Rick and Marian have been married for a few years now, and the bloom is definitely off the rose; sex is definitely not what it used to be. Marian is concerned about that. So, it seems, is Rick. When she dresses in some extremely suggestive lingerie, she comes to bed only to discover that her husband is similarly clothed -- complete with makeup and a wig. After she overcomes her initial shock, she is happy to discover that this new revelation is just the thing to put the zing back in their relationship. "Lippy," in the argot of the region, is short for "lipstick." One might not think that the grimy manufacturing town of Liverpool would have a very active social life for transvestites, but Rick shows Marian a side of life she never even imagined before. When her conservative dad gets wind of it somehow, he is all disapproval, but her mother, too, has been looking for a way to spice up her life...
by Clarke Fountain
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