bawdiness

Bodies appear as points of historical inquiry; they convey bawdiness too.

But for those who haven’t seen “I Am Everything” — and perhaps even for those who have — there’s still a lot to learn here about the particular ways that Little Richard fused gospel ecstasy, roadhouse sweat and subversive bawdiness into his own musical form, inspiring everyone from the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to James Brown and Prince.

To embody the earthy bawdiness of Vittoria “was difficult,” the actress said.

Indeed, little about Lancashire's portrayal suggests an air of bawdiness about the saintly chef . . . aside, perhaps, from her intentionally saucy coq au vin pitch.

"Kids loved him and we adults loved his bawdiness. Gone too soon."