Dwarves
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Ringo Starr als Larry the Dwarf on the set of 200 Motels.
Dwarves, midgets and little people in general, particularly pygmies, are recurring characters in Zappa's music, being part of his Conceptual Continuity. In conversation with Nigey Lennon, Andrew Greenaway analyzed the recurring use of dwarfs and midgets in Zappa's work. [1]
Gail Zappa's brother, Arthur Sloatman was nicknamed "Midget".
- Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula
- Ringo Starr plays a character named Larry the Dwarf in 200 Motels (The Film)
- Camarillo Brillo: "And she was breeding a dwarf, but she wasn't done yet."
- Pygmy Twylyte
- Montana: "Just me and the pygmy pony over by the dental floss bush"
- The Torture Never Stops: "And a sinister midget with a bucket and a mop, where the blood goes down the drain".
- The Radio Is Broken: The final line is: "Dwarf Nebula!", which seagues into Mõggio, a song was inspired by a dream Diva Zappa had about a tiny little father named Moggio living under the pillow. [2]
- Be In My Video: "And midgets dressed in white"
- Brown Moses: "Dis pygmy I be clutchin"
- In the 1993 interview Zappa Plays On, Zappa referred to his maze-like house in Laurel Canyon as "early Rumpelstiltskin".
References
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z21XZ6k_CGY: Nigey Lennon and Richard Greenaway, part 2 (from the 27:10 mark)
- ↑ Frank Zappa, They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Society Pages, June 1990
