A quarter century ago, Cooper sold the same kind of horror show to his teen fans as Manson does  a gender-bending female name, pancake makeup, raucous music, an onstage guillotine, and preposterous gross-out legends.
Cooper gave a horror show for his teen fans because they loved to dress up and attend those shows.
mnli hypothesis: Cooper gave a horror show for his teen fans because they loved to dress up and attend those shows. premise: A quarter century ago, Cooper sold the same kind of horror show to his teen fans as Manson does  a gender-bending female name, pancake makeup, raucous music, an onstage guillotine, and preposterous gross-out legends.