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Who was Ed Wood?
Short Answer: '''Ed Wood''' was that rare mix of [[Giftedly Bad|relentless motivation and determination combined with a complete lack of natural talent]]. He was that guy who made ''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]'' and a bunch of other crappy movies. [[Wholesome Crossdresser|He also liked to wear dresses.]]
Long Answer: Throughout his life, Ed Wood loved movies and wanted to make his own. In his teenage years, he became a marine (eventually claiming to have fought at Guadalcanal while wearing a bra and panties under his uniform; of this experience he once said that he wasn't afraid of being killed, but he was scared shitless of being merely wounded - likely because he was afraid a medic would discover his secret when he was patching him up). Later, he would join a freak show as a bearded lady. In the late forties, Wood would begin his career in movies. One of his first works was a play called ''Casual Company'', based on a novel that was based on his life at the Marines. To foreshadow what was to come, the play suffered from extremely negative reviews. His first actual film would be in 1953, ''[[Glen or Glenda]]'' (based loosely on his novel ''Death Of A Transvestite''), a semi-autobiographical tale about transsexuality and Ed Wood's love for crossdressing. During this time, he met and eventually became friends with [[Bela Lugosi]]. This was when the ''[[Dracula (1931 film)|Dracula]]'' days were long gone and people thought he was dead, but this didn't stop Ed Wood from thinking of him as a legend among men. Bela would take a small part in ''Glen Or Glenda'' as a narrator now known for yelling "''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-8j8c7iL3E PULL THE STRING!!!]''" while clips of bison stampeding were shown.
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