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THE TRUMP DYNASTY

Trump wants a staff that will find a way to secure him carte blanche to indulge in wholesale criminality with complete impunity. So far it hasn’t happened, and that’s why he’s going for another shake-up. Of course griftress Ivanka is … Continue reading

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TRUMP ENVISIONS A CONGRESS OF TRAINED SEALS

Who will damn well clap when they’re cued to clap. And he is now halfway toward achieving his goal.

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SPEAKING OF OPERA SATIRES

Another one I didn’t mind is 1935’s Metropolitan. Well, if you can hear/see Lawrence Tibbett in a host of different excerpts, what is there to be offended by?

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FOOT TALK

The friend of another fabled dancer writes in to describe a different singular pair of feet:  “I used to play with them, feel how they worked. You’d press down, first the ankles wrapped past 90 degrees and then the arch … Continue reading

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FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE NOT ENTIRELY RIDICULOUS

In Florence Foster Jenkins, Streep played the polar opposite of a Callas–an untalented amateur who had no idea how ludicrous she was. I knew I should see the film but I didn’t see it in a theater when it came … Continue reading

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STREEP BLOWN AWAY BY CALLAS

Watch this:

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THIS IS WHAT I MEAN BY THE BALLET MILIEU

A gay dancer came into the wings and walked over to a straight dancer who was watching the show, and started deeply kneading his arm–or nudged his foot, or put his arm around him–I’m remembering different things you’d see. Was … Continue reading

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DIVERSITY ON RUNWAY AND IN PRINT

Read Cordelia Tai at The Fashion Spot.

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THE REASON REP. GOWDY IS LEAVING

He knows the legal jeopardy that he and his fellow Republicans are exposing themselves to, and while it’s way too late to keep his ass clean, he can at least try to keep it out of jail.

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IS THE “MAINSTREAM” “NEWS” MEDIA UP TO IT?

We are seeing treason unfold before our eyes. As Jared Yates Sexton tweets: “It’s astounding that the story is the Nunes Memo didn’t work as a political maneuver and not that Republicans were willing to destroy the FBI and betray … Continue reading

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