I can't say that I remember US mainstream culture being very lighthearted about gender roles when I was growing up, [Rocky Horror being an exception], but at least there was a little bit of play going on...
Rocker Todd Rundgren as the Venus de Milo, 1976
X-Files' Scully & Mulder (Gillian Anderson & David Duchovny) for Us Magazine, 1997, photo by Mark Seliger.
Nothing to do with this, but this afternoon I am loving listening to an entirely different Gillian & David--Gillian Welsh in performance with David Rawlings [58 min]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_0b3J4BFcc
Rocker Todd Rundgren as the Venus de Milo, 1976
X-Files' Scully & Mulder (Gillian Anderson & David Duchovny) for Us Magazine, 1997, photo by Mark Seliger.
Nothing to do with this, but this afternoon I am loving listening to an entirely different Gillian & David--Gillian Welsh in performance with David Rawlings [58 min]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_0b3J4BFcc