Althouse: "I need to make them look perfect for their family."

May 12, 2018

"I need to make them look perfect for their family."

11 comments:

tcrosse said...: Let's have a moratorium on the use of 'Passionate' in a job context.; 5/12/18, 5:40 PM
fivewheels said...: "____ is my passion" is a phrase that just reminds me of bad first dates. This would be one of the worst instances of that you could hear.

Back in the '90s, I was set up on blind dates on consecutive days by two different friends who had different ideas of whom I might like. The first night, a woman who was a realtor told me, "The theater is my passion." The next day, the stripper told me, "I love to (pg-rated word) (r-rated word)." It sounded a lot better.; 5/12/18, 5:48 PM
Caldwell P. Titcomb IV said...: I saw a documentary about a mortician who was convicted of a murder not committed to "drum up business." He super-glued the dead peoples' mouths shut.; 5/12/18, 5:58 PM
Tank said...: We've seen a foreign film about preparing the dead for their next journey; I think it was "Departures." It was quite good.; 5/12/18, 7:11 PM
m stone said...: It's always for the family.

My sister's husband had a make-up person come and adjust my sister's face during the viewing. (Quite honestly, I did a double-take at the first botched job. The match against a photo was poorly done.) This is a bizarre practice best avoided--first and second application. I'm not sympathetic to the Western rituals.

Closed casket is the way to go.; 5/12/18, 7:54 PM
PuertoRicoSpaceport.com said...: John Candy in Only the Lonely dated a mortuary make up artist (Ally Sheedy), if my memory is not failing.

One of Maureen O'Hara's last movies and she still had the chops.

On a double bill with Thelma and Louise. Luckily it was first. T&L bored me to tears and I walked out halfway.

John Henry; 5/12/18, 8:01 PM
Earnest Prole said...: My response is the same as when I observe skillful and empathetic hospice workers: I thank God there are people who constructed in such a way that they enjoy serving difficult human needs.; 5/12/18, 8:41 PM
southcentralpa said...: Open casket is morbid and grotesque.

I've always felt that way, but my time working at a community college where most of the undertakers in a particular eastern state are trained only reinforced my feelings on the matter. What a bunch of squirrelly weirdoes.; 5/12/18, 9:27 PM
Kelly said...: Grew up in a funeral home. My step dad was the mortician/funeral director . It sounds odd, but embalming a body and getting them ready for a showing is an art. My step dad was an expert at it. He took care of the loved one/ deceased and made sure they looked their best for viewings. He was respectful and considerate. Now it’s all about shoving the dead into a crematorium. It’s cheaper I guess.; 5/12/18, 11:03 PM
Yancey Ward said...: There are rumors that the Hillary! campaign tried to hire her.; 5/12/18, 11:52 PM
Leora said...: Isn't this what Evelyn Waugh was making fun of Americans for in "The Loved One."; 5/13/18, 12:09 AM