Comments on: Playing the Adkisson Card

By: Promnight

Promnight — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:22:15 +0000

@Benedick: I do think there was merit in Kelly's agenda to, not make dance more masculine, but show that you could be a dancer and still be masculine. Yes, yes, I know, I treading on a fine line with homphobia, but in my mind he was trying to deal with that, and project a message that there is nothing either homosexual or feminine about dance. He was taking the American mass audience as it was, and still is, and trying to educate them and erase a stereotype that hinders mass popular acceptance of dance as an art form among american males of the troglodyte persuasion. I also wish that the waistlines on mens pants would go back to that day, rise up above the navel, its a quirky, probably hopeless fashion quirk of mine, but I am high-wasted, oops, I mean waisted, and its so hard to find trousers with a longer fit between crotch and waistline.

By: JNOV takes a little english to doctor the spin

JNOV takes a little english to doctor the spin — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:52:15 +0000

@blogenfreude: Excellent -- JR says clip was embedded on Encyclopedia Dramatica (sorry!) b/c the channers had a field day with it.

By: blogenfreude

blogenfreude — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:06:31 +0000

@JNOV takes a little english to doctor the spin: I have not seen such a clip. I'll try and locate it later.

By: JNOV takes a little english to doctor the spin

JNOV takes a little english to doctor the spin — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:00:25 +0000

@bloggie: Jr has a question: Have you seen the clip of O’Reilly where he started off discussing the whole Palin email hacking fiasco with a guest he expected to support his point of view, and the guest more or less shut him down?

(Boycott suspended due to reading FCS comments to Jr which led to his question.)

By: nojo

nojo — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:08:49 +0000

@Benedick: I thought the line on Gene Kelly was that he was determined to make dancing, how you say it, butch. "Elegant" is just code for fruity. But I'll let others argue Mick & Keith. I enjoy them both. (Oh, and I happened to see Singin' again a few weeks back. Cyd Charisse: Yow.)

By: Benedick

Benedick — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:59:17 +0000

@Mistress Cynica: @Jamie Sommers: I find Kelly kind of hard to take. He was so damn coy. And he was obsessed with props. He's always dancing with objects and mugging at the camera. Astaire just danced like a dream. Fantastic line on him. He could get proppy too but then he'd get together with Eleanor Powell or Cyd Charisse and dance like an angel. I guess its chalk and cheese. Amazing to think they were both making making movies at the same time. For hotness I would go with Bob Fosse or Michael Kidd.

By: Serolf Divad

Serolf Divad — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:03:22 +0000

@ManchuCandidate: John Gromley Live

By: cassandra_said

cassandra_said — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:53:32 +0000

@Mistress Cynica: It is quite warm in here. Oh my, oh my. Perfect description of Kelly's and Astaire's differences.

By: Mistress Cynica

Mistress Cynica — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:28:47 +0000

@Benedick: @Jamie Sommers: I love both Fred and Gene--I don't even think they can be compared to one another. Gene had a very sexy, exuberant, physical quality to his dancing, while Fred was almost ethereally graceful. I watch him just walking across a room in a movie and marvel at how he just glides through the world. In some ways I find them like Nureyev and Baryshnikov--Fred, like Nureyev, excelled with a partner, showing her off beautifully while still being more than just a prop for her, while the other two were really at their best dancing alone, where their raw animal power dominates the stage. My, is it warm in here, or is it just me?

By: Jamie Sommers

Jamie Sommers — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:56:02 +0000

@Mistress Cynica: Yeah, but that wasn't nearly as annoying as the people who kept bringing up "Hanoi Jane" in her round. Jeebusfreakincherrios, people, get over it already. @Benedick: I prefer Gene Kelly. He really knew how to wear clothes to display his fabulous ass.