I can almost recite the last sentence, but he loses me at "his soul swooned slowly." No, sorry.
Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.
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flea - Dec 16, 2010 8:17:55 am PST #12477 of 30000
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DavidS - Dec 16, 2010 8:24:50 am PST #12478 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I can almost recite the last sentence, but he loses me at "his soul swooned slowly." No, sorry.
It's definitely a chancy sentence that errs on the side of cheese. But I can forgive it as he was quite rapt in the rhythm there.
But it caught me short reading it too.
flea - Dec 16, 2010 8:29:24 am PST #12479 of 30000
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Purple prose alert! Purple prose alert! (Isn't there a whole thing about purple prose in Portrait of the Artist? "Madam, I never eat muscadel grapes" ?)
Kate P. - Dec 16, 2010 8:38:21 am PST #12480 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oh, that's gorgeous.
I think I had to read both Ironweed and "The Dead" in high school. I barely remember them; I may not have made it very far in "The Dead," but I'd like to give it another try now.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 16, 2010 8:43:18 am PST #12481 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Fantastic supporting cast too including a very young Nathan Lane, Margaret Whitton (best known as the evil team owner in Major League and the cheated on wife in Secret of My Success) and especially the actress who played Annie, the abandoned wife of Nicholson's character.
Don't forget Fred Gwynne!
DavidS - Dec 16, 2010 9:02:27 am PST #12482 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Don't forget Fred Gwynne!
Who became good friends with Tom Waits, and one day said to him, "Tom, I've got a good title for a song but I can't do anything with it. See if you can write something for it. It's called 'Yesterday is Here.'"
Also Diane Venora and Michael O'Keefe.
SuziQ - Dec 16, 2010 9:24:12 am PST #12483 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
RIP Blake Edwards. Condolences to Julie Andrews.
DavidS - Dec 16, 2010 9:25:51 am PST #12484 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Whoa, speaking of lost films I was just watching one of Blake's forgotten gems, Experiment in Terror.
b/w thriller shot on location in '62 San Francisco with the ever awesome Lee Remick, and the young Stefanie Powers and Ross Martin as the bad guy.
Kathy A - Dec 16, 2010 9:29:31 am PST #12485 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Awww, RIP. I'll have to pull out my dvd of Victor/Victoria. That movie has also has one of their sons playing a chorus boy watching Victor rehearsing.
SuziQ - Dec 16, 2010 9:48:36 am PST #12486 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Kathy - if you have Netflix, look for the stage version of Victor/Victoria. I know it used to be on instant view. It still has Julie Andrews in it and she does the introduction at the beginning and also talks during the intermission. Both of these are to the recorded viewing audience, not from on stage. I really enjoyed it.