Jessi doesn't get the big deal at all but apparently really does because she adds that African styles take a while to catch on. So it is a big deal, but it shouldn't be, and it wouldn't be if we were all as worldly as Jessi.
Odd, I thought the whole idea of Follies were to be funny. That girl doesn't have the chest to play Parton. Not unless she borrows all of Mallory's OMG Push Down Socks! to stuff her bra with.
Maybe I'm just dense/naive but how is "Randy shows up and his dad asks if her parents are home the very first thing, " that racist or prejudice? If I was going to a friends house to study my parents ALWAYS asked this. It really had nothing to do with race but to make sure there was adult supervision for the 13 year olds. I think it's a legit question for a parent to ask.
Yeah, I can't think why "unsupervised coed get-together" might set off alarm bells for somebody who has BEEN A TEENAGER HIMSELF. Nope, he must just be racist.
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Jessi, NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT BEING BLACK. People don't go "ew, nose ring" because it's African (assuming that's even correct, because it's hardly unique to any one culture and I have no idea where it might have started originally), they go "ew, nose ring" because they're wondering where the snot goes when it's runny.
How can you walk en pointe in your street shoes? HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? IS THAT PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE?
Randy shows up and his dad asks if her parents are home the very first thing, and then Randy says that Mara had to go to the mall with her mom. Jessi knows that both of these incidents are really because people are afraid to visit African-Americans' homes.OH FOR THE LOVE OF...holy shit, someone in Stoneybrook being a responsible parent? MUST BE RACISM
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they go "ew, nose ring" because they're wondering where the snot goes when it's runny.
That cracked me up. Actually, I usually go "ew, nose ring" because it draws my attention straight to clogged pores and grease which I might otherwise have not noticed.
I'm gonna hazard a wild guess the ghost doesn't know the difference between en pointe and en releve or demi-pointe...if you're really strong it would probably be possible to walk a LITTLE en pointe in street shoes (heck, see "Titanic" and Rose going all the way up in her stocking feet, not for very long, obviously) but it's not something you'd want to do for any length of time.
And when I was reading these as a kid I really didn't know how WRONG it was for an eleven-year-old to be doing so much pointe work. They do start them a little younger than they should sometimes, but no WAY just physically is it a good idea to have a kid that age dancing full roles en pointe. Jessi's going to need a hip or knee replaced by the time she's thirty...
I'm going to probably embarrass myself with this question, but I always thought that en pointe could only be done in toe shoes because the shoes have a block in the toe. So when you stand on them you're on your toes (meaning the toes are flat on the floor but the rest of the foot is raised so the toes are bearing your full weight, but not the tippy tops of the toes) and the way the shoe is structured gives the illusion that you're on the tippy tops of your toes. I didn't think anyone actually danced or moved on the tippy tops of toes - that doesn't seem physically possible. I can walk around a little on my toes, but not for very long.
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. . . nose rings are an African style?
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Odd, I thought the whole idea of Follies were to be funny. That girl doesn't have the chest to play Parton. Not unless she borrows all of Mallory's OMG Push Down Socks! to stuff her bra with.
Unless that's part of the joke too.
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....wait. That makes sense. She can borrow Stacey's OMG! Push Down Socks! too. Going to need lots of socks to get a pair like Dolly Parton's.
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BRILLIANT. Love it!
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How can you walk en pointe in your street shoes? HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? IS THAT PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE?
Randy shows up and his dad asks if her parents are home the very first thing, and then Randy says that Mara had to go to the mall with her mom. Jessi knows that both of these incidents are really because people are afraid to visit African-Americans' homes.OH FOR THE LOVE OF...holy shit, someone in Stoneybrook being a responsible parent? MUST BE RACISM ( ... )
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That cracked me up. Actually, I usually go "ew, nose ring" because it draws my attention straight to clogged pores and grease which I might otherwise have not noticed.
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And when I was reading these as a kid I really didn't know how WRONG it was for an eleven-year-old to be doing so much pointe work. They do start them a little younger than they should sometimes, but no WAY just physically is it a good idea to have a kid that age dancing full roles en pointe. Jessi's going to need a hip or knee replaced by the time she's thirty...
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Does this question even make any sense? :(
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