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Biography
see also|Simon Hunt (footballer)|Simon Hunt (rugby player) Simon Hunt , sometimes known as Pauline Pantsdown , is an Australian satirist and Australian Senate candidate who parodied Pauline Hanson , a controversial former member of federal parliament, in 1997.cite web|url= http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s852842.htm|title=Defamation joke|date=12 May 2003|last=Marr|first=David|authorlink=David Marr (journalist)|work= Media Watch (TV program) |publisher= Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)|accessdate=5 February 2010 His birth name was Simon Hunt, but he changed his name by deed poll so that he would appear on the electoral ballot as Pauline Pantsdown; it was later changed back to Simon Hunt. Hunt is the son of David Hunt (judge)|David Hunt , a retired Chief Judge at Common Law of the Supreme Court of New South Wales .
Pantsdown is a drag queen whose taste in fashion parodies Hanson's, and is best known for the songs "Backdoor Man" and "I Don't Like It". The song "Backdoor Man" was a huge hit on the youth radio network Triple J after its release in 1997, being played almost hourly due to a massive number of requests, making it into the 1997 Triple J Hottest 100|Hottest 100 list at number 5. However, less than a week after its release, Hanson obtained a court injunction against the song, claiming it was Defamation|defamatory . http://www.sclqld.org.au/qjudgment/1998/QCA/306 In September 2004, after Hanson launched a campaign for the Australian Senate , the Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC was reported to be planning a challenge to the injunction. However, after public criticism from Hanson, the ABC backed down.
Pantsdown performed a remixed version of "I Don't Like It" at the 2011 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Party during Bob Downe 's 'Retro-Gras' DJ set just days before Hanson announced her candidacy in the 2011 NSW state election. Pantsdown also performed ''I Don't Like It'' on Seven Network|Channel Seven 's The Morning Show (TV program)|The Morning Show on May 22 2012 .
Homebake appearance
The resulting controversy resulted in Pauline Pantsdown making an appearance at the 1998 Homebake live music festival, complete with apparently gay half-naked Asian dancers. He suffered the indignity of being booed and pelted with objects and later claimed " Homophobia is alive and well in Sydney ". http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/pauline_pantsdown
Songs
"Backdoor Man" http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/10296/20010907/www.dot.net.au/_galconv/back%20door%20man.mp3 consists of a series of samples of Hanson's speeches stuck together to form sentences such as "''I'm a backdoor man. I'm homosexual. I'm very proud of it ", and " I'm a backdoor man for the Ku Klux Klan with very horrendous plans. I'm a very caring potato''", parodying Hanson's Conservatism|conservative politics. Hanson vehemently condemned the track, claiming that the song portrayed her as a Prostitution|prostitute and a Transsexualism|transsexual .
listen|filename=Pauline Pantsdown Backdoor Man sample.ogg|title=Sample of "Backdoor Man"|description=A 23 second sample of Pauline Pantsdown's "Backdoor Man"|format= Ogg After the injunction over "Backdoor Man", Pantsdown released the follow-up single "I Don't Like It" in response. Once again the song used segments of Hanson's voice to parody her, this time with equally ridiculous but less personal lyrics such as "''Why can't my blood be coloured white? I should talk to some medical doctors, coloured blood is just not right ". Once again the song was a hit on Triple J and peaked in the ARIA Charts at #10 during the Australian federal election, 1998|1998 federal election campaign .
In 2004, on the Rock Against Howard compilation, Pauline Pantsdown released the song "I'm Sorry" under the pseudonym Little Johnny , which had appeared as a download on her website some three years earlier with a video. This song used the same techniques to parody John Howard 's refusal to apologise to the Australian Aborigines|Aboriginal people of Australia over the Stolen Generations .
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External links
http://www.pantsdown.wild.net.au/ The Unofficial Pauline Pantsdown Fan Club
http://lyricwiki.org/Pauline_Pantsdown Pauline Pantsdown lyrics on LyricWiki
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/30years/video/pantsdownhi.asx ABC television news story on the "Backdoor Man" lawsuit - contains video footage of Ms Hanson and Ms Pantsdown outside the Supreme Court of Queensland
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