Timelies all!
Mr. S is a bit obsessed with his new flip-flops. Well, at least Gary has been able to get him to wear regular shoes at school, but at home...
Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sheryl - Jun 10, 2019 12:37:24 pm PDT #8652 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
meara - Jun 10, 2019 12:37:38 pm PDT #8653 of 30019
Meanwhile I packed a bunch of tank tops and shorts and it's been like, mid-60s here every day. The last couple days of the trip next week might be warm, but currently I did laundry at this Airbnb to be able to wear my jeans and one long sleeve shirt again...but there's no dryer and I'm not sure they'll be dry by morning!
Also we had rented a car so we could drive through the alps today, but it was raining and cloudy and we could barely see anything. Still fun but we were both like "dang, I'll bet this place was gorgeous last week when it was 78 and sunny..."
-t - Jun 10, 2019 12:38:15 pm PDT #8654 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've only ever seen the movie version of Grease and that was a free showing at the library when I was a kid so possibly bowdlerized (if the movie needed to be). I mostly remember the song, Stockard Channing being my favorite, and my dad telling me how he refused to be nostalgic for the 50s, he'd been a teen then and he didn't want to look back on it. We (the family) did watch Happy Days, though, although maybe he didn't, I don't remember. We just had the one TV but he could have gone off and done something else, I suppose.
Theodosia - Jun 10, 2019 12:52:52 pm PDT #8655 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
The Amazing Race did Switzerland last week, so there was an amazing amount of beautiful scenery! (I was disappointed that they were supplied with automatic transmission cars, but you can't have everything.)
Sophia Brooks - Jun 10, 2019 4:30:08 pm PDT #8656 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Apparently I have lots of thoughts about Grease because I talked about it to coworkers today. I ended the big opening number with the whole stage flipping off the audience. I think my show was really god, but maybe now in retrospect not the thing a mid nineties community theatre was looking for! I sodidnt want kids in the show, but we had a lot of them!
Sophia Brooks - Jun 10, 2019 4:35:34 pm PDT #8657 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I have to add the original opening number [link]
Amy - Jun 10, 2019 5:27:45 pm PDT #8658 of 30019
Because books.
Grease was so formative for me. Saw it in fourth grade in the theater, and about 4 more times while it was still running. And yeah, I look at it now and cringe. And wonder why I didn't come out completely fucked up.
DavidS - Jun 10, 2019 8:24:00 pm PDT #8659 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I guess it's worth noting that the original stage play version of Grease was wayyyyyy more raunchy than the movie. There was a fascinating piece in Vanity Fair several years ago about how the play came about, and how it was very much an early 70s work with sex/drugs/rape/abortion.
Shir - Jun 10, 2019 9:40:32 pm PDT #8660 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I don't feel like Grease actually is rapey, right? Everyone is an eager participant?
As I mostly remember the soundtrack and not the plot, the "did she put up a fight" bit, was, umm, a bit, wait what.
I guess it's worth noting that the original stage play version of Grease was wayyyyyy more raunchy than the movie. There was a fascinating piece in Vanity Fair several years ago about how the play came about, and how it was very much an early 70s work with sex/drugs/rape/abortion.
Humm. I'll look it up.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 10, 2019 11:31:33 pm PDT #8661 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Yes! That is the one I was directing! So raunchy! Also Barry Bostwick and Adrienne Barbeau were original cast. I read that Vanity Fair article
If you want to do a fun loving 50s musical, I don't think it is Grease!
I am proud that I worked really hard to seed Sandy's transformation as a coming out of her preconceived notions and becoming herself, and the whole show as each person learning who they are.