If you are ever stuck in a room again, a quick and easy solution is to pull the pins out of the hinges and simply remove the door.
Good morning DR Elmore.
I watched "The Passion of The Christ" last night ..... :-\And I had a scary dream over and over again till dawn and was dead tired as I woke up this morning. :-\ :-\ :-\
DR George: To answer your question from last night, HAIRSPRAY can ONLY cast men in the role because it is dictated as such in John Waters contract. He wouldn't allow the musical to be made unless that was a stipulation.
JMK said yesterday, in regards to the Tacoma bathroom door fiasco...Well, I made that suggestion, but the hinges were on Ann's side of the door and she was unable to release the pin. The latch is now taped so that neither of us will be trapped again!
DR George: To answer your question from last night, HAIRSPRAY can ONLY cast men in the role because it is dictated as such in John Waters contract. He wouldn't allow the musical to be made unless that was a stipulation.
Ron, I did not end up going to see WAR OF THE WORLDS this weekend. I may go another time, however.
In fact I did not get anything from Friday's list watched except 1/2 of the Arch Hall Jr. movie THE NASTY RABBIT. I will try to finish that up tonight.
My traditional method of "Don't touch the pile on the desk; I can find anything I want." is not as effective as it used to be. I don't know if it''s because the pile is bigger; I have less of a brain, or if the world is just more complicated, but I don't have the handle on it I used to have.
Sorry MBarnum. But to know the complete Arch Hall, one must endure THE NASTY RABBIT, or as it is actually called in the credits, SPIES AU GO GO.
There is only one reason to watch this, aside from the credits being hand painted on plywood rabbits, and that is the cute girl who plays Arch's love interest. I find her adorable.
Not that there is anyone to answer the question or comment, but we thinking about using Amtrak next year in the USA. Maybe a pass so that we can travel from LA to SF and eventually to Seatle. From Seattle to Vancouver and across to Toronto to New York. We figure we can make good use of the 30 day pass available to non North American residents.
any comment and thoughts on the proposal would be appreciated - particularly the stopping off points.
I can send you THE CHOPPERS if you don't have it. He's quite good in that. And that is where you get the inexplicable performance of the inexplicable "Monkey in My Hatband."
If it weren't for "Being in Love" instead of "My White Knight," would THE MUSIC MAN rank as the most faithful film version of a Broadway musical ever? Even MY FAIR LADY added that extra verse to "You Did It," and the Rodgers and Hammerstein movies of their musicals always omitted numbers.
For those of you HHWers in NYC...
Are there any parades, festivals, sporting events this Friday or Saturday that I should be aware of? -At least in regards to possible traffic tie-ups at the Lincoln Tunnel or GW Bridge?
And does anyone have plans for Saturday night?
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Another option is to not latch the door.
:D
DR Jane - to answer your question from yesterday about my opinion of Susan Vreeland's The Forest Lover, I can use the word of the day - LUGUBRIOUS. I loved Girl in Hyacinth Blue (which I've read twice) and The Passion of Artemisia, but this latest one seemed forced and didn't really sing to me. It did, however, make me want to visit British Columbia.
Have you, or any other DR's, heard from Danise since Hurricane Dennis went past her part of Florida?
Frances Langford, another name from the musical past, has passed away
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050711/ap_on_en_mu/obit_langford;_ylt=AsOlYZ3Fv3S0n7ZoFYPi77dI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050711/ap_on_en_mu/obit_langford;_ylt=AsOlYZ3Fv3S0n7ZoFYPi77dI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl)
DR Ron, I am very, very content with the DVD of '1776' as it now stands. "Cool Men" is back where it should be and the beautiful beginning strains of "He Plays the Violin" are also there with Blythe Danner at her loveliest and most beguiling. I DO wish they had used all of "Piddle, Twiddle, and Resolve" but otherwise, it practically perfect in every way (a MARY POPPINS reference).
That's bizarre because I watched my first Frances Langford movie this weekend, Career Girl.
DRMBARNUM did you ever find a Recording Program for your computer?
DR GEORGE - if your friend is familiar with Kabuki, ballet, or pantomime - the idea of a traditional role-sex reversal is common.That's true!
Peter Pan is almost always played by a woman/girl.
Stepsisters in Cinderella in ballet played by men.
All roles played by men in Kabuki theatre.
It's tradition!
I think that it was important for John Waters to keep HAIRSPRAY, even the musical version to which he contributed nothing but his own original idea/film/script, a bit subversive, even though it was at the time his most mainstream film. Keeping that character played by a male would keep it from being only another feel good musical comedy, though it certainly IS that in spades.And that's a very good reason, too.
Well, I[/i] certainly understand that, but how can I explain why John Waters would make that stipulation for the show in the first place?...if it's possible.
DR Sandra -- I think I may have found the problem that has not allowed us to log on the last couple days!
It's the newest in Japanese horror movies being imported to the US:
Dan (the Man) is... THE VIEWER OF DOOM
The biggest hairdo?
Jane, Killbot has not lost her main sleepin' space. But she does like listening to records in there with me.
Cute. Does she have a favorite selection you can play when you allow her in with Walty?
The clips I saw of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" on Ebert and Friend do not make it sound/look appealing.
Spiderdance!
Spiderdance!
Hey! It's those lazy, crazy, hazy days of summer!
Sometimes the great "outside" calls and we needs must commune with the natural world.
Or watch TV.
OK, you B-movie buffs (and you know who you are): do any of you know of someone named Myra Nelson?
I have a new email "looney" (an affectionate term) insisting she's in "World Premiere," the Barrymore/Farmer film from 1941. I've never heard of her, and Farmer and Virginia Dale are the only credited females in the cast. IMDb has one Myra Nelson credit, as an extra (not for this film).
DtM, I probably wasn't clear: it isn't "Myra" who is my "looney." The person emailing me is a Myra fan and is claiming to have a PR pic of her from "World Premiere." There is a Myra Nelson at IMDb but her only credit is from the 1950s.
Page 2 dance, what else? Catdancing.
I see that "Annie" is coming to San Francisco in late August and playing through mid-October. John Schuck is Daddy Warbucks.
I've never seen the complete show...just the awful movie, and the wonderful, but incomplete (and oddly cast) Disney TV version.
I hope this is the complete show.
I am also a Virgo (DR JOSE and I share an August 26 natal day) - so just read his posts, DR RLP's post, and DR BEN's post. I do all of these things as well. Alphabetical, by type and author, EVERYTHING. The computer is a great boon to keeping addresses, dates, and PEOPLE organized.
I also have a dry erase board that I write Things To Do in the appropriate square.