The Thin White Duke alleged to be a Nazi salute. Bowie denied this, saying that he was simply waving and the photographer captured his image mid-wave. As early as 1976, Bowie began disavowing his allegedly pro-Fascist comments and said that he was misunderstood. In an interview that year in the "Daily Express", he explained that while performing in his various characters, "I'm Pierrot. I'm Everyman. What I'm doing is theatre, and only theatre... What you see on stage isn't sinister. It's pure clown. I'm using myself as a canvas and trying to paint the truth of our time on it. The white face, the
White-winged scoter White-winged scoter The white-winged scoter ("Melanitta deglandi") is a large sea duck. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek "melas" "black" and "netta" "duck". The species name commemorates French ornithologist Côme Damien Degland. The white-winged scoter is one of three North American scoter species and the largest species of scoter. It is characterised by its bulky shape and large bill. Females range from and , averaging and . She is brown with pale head patches. The male ranges from and from , averaging and . He is all black, except for white around the eye and a white speculum.