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\"Cultureteca<\/a><\/p>\n

This week on Cultureteca, a new fragrance inspired by Andy Kaufman’s 1979 performance at Carnegie Hall, and some thoughts on the art of the irrepressible song-and-dance man; the release of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part Two<\/em>; Grand Theft Auto V played on a motion simulator; and a new shoe by the vegan company Keep and Deakin of Animal Collective.<\/p>\n

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Andy Kaufman Milk & Cookies: A New Fragrance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Xyrena, the Los Angeles-based celebrity partnered on-demand perfumery – conceived in 2013 by\u00a0Killian Wells,\u00a0and emerging this year with fragrances for the singer Aaliyah, the Kentucky high school basketball player Dalton Maldonado, and the RuPaul’s Drag Race<\/em> contestant Pearl – has recently launched a new fragrance which commemorates the actor, comedian, song-and-dance man and all-round performance artist Andy Kaufman.<\/p>\n

Kaufman remains well\u00a0known for his role as Latka Gravas on the long-running and Emmy Award-winning series Taxi<\/em>, for his late night\u00a0appearances with David Letterman<\/a>, for his misdoings\u00a0behind the mask\u00a0of the embittered lounge singer Tony Clifton, and for his confrontation with Michael Richards on Fridays<\/em> in 1981. But central to his legacy is an April 1979 performance at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Following a show which featured Robin Williams disguised as Kaufman’s grandmother, and a Native American ritual meant to revive an elderly woman who had apparently died on stage, Kaufman took his entire audience, in twenty buses which had to make a return trip, out for milk and cookies. They were taken for their treat to the New York\u00a0School of Printing on\u00a0439 West 49th Street.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hlOUZ3OAX60<\/p>\n

It is this show which Xyrena’s Andy Kaufman Milk & Cookies<\/a> celebrates. The fragrance features top notes of sugar and sweet butter, a chewy heart of fresh baked chocolate chip cookies and creamy milk, and base notes of vanilla and white musk.\u00a0It made its public debut last month, on 11 October during the annual Andy Kaufman Award show<\/a> at UCB East – the recipient of the award this year was the comedian Brett Davis. Everyone in attendance received a sample of the perfume, which comes in extrait concentration. And now the fragrance is available courtesy of the Xyrena website, at a price of $42 for 50 ml.<\/p>\n

Kaufman’s brother Michael – who occasionally played Tony Clifton – said<\/a>\u00a0‘It’s great to have Andy brought back, in any way, even if only in a bottle. Call me crazy but I still fantasize about the day when Andy will return, performing in front of live audiences again’.<\/p>\n