tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post3087289889583638473..comments2024-03-19T00:05:22.263-05:00Comments on Althouse: "The main consideration was the national interest. The child on the screen should be flawless...."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77417997802526836162008-08-13T18:16:00.000-05:002008-08-13T18:16:00.000-05:00Ruth Anne Adams, that was terrific.Ruth Anne Adams, that was terrific.veni vidi vicihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14720172060048711733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88298462570742544662008-08-13T13:32:00.000-05:002008-08-13T13:32:00.000-05:00When you're a 7-year old girl, it muct be tough to...When you're a 7-year old girl, it muct be tough to be told you're not pretty enough to be seen singing a song. I feel sorry for the child.Tex the Pontificatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06359563658726227779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52584288629333233812008-08-13T09:39:00.000-05:002008-08-13T09:39:00.000-05:00What? Commies lie? Who do they think they are, dem...What? Commies lie? Who do they think they are, democrats?bleeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05639807616384251908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91694902453052502692008-08-13T01:39:00.000-05:002008-08-13T01:39:00.000-05:00BLAKE - buy the Original Cast Recording of "MY FAI...<I>BLAKE - buy the Original Cast Recording of "MY FAIR LADY" - and you can hear Julie Andrews who sounds better than Marni or Audrey in the role.</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, no doubt. She wasn't big enough to get the role, though. And Hepburn was so waiflike--she's in her <I>early '30s</I> in that movie. <BR/><BR/>I thought she was perfect from that standpoint. Rex Harrison not so much; not that he wasn't great, but the romantic dynamic just is weird.<BR/><BR/><I> (When she played Holly Golightly, was that Audrey singing "Moon River"?) </I><BR/><BR/>It was! It was written for her! (That's why it's so easy to sing.) But I do believe she got some real training in between BAT and MFL.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29597640635560028942008-08-13T00:16:00.000-05:002008-08-13T00:16:00.000-05:00And, in the national interest, the Chinese leaders...And, in the national interest, the Chinese leaders should be flawless, not the walking pieces of sh*t that they are.Bender Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089037605985975212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72342690583275810302008-08-12T20:57:00.000-05:002008-08-12T20:57:00.000-05:00Ah yes, the Chicoms. They know how to put the 'tot...<I>Ah yes, the Chicoms. They know how to put the 'total' in 'totalatarian'.</I><BR/><BR/>But the Nazis did it first. They put the 'Aryan' in 'totalitarian.'Ruth Anne Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936054116421006847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5577646284390820582008-08-12T20:52:00.000-05:002008-08-12T20:52:00.000-05:00BLAKE - buy the Original Cast Recording of "MY FAI...<I>BLAKE - buy the Original Cast Recording of "MY FAIR LADY"</I><BR/><BR/>Or, better yet, you can listen to the Spanish Olympic Basketball team's version . . .<BR/><BR/>Do the riracs broom in the heart of town?<BR/>Can you hear a rark in any other part of town?<BR/>Does enchantment pour out of evely door?<BR/>No! It's just on the stleet where you rive.Martin Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057633537308638250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85846293406924052742008-08-12T20:24:00.000-05:002008-08-12T20:24:00.000-05:00BLAKE - buy the Original Cast Recording of "MY FAI...BLAKE - buy the Original Cast Recording of "MY FAIR LADY" - and you can hear Julie Andrews who sounds better than Marni or Audrey in the role. (When she played Holly Golightly, was that Audrey singing "Moon River"?)LutherMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12509295261892903427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11454136543906572472008-08-12T20:07:00.000-05:002008-08-12T20:07:00.000-05:00Doesn't (the wonderful and comedic) Jean Hagen get...Doesn't (the wonderful and comedic) Jean Hagen get her comeuppance in <I>Singin' In The Rain</I> so that ingenue Debbie Reynolds becomes a star?<BR/><BR/>I'm thinking this analogy doesn't work that well. <BR/><BR/>I made the mistake of watching <I>My Fair Lady</I> in a relatively public venue, so that every five minutes someone would come in and say, "You know, that's not Audrey Hepburn singing".<BR/><BR/>You can get Hepburn's voice as an alternate track on the DVD, and I think it's quite nice. No, she's no Marnie Nixon, but I don't think she had to be.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65922681388208587342008-08-12T19:46:00.000-05:002008-08-12T19:46:00.000-05:00NBC told us at the time of the opening ceremonies ...NBC told us at the time of the opening ceremonies that the cityscape fireworks were FX. I remember because I was trying to figure out at which point they became real there at the arena.<BR/><BR/>I'm just sad that someone thought a happy proud 7 year old wasn't perfect enough for us. I'm spitting expletives and seeing a lot of future self esteem problems for this child. <BR/><BR/>BTW, of course she has no sister and was probably lucky her parents didn't abort her and try again for a boy baby.Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623422545436294378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3894182454978631462008-08-12T19:06:00.000-05:002008-08-12T19:06:00.000-05:00Sorry I stole your thunder, ladies!Ron also mentio...Sorry I stole your thunder, ladies!<BR/><BR/>Ron also mentioned an important point.<BR/><BR/>If you want to be feminist about this topic, you can mention that actors are less likely to be dubbed, than actresses. There is an insistence that voice should match the flawless face or figure they already have onscreen.<BR/><BR/>When Andie McDowell's speaking voice and accent in <B>Greystoke</B> was heard, the producers winced. They got Glenn Close to dub her instead of just hiring Glenn Close for the part, presumably because Tarzan wouldn't have a crush on someone who looks like Close.