Two friends rambling about things related to classic film and television. Really we just write whatever comes into our heads, and since our heads are filled with nothing but classic film and television, that's what appears here.
Showing posts with label michael jackson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label michael jackson. Show all posts
It's official: Michael Jackson has invaded the universe, Captain EO style. At the moment, Liza (as I am told by Emily, since I don't yet have cable television in my apartment) is on Larry King Live talking about MJ at 6:00 in the morning, Paris time. Whenever Liza gets up before late afternoon, something's up. Elizabeth Taylor's Twitter (which we both follow, because we're awesome like that) is usually sparse and she makes no more than a few tweets per week. Today, it is overrun with 7 declarations of love for Mistah Jackson, and my mother is doing her usual "He had kind of a tragic life" thing that she always does when important celebrities die.
Poor Farrah Fawcett. Even in death she couldn't get a break.
To keep the rain off our parade here at Screen Mavens (and believe me, here at Screen Mavens there's always a parade), a distraction is in order. That distraction comes in the form of a one Miss Tallulah Bankhead, who easily could have taken over the universe herself with her codeine and bourbon, not to mention her fabulosity and smoking too much. We want to be her.
Enjoy, you lovely things you, this episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, which Emily and I can recite backwards and forwards.
Now, here at Screen Mavens, we really don't know much of anything current, let alone anything that occurred in the last half of the 20th century. That being said, I think you will notice that there is a common theme in these photographs. Without this common theme, I assure you, a post on this topic would not have been made. And we mean that with all the respect and dignity that we possess.
By this point, the novelty of this get-together had worn off.
We respect the careers of Michael Jackson, Dame Elizabeth, and OF COURSE Liza Minnelli. But we certainly CANNOT respect this photograph, or anything that it embodies.
We were thinking that that video could justifiably sum up the entire tribute. But we couldn't help ourselves with those other photos. They're too brilliant. Except...you know...Turtle Man Gest.
