Oh! You pretty thing: Kingston academic gets David Bowie make-over for book research
The famous story that no one - or, depending on who you ask, everyone - knows about David Bowie is that his first performance as Ziggy Stardust was at the Toby Jug pub in Tolworth.
Now a Kingston University researcher is writing a book about the pop star, including his meteoric 1970s rise, and he has gone so far as to transform himself into the Stardust persona to better understand the icon.
Prof Brooker, who lives in Surbiton, has previously investigated the cultural significance of Batman, Blade Runner and Star Wars.
Asked whether he would address the baffling and cringeworthy video to Bowie's duet with Mick Jagger, Dancing in the Street, Prof Brooker added: "You can't avoid it, I don't think. I've seen it again recently - it's no better than it was.
Bowie has not made contact, yet, but Prof Brooker hopes to shake his hand at some point and perhaps give him a copy of the finished book. The monograph, Forever Stardust, is set to be published in 2017.
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