<BR/><BR/>(I'm being sarcastic)<BR/><BR/>Ethel Merman had a face of a lorry driver, but the most memorable voice on the American boards ever. She made it on Broadway, but couldn't cut it in Hollywood.<BR/><BR/>For me, the problem is not the Potemkim Village quality of these events. We all knew it would be just that, from the no spitting laws, to the closing down of factories JUST for the foreigners.<BR/><BR/>I mean, I just found out the spectacular Opening Ceremony fireworks were "digitally enhanced".<BR/><BR/>What next? I don't care. I expected it.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>Victoriavbspurshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992013640447117624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65727558087216107302008-08-12T18:58:00.000-05:002008-08-12T18:58:00.000-05:00Ah yes, the Chicoms. They know how to put the 'to...Ah yes, the Chicoms. They know how to put the 'total' in 'totalatarian'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23768303125063266332008-08-12T16:58:00.000-05:002008-08-12T16:58:00.000-05:00What... no Flashdance/Marine Jahan/Jennifer Beals ...What... no Flashdance/Marine Jahan/Jennifer Beals mention yet???Gerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03109947876581495848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49185948726104401592008-08-12T16:43:00.000-05:002008-08-12T16:43:00.000-05:00American tax dollars are financing the Olympics - ...American tax dollars are financing the Olympics - I expected better...Blue Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523741112999035723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33977941945827067872008-08-12T16:42:00.000-05:002008-08-12T16:42:00.000-05:00"16" year old pre-pubescent Chinese female gymnast..."16" year old pre-pubescent Chinese female gymnasts, anyone? Works, I suppose, when the State has complete control of their lives from age 3. And maybe we should save a little nostalgia for the kind and benevolent Mao. He was a 60's kinda guy too, and I understand red was his favorite literary color. The trend seems to have hung around for this carefully arranged Chinese stage play being presented as the Olympics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9091798351195404052008-08-12T16:32:00.000-05:002008-08-12T16:32:00.000-05:00Why do the Beijing Olympics remind me of games bef...Why do the Beijing Olympics remind me of games before I was born - BERLIN 1936?<BR/>Certainly it's the show masking the realities.<BR/>Maybe it's the authoritarian nature of the governments.<BR/>Maybe it's stories like "The real singer wasn't pretty enough".<BR/>Maybe it's because the host nation is winning a lot of medals, and, incidentally, has a LARGE professional army.<BR/><BR/>Of course, I'm not in Beijing, so what I know is filtered through media sources.<BR/>My impressions of the Berlin Olympics come from one of the greatest documentaries I've ever seen - "Olympia" by Leni Riefenstahl.<BR/><BR/>(My impressions of the Third Reich and of Red China are based on a study of recent or contemporary history) <BR/><BR/>(As for documentaries, the best was "Triumph des Willens"; although the Marcel Ophuis film "Le Chagrin et la pitié", {"The Sorrow and the Pity"}, is great, and a good deal more subtle. It also has the classic British quote by Sir Anthony Eden, "One who has not suffered the horrors of an occupying power has no right to judge a nation that has.")LutherMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12509295261892903427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20008312622628143362008-08-12T16:25:00.000-05:002008-08-12T16:25:00.000-05:00Why didn't they just invite Roseanne Barr to sing ...Why didn't they just invite Roseanne Barr to sing the anthem? You know, for honor, dignity, decorum...veni vidi vicihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14720172060048711733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73205309739834671132008-08-12T16:03:00.000-05:002008-08-12T16:03:00.000-05:00If you let Pamela Anderson sing, nobody would look...If you let Pamela Anderson sing, nobody would look at her teeth.<BR/><BR/>Reference: Ad, top right column.AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34642806464958918492008-08-12T15:40:00.000-05:002008-08-12T15:40:00.000-05:00I thought the singer was cute.I thought the singer was cute.Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33186352081314417832008-08-12T15:27:00.000-05:002008-08-12T15:27:00.000-05:00I long for the olden days of Communist Countries w...I long for the olden days of Communist Countries where important stories like this were routinely squashed.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30259390035521548842008-08-12T15:19:00.000-05:002008-08-12T15:19:00.000-05:00Me Chinese, me play joke, me go pee pee in your Pe...Me Chinese, me play joke, me go pee pee in your Pepsi, the official sponsor of the Communist olympics.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02851669669249627920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35059905199195220472008-08-12T15:05:00.000-05:002008-08-12T15:05:00.000-05:00the one they showedthe one they showedSteve Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15346711129919350740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16594601598245991952008-08-12T15:04:00.001-05:002008-08-12T15:04:00.001-05:00I heard her little sister is pregnant.I heard her little sister is pregnant.Steve Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15346711129919350740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66149059066407312842008-08-12T15:04:00.000-05:002008-08-12T15:04:00.000-05:00I imagine that the girl who won the competition an...I imagine that the girl who won the competition and sang the song is ecstatic despite not actually appearing. It is her voice after all, and she's only 7.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071928294799081845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20013838018576434782008-08-12T14:58:00.000-05:002008-08-12T14:58:00.000-05:00Maybe the girl's family can write a book telling t...Maybe the girl's family can write a book telling their story ... using a ghostwriter, of course.reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.com