Flamboyant Christopher Street denizen with a carnation in his Dior lapel.

S4E4 - Determined to get Susie to open up about her love life, Midge goes down to Christopher Street to try and learn where she can find a lesbian bar. She stops at a park and tries to accost each passerby, but they all brusquely ignore her. The only people who even talk to her are a smartly-dressed man who initially does not understand what she's getting at, then quickly brushes her off when he does, and another man who calls her a cop. Frustrated, she sits down on a bench in the park. After a moment's silence, Lazarus, a mysterious older man in a fabulous Dior suit with a yellow carnation in his lapel begins talking to Midge, and ultimately gives her the information she needs.

MIDGE: What? No, I'm not a cop. This is Dior! Excuse me. I am not a cop. I have a record. Hi. I'm not a cop. I was just wondering… Hello. I am not a cop. I was won… Hello. Not a cop. I was just wondering… Hi. I'm not a cop. I'm not… Not a cop. I… I am not a cop.
LAZARUS: So, you have a friend?
MIDGE: I'm sorry?
LAZARUS: I believe you were making an inquiry for a friend?
MIDGE: Oh. Yes. I was. My friend. Yes. I was just wondering if maybe…
LAZARUS: I know two or three places you might be looking for.
MIDGE: You do? Oh, that would be wonderful.
LAZARUS: And I assume there is no friend.
MIDGE: No, there is a friend. Really.
LAZARUS: If you insist.
MIDGE: I do. She is.
LAZARUS: Okay. And this friend, i-is she like you?
MIDGE: Me?
LAZARUS: Yeah.
MIDGE: Well, anatomically.
LAZARUS: Does she dress like you?
MIDGE: Like me? Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no. She definitely does not. (laughs) Sorry. I was just picturing her in my kumquat daisy dress with reverse pattern hat. (laughs) It's good. Oh, God, the corset. (laughs)
LAZARUS: So it's not a very good friend.
MIDGE: No, it is. (exhales) Sorry. Mm. Sorry. I'm back.
LAZARUS: I missed you.
MIDGE: You were saying?
LAZARUS: There's this new place. It just opened. I hear it's very welcoming to a mixture of different attires. It's right on…
MIDGE: Wait. Go ahead. Oh, is it okay if I write this down?
LAZARUS: You're gonna have to eat that paper later. A joke. It's right up…
MIDGE: Wait. You're not a cop, are you?
LAZARUS: This is Dior, too.
MIDGE: Ooh.
– S4E4

4. Interesting People on Christopher Street

• The character played by John Waters wears a green carnation on his lapel. Having a green carnation on your lapel was a subtle hint the wearer is homosexual, and is thought to have been popularized by Oscar Wilde in the 1890s. (Source: IMDb)
• Lazarus is portrayed by legendary low-budget filmmaker John Waters, who has racked up such honorifics as the Prince of Puke, the King of Filth, and, in the words of William S. Burroughs, “the Pope of Trash.”

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