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Remember Her Name

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In honor of her birthday, please feel free to share a favorite Judy movie or memory...






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7 Responses to "Remember Her Name"

thombeau said :
June 9, 2008 10:16 PM
So many great moments and performances! Wizard of Oz is an early high point, of course; in a film filled with primal archetypes and symbolism, her Dorothy has been imprinted upon the psyches of generations. Meet Me in St. Louis is another personal favorite. And the fact that she married Vincent Minnelli and had a daughter named Liza may be my favorite Judy accomplishment of all!
Muscato said :
June 9, 2008 11:50 PM
I remember, six at the time, her death: not just by itself, but as one of the punctuating deaths of that time - Dr. King, Bobby Kennedy earlier, then the Manson killings later the same summer - that seemed so to distress my parents, to mark, along with demonstrations and riots and general discontent, some change.

My mother came upstairs to bring me down to breakfast, unusual; the "Today Show" on on the little "portable" in the kitchen, usual; then having her tell me Dorothy was dead, and what that meant. I already understood that the funny old lady on the talk shows was Dorothy, but it all still seemed so confusing.

Terribly sentimental, I know. But that's how it goes. And let's not forget how very high her highs were...
TJB said :
June 10, 2008 3:58 AM
Darling, shouldn't the fact that VINCENT married Judy and sired a daughter be HIS greatest (and most improbable) accomplishment?

We watched "The Wizard of Oz" as a family every year (which subsequently led to my little lavender lie that Judy was my grandmother), but I guess what really got my little gay genes flowing was when I saw the PBS special, "Judy: The Concert Years" around 1985/86. I was hooked. The Ray Aghayan gowns, the twitchy movements, the Jackie Kennedy-goes-lesbian hair, the vibrato...

You may or may not have a gay child if he's enthralled by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz." You DEFINITELY have a gay child if he's enthralled by c. 1963 Judy singing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
Birds of a Feather said :
June 10, 2008 4:48 AM
"You DEFINITELY have a gay child if he's enthralled by c. 1963 Judy singing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."

... it's just a tad early in the day for coffee spewing


Tristan
mjude said :
June 10, 2008 7:30 AM
even when i was a little girl, judy just broke my heart & i didnt understand then as i do now.

also one can not have gay boyfriends and NOT love judy.
Jen said :
June 10, 2008 9:27 AM
I adore the Garland/Mason version of "A Star is Born" even though I start crying at the same point of the film every time, despite knowing exactly what's coming from the start.

The last time I saw "A Star..." was at the National Film Theatre on the South Bank in London, and I think pretty much the entire audience was stifling sobs by the time Judy said "This...is Mrs Norman Maine".

My husband on the other hand loves "Wizard of Oz", and we had "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" playing at our wedding.

We are so very straight, no?
Sarospice said :
June 10, 2008 5:46 PM
So many things! COME ON GET HAPPY for sure.
ATKINSON TOPEKA AND THE SANTA FE.....

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