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“So that’s what she calls meeting Mrs. Haines socially”

Just for fun on a Monday morning: supply a caption to the above photograph.

66 comments

  • Clita del Toro says:

    Renee, dear, I don’t want to get too personal, but how do you prepare your throat for a performance?

    Well, for starters, I lightly coat my throat with Lysol Disinfectant Spray followed by a
    tablespoon of Vaseline whipped up in a Bloody Mary. I use a blender for that step.

    But, Renee, that sounds dangerous. Does it make you sick?

    Well, Deb, I try to hide my uneasiness during my performances. No one ever suspects thing. I am very professional.

  • Sempre liberal says:

    Debbie: How have you kept your figure all of these years?
    Renay: I scoop syllables, honey, not ice cream.

  • zinka says:

    DEBBIE…Who the fuck does your hair??????????????????

    • MonCoeurSouvreATaVoix says:

      This one is my favorite, probably because every time I see Renee I wonder about her silly hairdo. Who the fuck does that to her? Must be an enemy.

  • Camille says:

    You know, has Debbie ever had an opening night? Aside from that thing in 2001 with the three separate acts, of Otello, Ballo, and I forget what else.

    It’s just that I think she deserved one and she never had one.

    That picture is so ghastly. The microphone looks like an assault weapon in this case.

  • Archaeopteryx says:

    Debbie, let me tell you one thing as a friend: keep your fingers away from Botox.

  • lucy brown says:

    You want to record a pop album, fine. But you can’t sing Leonard Cohen. He’s mine.

  • La marquise de Merteuil says:

    RF
    Ich bin die erste Sängerin.

    DB
    Das glaub ich ja,
    nach Ihrem Sinn.

    RF
    Das sollen Sie mir nicht bestreiten!

    DB
    Ich will es Ihnen nicht bestreiten.

    Peter Gelb (Behind the Camera)
    Ei, lassen sie sich doch bedeuten!

    RF
    Ich bin von keiner zu erreichen,
    das wird mir jeder zugestehn.

    DV
    Gewiss, ich habe Ihresgleichen
    noch nie gehört, und nie gesehn.

    PG
    Was wollen Sie sich erst entrüsten,
    mit einem leeren Vorzug brüsten?
    Ein jedes hat besondern Wert.

    DV
    Ich bin die erste Sängerin.

    RF
    Ich bin die erste Sängerin.

    PG
    Ei, ein, was wollen Sie sich erst entrüsten,
    mit einem leeren Vorzug brüsten?

    RF & DB
    Mich lobt ein jeder, der mich hört.

    Peter Gelb
    Ei, ei, ein jedes hat besondern Wert.

    DV
    Adagio, adagio!

    RF
    Allegro, allegrissimo!

    PG
    Pian, piano, pianissimo! Pianississimo!
    Kein Künstler muss den andern tadeln,
    er setzt die Kunst zu sehr herab.

    DV
    Wohlan, nichts kann die Kunst mehr adeln.

    RF
    Ganz recht, nichts kann die Kunst mehr adeln.

    DV
    Ich steh’ von meiner Ford’rung ab.

    RF
    Ich stehe ebenfalls nun ab,
    von meiner Ford’rung ab.

    DV
    (leise zu Mlle. Silberklang)
    Ich bin die erste!

  • arepo says:

    C’mon Debbie. Just one quick one. You know how much I have always dug you!

  • Donna Carlo says:

    DV: “Did you just say, ‘Good luck with your new Boy Toy’?”

    RF: “No no, dear, I said, ‘Good luck with your Hoi toi toi toi.’”

  • arepo says:

    Repeat after me:
    E Taaaaaaaaardi!