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June 16, 2003
Herbivores and heifers
I just got home from dinner at Simon and John’s place in Carroll Gardens. As far as vegetarians go, these guys kick ass. If I could get food like that all the time, I wouldn’t mind giving up meat. Hell, I’d give up the amusing fantasy of wrathful cannibals chasing down their herbivore brethren because of their tender flanks. Unfortunately, having a master chef around seems unrealistic, so I’ll still make combo burritos and other delicacies for the near future. I am going to attempt to cook some of the items from the menu, especially this yummy chilled cucumber soup and the soy custard for dessert.
After dinner, we cleansed our mental palates with a refreshing Xanadu and Sextet. I’ve never seen Xanadu all the way through, and tonight was no exception. It was brilliant to watch with my friends, as they made fun of everything from Olivia Newton-John’s lack of dancing talents to the dildo-coifed muse. The final gem was Sextet, an ill-conceived film from the late seventies starring Mae West, a woman in her late seventies. The basic plot involves a female spy who has slept with all the leaders of the world. It was the prequel to Showgirls, as far as I can tell. Nothing can traumatize quite like a septuagenarian strapped into a metal girdle/pup tent dress and then propped into a bed awaiting her twenty something paramour Timothy Dalton. Well, maybe the constant innuendos about her sexual activities purported in the film. Every scene was horrifically splendid, showcasing why the federal age for retirement is 62. In some ways, I have to admire her for doing the film. She was apparently an extremely bold woman who really stretched boundaries. She was definitely stretching the boundaries of every dress in the movie, that’s for sure. I can imagine that everyone who worked on the film gritted their teeth but performed out of respect for her. Or maybe they were all just gay.
Posted by G at June 16, 2003 09:01 PM
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Actually, LaMae was 85 when she did the film! Along the lines of "oddly scary you gotta watch" films, check out "Myra Breckenridge" if you haven't already. Where Rex Reed has a sex reassigment surgery and comes out as Raquel Welch!
Posted by: Lee at June 17, 2003 01:24 AM
Damn. I knew I should have checked my facts before I posted. I also misspelled the movie title. My excuse is that I have been really busy with school and wrote the blog on the subway home. Septuagenarian, octogenarian, she was basically dead on the screen. it was sweet, it was creepy. I'll check out Myra Breckenridge, maybe I'll have a Sextette, Myra, Showgirls moviethon.
Posted by: Glenno at June 17, 2003 07:41 AM
Heck! No problems! You were close enough. And, as you said, with the way she looked at that time in her life, with either age she looked dead.
"Myra Breckenridge" is such definite bad camp even Gore Vidal (who wrote the book) refused to have his name associated with it in anyway.
Posted by: Lee at June 18, 2003 02:01 AM
Since when has Simon been a vegetarian? Hmm.
Posted by: The Ultimate Kenny G at June 18, 2003 10:30 PM