Grey Gardens: East Hampton is the Land of Loss- Page 2
Grey Gardens: East Hampton is the Land of Loss
bwaygal1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/07
#25re: Grey Gardens: East Hampton is the Land of Loss
Posted: 1/12/07 at 6:38am
Hello, all,
I am a newcomer here. I am a huge Grey Gardens fan. (Only seen it 4 times and going back in Feb. for #5!) Anyway, the posts in this thread are so reflective and incredibly deep. It's so refreshing to see a show that people connect with on a personal level. Here's how I do: I feel like Little Edie. My mom and I are very much alike and I even do the same thing she has for a living. Now, I'm beginning to realize that I am not my mom and I've got to move out of momma's house. I'll go nuts if I do stay. To make things even more ironic, I want to move to NYC. (I live in Florida right now and hate it.) I do feel imprisoned in a way. I just feel what Edie does. (Not that my mom is nearly as needy as Edith-she's just as obnoxious sometimes and as critical!) But, I feel, like Edie says at the end of Act I: "I can't stay another second. If I do, I'll vanish. I'm not your daughter, I'm your shadow!"
Oh, and Ebersole perfectly conveys that trapped feeling in Act 2.
"A birdcage I plan to hang. I'll get to that someday. A birdcage for a bird who flew away...Around the world."
"Life is a cabaret old chum, only a cabaret old chum, and I love a cabaret!"-RIP Natasha Richardson-I was honored to have witnessed her performance as Sally Bowles.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#26re: Grey Gardens: East Hampton is the Land of Loss
Posted: 1/12/07 at 7:04am
i wish ya'll had seen the off-broadway version!!!
there were a lot of wonderful things about it!
& that Kristine McKenna book is wonderful!
she had another one before that, called BOOK OF CHANGES...i love her interviews, because they really dig in & talk WITH the subject AS A PERSON, rather than a celebrity; they're so intimate & conversational.
& they all feature some of my favorite illustrators!
#27re: Grey Gardens: East Hampton is the Land of Loss
Posted: 1/12/07 at 11:00amthe film is hypnotic. it can make you feel that you are tripping.
Mind is Mantra.
Updated On: 1/12/07 at 11:00 AM
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#28re: Grey Gardens: East Hampton is the Land of Loss
Posted: 1/12/07 at 9:52pm
The hardest part of the show to watch, emotionally, was the end when Edith keeps calling for Edie. The dramatic tension - or suspense - was fantastic.
Updated On: 1/12/07 at 09:52 PM
#29re: Grey Gardens: East Hampton is the Land of Loss
Posted: 1/12/07 at 10:17pmI agree.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#30re: Grey Gardens: East Hampton is the Land of Loss
Posted: 1/12/07 at 11:29pm
I'm glad to read this:
"A new Broadway cast recording is being considered, the producers announced."
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/104884.html
SDav 10495
Broadway Star Joined: 7/21/06
#31re: Grey Gardens: East Hampton is the Land of Loss
Posted: 1/13/07 at 9:17amVery good news, even if it's only being "considered". At the very least I thought they would have wanted to re-package the OOBCR for the Broadway run.
"If there is going to be a restoration fee, there should also be a Renaissance fee, a Middle Ages fee and a Dark Ages fee. Someone must have men in the back room making up names, euphemisms for profit."
(Emanuel Azenberg)
#32Melanie Griffith as film's Little Edie
Posted: 4/21/07 at 6:57pm
I just saw Melanie Griffith on TV today. She should be playing Little Edie in the new film. She is frighteningly right for the part. From her looks, to her body. She would be a revelation. I think they need to go older for Big Edie than Jessica Lange. Frances Sternhagan, Piper Laurie, or Brenda Blethyn maybe.
But Melanie Griffith would be spot on and she is the right age
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#33Melanie Griffith as film's Little Edie
Posted: 4/22/07 at 9:49am
I just re-watched The Beales of Grey Gardens. I agree with Munk, it has a completely different tone-more celebratory, less sad and depressing. The fashion show alone is worth the entire film.
"You ought to be in pictures..you're wonderful to me...I'm after little brother...oh, what a hit YOU would be!"
"There's only ONE Leslie Caron."
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
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