Naked Boys Singing
I saw the movie on DVD and now I kick myself for not seeing the show live in New York when I got the chance!
This was a fantastic romp through a bygone era of beautiful show tunes. The music and dancing get an A+ from this old school marm. Or should I say, doting headmaster.
If you are curious about experiencing vocal performances in a style that has become nearly endangered due to the difficulty invovled in puting it all together, and keeping it there, see Naked Boys Singing
This was a collection of musical numbers, all of which were excellent, and almost all performed in the buff.
Liza
I tend to be low-budget. I didn't see the exciting live performance of Cabaret , Theatre Under The Stars, at the Hobby Center (June 16-28th). Instead, I watched the DVD of the 1972 movie starring: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, and Joel Grey. I enjoyed this journey back in time to 1931 Germany and the bitter-sweat love affair with a twist between a somewhat reserved intellectual and the glittering, spontaneous Liza.
Many of the musical numbers in this movie have become iconic. The decadent, and deliciously teasing on-stage performances provide a foil for the brutal intolerance of the increasingly powerful Nazi political movement.
I recommend this movie.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
My Secret Left Me Unable to Help
The New York Times, Sunday, July 26, 2009
My Secret Left Me Unable to Help
-By Joyce Maynard
Eventually parents and children have to part ways, emotionally if not in actuality. It is inevitable that their paths diverge. This can be a difficult lesson for both child and parent.
This article is about an attempted trip to the heart via e-mail. It is about two secrets, really; one the mother has at violating the privacy of her daughter, the other is the secret to be revealed in the words of the e-mail the mother finds herself reading. (Despite her own respect for her daughter’s privacy, she violates it.)
The article, in my opinion, discusses three trips. On one of them, the mother never reaches her destination. This is the trip to her daughter’s heart. It is on its own journey. As it must be.
Joyce Maynard writes about parting ways with her children, but, also, the heavy burden of still caring for them quite deeply. She read her daughter’s e-mails to discover the details of her daughter’s troubles during her volunteer work in The Dominican Republic. This is far from their comfortable life in Marin, CA.
The details of her daughter’s danger is spelled out in the e-mails the mother is reading. And the mother suffers angst at the distance, both physical and emotional, which prevents her from helping her daughter. Besides, nothing can be done, really.
For a parent, after a certain age, when your children have grown into adulthood, there will be no password into their heart. The heart becomes a moving target. And the parent must, once again, begin their own journey.
I’ve read Joyce Maynard’s excellent article in The New York Times.
Read Joyce Maynard’s book: Labor Day, published July 28th.
© Texas Travel and Leisure
My Secret Left Me Unable to Help
-By Joyce Maynard
Eventually parents and children have to part ways, emotionally if not in actuality. It is inevitable that their paths diverge. This can be a difficult lesson for both child and parent.
This article is about an attempted trip to the heart via e-mail. It is about two secrets, really; one the mother has at violating the privacy of her daughter, the other is the secret to be revealed in the words of the e-mail the mother finds herself reading. (Despite her own respect for her daughter’s privacy, she violates it.)
The article, in my opinion, discusses three trips. On one of them, the mother never reaches her destination. This is the trip to her daughter’s heart. It is on its own journey. As it must be.
Joyce Maynard writes about parting ways with her children, but, also, the heavy burden of still caring for them quite deeply. She read her daughter’s e-mails to discover the details of her daughter’s troubles during her volunteer work in The Dominican Republic. This is far from their comfortable life in Marin, CA.
The details of her daughter’s danger is spelled out in the e-mails the mother is reading. And the mother suffers angst at the distance, both physical and emotional, which prevents her from helping her daughter. Besides, nothing can be done, really.
For a parent, after a certain age, when your children have grown into adulthood, there will be no password into their heart. The heart becomes a moving target. And the parent must, once again, begin their own journey.
I’ve read Joyce Maynard’s excellent article in The New York Times.
Read Joyce Maynard’s book: Labor Day, published July 28th.
© Texas Travel and Leisure
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Island
Island
-by Aldous Huxley
I purchased this book in a delightful bookstore in the Haight district in San Francisco a few years ago.
Island is a story that questions society's relentless pursuit of the technological upper hand.
It is shown how this serves militarism and the ambitions of bloodthirsty leaders.
Whether this commentary is applicable only to a specific point in history, or is universal, this book is worth reading.
We are taken to follow one man on his journey who's motives start out as purely cynical, then watch him develop.
You will find yourself recognizing allusions to the kind's of leaders who are blamed for initiating the aggressions of WWII.
Go on an imaginative journey and watch the tragedy of the petroleum age unfold to its deadly and tragic conclusion.
Island -by Aldous Huxley (Author of Brave New World.)
© Texas Travel and Leisure
-by Aldous Huxley
I purchased this book in a delightful bookstore in the Haight district in San Francisco a few years ago.
Island is a story that questions society's relentless pursuit of the technological upper hand.
It is shown how this serves militarism and the ambitions of bloodthirsty leaders.
Whether this commentary is applicable only to a specific point in history, or is universal, this book is worth reading.
We are taken to follow one man on his journey who's motives start out as purely cynical, then watch him develop.
You will find yourself recognizing allusions to the kind's of leaders who are blamed for initiating the aggressions of WWII.
Go on an imaginative journey and watch the tragedy of the petroleum age unfold to its deadly and tragic conclusion.
Island -by Aldous Huxley (Author of Brave New World.)
© Texas Travel and Leisure
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