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In Reply to: The Bambi B Lifetime Annoyance Awards posted by Bambi B on May 20, 2004 at 00:06:26:
Good list! and I almost have to say yes to all, save for maurice Chevalier, but not of course for " Gigi " ( by the way I like little girls too...it just depend what is little in your understanding...Well me old goat, but a nice 20 years old little girl...hum...)
BUT for his roles under Lubitsch! It was the only and convincing work he ever made!
Patrick,I admit that most of my opinion of Chevalier was formed from his roles in English- which is not entirely fair, and his singing style which I just can't tolerate***. Also, I have a very low tolerance for musicals generally. Of course, he was also (unfairly to the degree) denounced in the US as a Nazi collaborator and I think I was affected by this long-standing judgment.
*** Pour des chansons populaires francaises, donnez-moi le Edith Piaff chaque fois!
Sincerement, je souhaite que j'aie compris la source de critique obsedante americaine etrange de tout francais. Sommes-nous reelement trop semblables?
I have seen some of Chevaliers's earlier work and I think that I just don't care for his very broad music hall style, which is exaggerated for the stage and seems old-fashioned rather than timeless.
As it's you saying it, I will take another look- and Lubitsch is always intriguing.
Salut,
Bam
And yes, I never did love him and feel and think the same. You know that he commid suicide.
But the Lubitsch period is good. Take a look at it. You will understand. Lubitsch took him and purified him, with Janette McDonald.....
L´idiotie ne connait pas de frontieres...
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