This has been a hell of a week. The Butter exists now! Also I have one more reading in the Bay Area — it’s tomorrow night at Pegasus Books in Berkeley, so if you couldn’t bring yourself to cross a bridge to see me in San Francisco, you have one more shot.
Here is all I have the energy to give you today:
See you on the other side of Sunday.
Tags: meta, toast points
Wikipedia describes the Brothers first by age, then shirt color, then Actual Talent:
Gideon (blue shirt): Russ Tamblyn beat Morton Downey Jr. for the role of youngest brother Gideon. Tamblyn showcased his gymnastics training throughout the action sequences.
ETA: “Professional dancers played all seven of the brides.”
Wikipedia describes the Brothers first by age, then shirt color, then Actual Talent:
Gideon (blue shirt): Russ Tamblyn beat Morton Downey Jr. for the role of youngest brother Gideon. Tamblyn showcased his gymnastics training throughout the action sequences.
ETA: "Professional dancers played all seven of the brides."
When I watched Seven Brides with an ex we got so bored with the movie we played all the songs at double the speed. It really improves the experience, I swear.
I know that Seven Brides is incredibly misogynistic and a textbook illustration of rape culture and Stockholm syndrome BUT I LOVE IT I CANNOT HELP IT. I could probably sing along with the whole damn show.
(THE BARN-RAISING SCENE. LONESOME POLECAT. THE DANCING.)
(…no comment on The Sobbin' Women.)
I used to sing Bless Yore Beautiful Hide to my dog. She liked it when I got to "aaaaaand sassy as can beeeeee" (or maybe I just liked to believe that).
Also, I'm watching the Barn-Raising Dance at work and I am unashamed LOOK AT THEM GO UGH IT IS SO GREAT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TygmMPbwfjA
Oh, Stockholm Syndrome, the Musical. I watch it with my dad all the time. It is his FAVORITE.
I mean, Millie's like a proto-feminist…???? AHH I CAN'T HELP IT I LOVE THIS MOVIE TOOO!!!!!
What amuses me the most is that the actor who played one of the brothers (Ephraim) had to leave for his regular job as a dancer at the New York Ballet before the movie finished ending….so in the scene where they're waiting for Millie to have her baby, you see a strange man hanging out with all the brothers, who is the stand-in for the real Ephraim.
I feel it would be remiss not to remind everyone there was a TV show Seven Brides for Seven Brothers in the early 80s–featuring Richard Dean Morgan, Peter Horton, and River Phoenix, among others. Set in modern day. I think there are some episodes on youtube.
I was just watching this rather adorable review/homage to the musical last night. I love the opening to the video. Ha! <3
http://blip.tv/pawdugan/music-movies-seven-brides…
Oh my goodness, that is WONDERFUL. Thank you for linking!
(Orange Bro, you are USELESS.)
Movies like this make me feel like I fell down the rabbit hole of memory…I am sooooo happy when I return
from the time warp of my teenage years. God I hated the smug tone of these patronizing productions. However,
I LOVE the idea of singing this song to Nick’s dog Porter.
Movies like this make me feel like I fell down the rabbit hole of memory…I am sooooo happy when I return
from the time warp of my teenage years. God I hated the smug tone of these patronizing productions. However,
I LOVE the idea of singing this song to Nick's dog Porter.