description for A Celebration of Special-Ness

Clip from the movie "True Stories" starring and directed by David Byrne. This clip is the Fashion Show. The "fashion" outfits get more and more ridiculous, including outfits made out of astroturf, until at the end, a woman wearing a gigantic wedding cake falls off the platform.

Emcee:
Okay,
What time is it?
If everyone notices, maybe it's too much
But where would we be?
$29.95 is a pretty good price
for six outfits and as many combinations
The possibilities are endless
Shopping is a feeling
Sometimes I get a wobbly feeling
Be sexy in business
Be successful at night
Think of where you'll be each day and formate your outfits to match

Lying woman: I stole it off of a spaceship.

Emcee:
Let the children do the shopping
If the room is pink, you're in the pink
you have the right
it's all you
there ought to be a law

(song)
When you were little
You dreamed you were big
You must have been something
A real tiny kid

You wish you were me
I wish I was you
Now don't you wake up
The dream will come true

Every dream has a name
And names tell your story
This song is your dream
You're the dream operator

It's bigger than life
You know it's all me
My face is a book
But it's not what it seems

Three angels above
The whole human race
They dream us to life
They dream me a face

And every dream tells it all
And this dream is your story
You dreamed me a heart
You're the dream operator

Shake-it-up dream
Hi-di-ho dream
Fix-it-up dream
Look at me dream
I've been waiting so long
Now I am your dream

Hard to forget
Hard to go on
When you fall asleep
You're out on your own

Let go of your life
Grab on to my hand
Here in the clouds
Where we'll understand

And you dreamed it all
And this is your story
Do you know who you are?
You're the dream operator

And you dreamed it all
And this is your story
Do you know who you are?
You're the dream operator

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