other than that, mr. lincoln
La Cieca is naturally drawn to a headline reading “Upheaval at the Opera House” as bees to honey or ugly to a bear. Imagine her surprise, then, when the titular upheaval has nothing to do with Dallas Opera, the New York City Opera, La Scala, or even the Met. So far as she can make out from an article so insidery as to border on the oracular, some renovations are afoot at Disneyland that will change the configuration of the “Old Opera House” attraction in the Main Street area of the celebrated theme park. Under consideration is the return of the campy “animatronic” Abraham Lincoln who for many years graced the stage of the Old Opera House. Mr. Lincoln is, as you may know, hotter now that he has been for many a year, what with being the role model for President Obama and, skedded for a 2011 release, a biopic of the Great Emancipator directed by Stephen Spielberg and starring Liam Neeson.
Okay, La Cieca admits this posting is very light indeed in operatic content. But that word “upheaval” just lights a fire in her, that’s all.
“Insidery”?
I am undergoing an internal upheaval all my own.
LOL the Burlesque Theater in Gypsy Rose Lee’s book “The G-String Murders” is called “The Old Opera.” Any chance we’ll get an animatronic stripathonic Gypsy Rose Lee?
Speaking of which, I just picked up a copy of GRL’s “Mother Finds a Body.” Odd having Momma Rose as a character in a murder mystery. (Actually, I don’t even think she’s called Rose.) No sign of June. There’s a blurb on the cover from some Philadelphia paper claiming it’s “the best mystery ever written.” I have my doubts.
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So if you lack a topic, here’s one…..
What’s Renee Fleming doing these days?
“Mother Find a Body” is pretty painful, probably ghost written by an alcoholic, and is about GRL’s first marriage and honeymoon which they did take in a trailer!! This was the period when June was not a part of their lives.
Didn’t GRL also write The G-String Murders, which became a movie with Barbara Stanwyck?
“G-String Murders” was ghost written for GRL and yes, turned into “Lady of Burlesque” starring Ms. Stanwyck.
The “animatronic†Abraham Lincoln was very realistic. He appeared to stand and take a couple of steps forward before speaking. (Actually, the chair moved back while “he” moved his legs) An illusion, but a very convincing one. It is what Disney does best.