to save his Northamptonshire shoe factory from closure, and decided to cater for the fetish footwear market for men.
The book of the musical was written by HArvey Firestein who pioneered gay content on Broadway. He wrote the book of ‘La Cage aux Folles’ some 30 years ago.
“It was based on a true story about a factory owner who was trying to save his Northamptonshire shoe factory from closure, and decided to cater for the fetish footwear market for men.”
Don’t know about the play, but the movie was charming and heart-warming. I highly recommend it. It was about the desperate attempts by a small, old, family-owned shoe manufacturer in England being crushed by Chinese imports. As I remember it, it was mostly about catering to transvestites rather than homosexual drag queens.
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I have no idea what that is, exactly. And, please, do not explain it. I prefer to live in my ignorance in this domain.