This is a good point, but doesn't explain Joan Rivers.
I think she really has dysmorphia. I mean, there are several points here where she clearly should have stopped. [link]
Early: You folks are all insane. Simon: Well, my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jul 31, 2013 5:58:19 am PDT #872 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Amy - Jul 31, 2013 5:59:19 am PDT #873 of 30000
Because books.
I think Dolly being Dolly makes up for a lot, whereas Joan Rivers is just icky.
Jesse - Jul 31, 2013 5:59:27 am PDT #874 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Fingers crossed that I can keep Brandy in my head for the rest of the day...
Jesse - Jul 31, 2013 6:02:01 am PDT #875 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I do think Dolly also looks a little creepy, for what that's worth. But still way better than Kenny!
Fred Pete - Jul 31, 2013 6:28:52 am PDT #876 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Maybe I'm the strange one, but the #1 song in my hell is Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World."
I'm also surprised that the discussion hasn't gotten around to "You Light Up My Life," which is too schlock even for me.
Also, agree with Amy on Dolly Parton. Dolly is a very talented singer who has no pretensions to being anything other than who she is. Her kind of cheery authenticity makes it easy to forgive a lot.
Calli - Jul 31, 2013 6:29:06 am PDT #877 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Sibling incest is squicky to me, but parent-child incest has a ton of power issues making my squick response even worse.
My sister (a teenager in the 70s) had a piano book with both "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" and "One Tin Soldier" in it. Both got a lot of play.
Kat - Jul 31, 2013 6:31:40 am PDT #878 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I think you're right, Fred Pete. It's the authenticity within the fakeness that makes it manageable. It's interesting though because Joan Rivers is no shrinking violet about admitting to her plasticity.
Maybe it's the difference between faux urbane and faux country?
Connie Neil - Jul 31, 2013 6:32:43 am PDT #879 of 30000
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re: theatre performances with no way to leave? Oh, I'd find a way to leave if I needed to. If you think you have to keep your audience captive, you're on very shaky footing. The middle-aged female bladder knows no social constraint.
Tom Scola - Jul 31, 2013 6:35:23 am PDT #880 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
YAY Maria!!!
Amy - Jul 31, 2013 6:35:42 am PDT #881 of 30000
Because books.
I'm also surprised that the discussion hasn't gotten around to "You Light Up My Life," which is too schlock even for me.
Oh, good god. That was a terrible time to be alive.
Maybe it's the difference between faux urbane and faux country?
Personally, I think it's just that Dolly seems like a sweetheart, and Joan Rivers like a bitter old bitch who's not as funny as she thinks she is.