Not Divas??

[sharon1]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 1:50pm

So what is the male counterpart???

[CJR]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 1:57pm

technically there isn't a word. but I have met some male divas in my time.

[sharon1]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 2:06pm

Who might they be and why???

[CJR]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 2:08pm

You've got a lot of questions, you know....

It's not something I can really describe. Diva isn't just an action, it's kinda a state of mind as well... it's a persona.. an aire about a person.... following me at all?

And as for the male divas, nobody you'd know lol

Posted: 6/12/03 at 2:18pm

If I'm not mistaken, Elton John was among a "Diva" Concert performed a few years back in NYC. Anyone remember? It was a bit of a joke that was too true to life!

[LifeOnStage]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 2:19pm

One would think it would be Divo for male Divas.

[Deannaizme]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 2:22pm

I think I just flashed back to the mid-80s and heard "Whip It" all over again. Oy.

[CJR]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 2:24pm

Hahha you took the words right out of my mouth.

One would *think* divo.. but yeah, bad 80's flashback.

As for Elton John, yes he was included in a Divas concert not too long ago. It's pretty safe to say he qualifies as a male diva :)

[sharon1]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 2:38pm

Don't really mean to ask so many questions but you know how it goes, one thought leads to another and another and so on.

[CJR]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 2:41pm

No it's okay lol I don't mind. I was just harrassing you. Nobody knows better than I do how strange a thought process can be (especially mine! lmao)

[Amneris]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 2:42pm

when TABOO opens, Boy George will be considered a diva. Harvey Fierstein is considered a GODDESS!!!!

[CJR]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 2:43pm

Ooh damn right! Shame on me for forgetting about Harvey! He's DEFINITELY beyond diva! :)

[Amneris]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 2:46pm

tisk tisk hahah.. i loveeee me some harvey... did anyone ever watch the cartoon ROCKOS MODERN LIFE??? do you remember the next door neighbors who were sharks and the wife was a male raspy voice...does anyone know if that was harvey?

[CJR]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 2:48pm

Omg talk about a blast from the past! I remember that cartoon.. and the theme song was sung by the B52's! Im almost certain it was Harvey who did that voice... I, of course, could be mistaken.

As long as we're on the subject of blasts from the past... does anyone remember the "movie" Free To Be You and Me? Or am I really dating myself here?

[sharon1]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 3:09pm

That would make him a "Divamundo" Right????
But Actually I was thinking of those theater staples like Brian Stokes Mitchell and people like that

[sharon1]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 3:10pm

No harassment felt. Just fun.

[LifeOnStage]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 3:21pm

I actually looked up on imdb.com to see if Harvey had done that voice for Rocko's Modern Life. It appears that he didn't do the voice of wife.

[sharon1]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 3:26pm

Devo!!!

[moljul]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 4:02pm

Free to Be You and Me. I love that movie. A staple of my elementary years when the teacher had no lesson plans for the afternoon. You knew when you came in from recess and saw the movie projector out and the two large film canisters that it was going to be a fun afternoon. I have the record album - yes album not tape or CD and I also have it on videotape. I think it was on HBO years ago and someone taped it for me. A few years ago when I was directing a children's choir, I too had nothing for them to do one day so I brought popcorn and we watched the movie. All of a sudden a bunch of the parents moved into the room and started reliving their childhoods. Ah the good old days when Michael Jackson was actually black. I cracked up when the kids left for the night and one kid yelled to the other "I'm in the Book" - the last line from the "Baby Skits". One of the fondest memories of my childhood.

[CJR]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 4:05pm

YAY!!! Someone else who remembers it!!!! I was *just* watching this video last night. I made chasing_rainbows43 watch it once and she said it both alarmed her and explained a lot about why I am the way I am lmao

*sigh* To this day, I still know every word to that movie by heart. And I must add that when I was a child I wanted to own the glitter jeans Marlo Thomas wears in the recording studio scene of Mommies Are People... and now I do. That is all. lol

[moljul]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 4:34pm

Wow. I'm jealous you have the glitter jeans. LOL

I used to babysit a lot as a teenager and I brought the tape once to a babysitting "gig". Every other time I sat for that family the kids always made their mom call me to bring "The Baby Movie". The mom was frustrated as she could rent movies and they would never watch them more than once but MY MOVIE they could watch over and over again. I was kind of suprised that both times I have introduced it a very different generation, they have enjoyed it though I don't think they understand the controversial elements of it. I mean of course Mommies can be anything they want to be. And I too know every word to the movie and can't help but sing along.

Ahh. Why we can't have more heroines like Princess Atlanta is beyond me. She won the race and had the guy but realized her journey in life needed to come first.

[CJR]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 4:40pm

YEAH!!!!

When I would babysit I would bring it with me as well. And all the kids loooved it. You have no idea how many parents offered to buy that movie from me because you can't get it in stores anymore. Bless my aunt lisa for buying it for me when I was little and they re-released it on video! :) :)

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 6/13/03 at 1:27am

Well, in the rap/hip-hop/basically every part of the entertainment industry except Broadway, the male diva is known as a DON. Or something like that. Listen to 107.5WBLS from 2pm to 6pm, Wendy Williams mentions it a lot. They often have exclusive parties known as "Don's and Diva's"