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Included in these stories are some exceptionally rare finds: an account of captivity and a subsequent forced marriage to an Indian, and a description of the Victoria settlement--an abortive experiment by a band of pretentious Britons who brought their teacups and lace to Anglicize the West. Unfortunately, the memoirs fail to encompass all types of pioneer women; as Stratton notes in her forward, "the voices of the marginal women"--the poorest working classes, the barmaids and prostitutes, the Black women and Native Americans--have gone unrecorded...
...Lace Sleeves," about thinking the world is what they say it is in movies or in the paper, and finding out it's all a sordid, ugly sham, the way Elvis did when all those record executives refused to look beyond his slightly spastic exterior--"Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere." The world sullied Elvis's new lace sleeves a long time ago and he still hasn't gotten over it: the song is like a river of tears, and Elvis's vocal is the most expressive of his career, choked yet fluent, cynical yet deeply innocent...
...creates interesting contrasts in the position of players by using several sets of stairs and split levels, he overuses pastels. The set, too, resembles a kitschy misconception of the period, perhaps intended to caricature. A little royal blue and some Fleur-de-lis, as well as some real lace, would go a long way here...
...musters all of her commanding appeal as a brothel madam singing "I Never Do Anything Twice." Perched on a stool by the piano, a black lace shawl draped over her shoulders. Reed stretches out her legs, throws back her head and recounts escapades with kinky abbotts and other unusual clients, always returning to the admonishment that she never repeats her experiences. Her husky voice seeps into the darkness around the spotlight, reaching the back rows with its delicious bawdiness...
Someone asked Mike Schubert in his junior year of high school whether he thought he'd grow up to be famous. "I am famous," he replied, and he mcant it. He had just produced his first musical--one based on the comedy play "Arsenic and Old Lace"--and was just about as famous as anyone could be without leaving Highland Park, Illinois...