On my way back from Kansas City tonight, a friend and I were discussing American cinema and its nadir. I propose this. What do you think? You'll have a hard time topping roller skates, feathered hair, leg warmers, Olympian Muses, and Olivia Newton John. Try it.
And if you have time, Britta and I both thought this was amazing. Gene Kelly at his best. On roller skates. Yes. Roller skates.
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Thanks, Scott, now I've got the theme song for Xanadu stuck in my head... :)
HA ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
I have to say that Gene Kelly clip is amazing! I had never seen that before, but makes me want to see the movie.
I hope you guys are doing wonderful! You're both awesome and will be incredible parents!
Holy Cow. "Nadir" Is that the vocab word of the day? I had to type it into Word and use the thesaurus.
Ah come on...what's wrong with feathered hair??? I swooned and practically died for guys with feathered hair in my youthful years. hahahahaha. I don't think I ever saw Xanadu... I will check these out.
Ok...I've now watched the Xanadu trailer. I'm not sure I CAN top it. I'll give it some thought however. I do know this, I'm not going to go out looking for it, that's for sure! And the Gene Kelly clip. Well, AMAZING is all I can say. He is so well, graceful is the only word I can come up with. Smooth? Fluid? Amazing. Thanks for posting that. I wish I could dance! Now I just have to figure out how to use 'nadir' in my everyday conversation...
What?! You're kidding right? (Amber here) Britta, you must know that Xanadu was/is one of the Erickson family classics. How dare you speak ill! Don't you remember the House of Xanadu at Wisconsin Dells? All 80s future and everything. I even dreamed for years that I could be in Xanadu, that I could rollerskate into a brick wall and enter another dimension. I think I even tried . . .
Ha Ha . . . Rollerskating into a brick wall. I think that describes each of my experiences at the roller rink growing up (it was only then that I could turn, and travel straight to the next wall for my next turn).
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