Kirby brilliantly wrote: <"AUNTIE MAME --- another play about people with "braces on their brains", to quote Mame Dennis, the real theme of both plays."> Young Patrick: "Mr. Babcock, would you care for a martini?...... "Stir, never shake. Bruises the gin....... "Would you care for an olive? Auntie Mame says olives take up too much room in such a small glass?"..... Mame: "Mr. Babcock, I wonder if it makes the best impression on a young mind to see you drinking during business hours." Babcock: "Now just a minute! Where did he learn to make....?" Mame: "Mr Babcock!! Knowledge is Power!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grown Patrick's fiance, Gloria Upson, on her upwardly-mobile parents' home in the 'burbs: "Mountebank....Oh, you'll love it! It's terribly exclusive and completely restricted!" Mame: (dryly) "Exclusively what and restricted to whom?" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mame: offering canape to G's uppity mother: "Oh, it's just a little pickled rattlesnake" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ And, of course, the greatest life-lesson of all!! Mame: (to all the Young Patricks and all of us too!): "Live, live, live!! Life is a banquet and most poor sons-a-bitches are starving to death!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To hell with watching "Kick-Ass." I think I'll put on "Auntie Mame" tonight-- for the 457th time! I always see something new! And, unless Angela Lansbury is around, forget about the musical. The Lawrence & Lee original is simply perfect! And so is the great Rosalind Russell.. Joe B in NOLA-- wishing he was in Beekman Place, Manhattan, in late 1929! PS-- Oh...How could I forget: Vera: "Mame, why don't you keep your hair natural like mine?" Mame: "If I kept my hair natural like yours..... I'd be bald!"
--- On Sat, 10/2/10, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: From: Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] "INHERIT THE WIND Still Relevant 50 Years Later" 10-2-2010 L.A. Times Article To: "Joseph Bonelli" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010, 11:12 PM AUNTIE MAME --- another play about people with "braces on their brains", to quote Mame Dennis, the real theme of both plays. K. On Oct 2, 2010, at 8:36 PM, Joseph Bonelli wrote: <" But it isn't just about Southern states. This is going on all over America and the dialogue is more virulent than ever."> Thanks, Richie. I didn't want to say it as I am from the south and "we" are always trying to pass the buck on these things--- but you are100% correct! By the way, I've always craved to play the preacher, father of the "hero's" girlfriend and performed brilliantly by Claude Akins in the film. In the play, his harangueing "sermon" in the town square is one of the most electrifying moments in 50s US drama..and that's saying something!! Interestingly, the play was co-authored by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee (no relation to the General, I believe). Their other "big hit" was, of all things, the play "Auntie Mame." Joe --- On Sat, 10/2/10, Richard Halegua Comic Art <[email protected]> wrote: From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] "INHERIT THE WIND Still Relevant 50 Years Later" 10-2-2010 L.A. Times Article To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010, 2:42 PM it's sad to say, but I think it is indeed far more relevant today than it was when it was filmed, and far more relevant than when the court case was going on. The conversion of our society into evolution deniers and school boards like the one in Texas forcing through such an agenda as "Intelligent Design" into our schools shows that we have not progressed as a society in some very important ways. I'm constantly telling people that our political struggles are like a war between religion and intelligence. But it isn't just about Southern states. This is going on all over America and the dialogue is more virulent than ever. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
