Fucque les Balles
Holland’s annual Fucque les Balles were parties so inventively decadent that they approached the status of art. Jonathan Turner mourns the end of an era of carnival capers.
The cowboy couple from Brokeback Mountain were there, but both inexplicably wearing Mr Spock ears. Darth Vader showed up, flashing a breast like Janet Jackson. A spelling-impaired superhero called ‘Sperman’ was in attendance, along with Bette ‘Baby Jane’ Davis and her Stewed Parrot, a Rambo version of Harry Potter, and a freshly exhumed Marlene Dietrich with Minnie Mouse ears.
There were also group entries: Freddy Krueger and his disembowelled victims; a
greased-up Bollywood producer flanked by a tinkling bevy of starlets and harlots; and a plastic surgeon with his bandaged, post-op patients.
If you can judge a party by its guest list, then the final Fucque les Balles party in Amsterdam in September was one hell of a shindig...
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