The music was commissioned by Ned Sherrin for the satirical television series That Was the Week That Was and used in a sequence featuring the titular footwear then fashionable. Lyrics were later added for a recording by Macnee and Blackman, released by Decca in February The single peaked at No. An unrelated song, also called "Kinky Boots", was an Irish rebel number written as a mockery of the British policies in Northern Ireland in the s and 80s. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Saints and Avengers: British Adventure Series of the s. Retrieved 23 November

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The Kinky Boots production must have a massive footwear budget. Thigh-high, sexy, shiny, patterned, show-off, six-inch-high boots; but boots sturdy enough to support plenty of strutting and muscular dancing by men on stage, night after night. Which is kind of the point of the show. The world may seem totally cool with gender fluidity these days or it pretends to be , but the Kinky Boots story is based on real events in the s. And though attitudes to gender identity and cross-dressing have evolved since, it can still be challenging for some.
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