Galliano's views have nothing to do with Nazi chic | Charles Shaar Murray

Pop culture has had several foolish flirtings with Cabaret-style camp, but John Galliano's outburst is altogether more sinisterOnce upon a time, two young men named Mick Jones and Tony James were attempting to form a rock band called London SS. Their prospective manager, one Bernard Rhodes, summoned them to a meeting in a pub, and then dumped a bagful of Nazi memorabilia and militaria – badges, knives, caps and the like – over the table. "If you keep that name," he told them, "you'll be spen...

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