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Today I participated in society. My little sister was walking in the Memorial day parade so I put on clothings and I went, and I walked from the high school to the police station so I could see them start the parade with my father, then I followed them the whole way back to the school. And it was really exciting. I am so excited by Danielle's pursuits in life. I love seeing her at concerts, winter guard, marching band. These kids are so fucking bad ass. They are so intensly focused on their instruments. They had to march two miles in wool in the sun blowing or carrying drums. Wow. Good for them.
I rented "Damn Yankees." This is going to be crazy, but I choreographed Pippin without having ever seen it. Then they start diong the same walk they did in "No Time At All." Then Fosse and Gwen Verdon did the same run I always do. How did I choreograph those moves without having seen them conciously? It's because Bob Fosse died and became me.
That remark was really outrageous. I'm sorry. But in regards to it as a movie? Damn Yankees was pretty awful. Maybe Stanley Donen is a shitty director and no one realizes it, but it sucked. There was no excuse for most of the songs, and the camera angles were stagnant and awkward. I fell asleep for the last ten minutes of it, so I don't know what happened. It seemed like a really bad transfer of something that might have been pass-able on stage. Whatever. I give it a "C."
I rented "Damn Yankees." This is going to be crazy, but I choreographed Pippin without having ever seen it. Then they start diong the same walk they did in "No Time At All." Then Fosse and Gwen Verdon did the same run I always do. How did I choreograph those moves without having seen them conciously? It's because Bob Fosse died and became me.
That remark was really outrageous. I'm sorry. But in regards to it as a movie? Damn Yankees was pretty awful. Maybe Stanley Donen is a shitty director and no one realizes it, but it sucked. There was no excuse for most of the songs, and the camera angles were stagnant and awkward. I fell asleep for the last ten minutes of it, so I don't know what happened. It seemed like a really bad transfer of something that might have been pass-able on stage. Whatever. I give it a "C."