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There is a twist to this oft-told tale. Swann, who avoids love because he is afraid of suffering, steps out of the role set by his clique. Odette longs to play a part denied to the demimondaine; "should I play the piano or be tender?" She asks the anguished Swann. Yet Swann is wracked by his own questions; he sees no future with Odette, but can not bring himself to break with her. He remains mired in a belief that love is a "sickness" he cannot cure until it has done its damage...
After enough of this, Olden seems almost too disgusted to go on. At the nadir of the film, Piper and company tie Valley Girl to a piano and make some allusions to rape. An R rating may be worth a lot in extra ticket sales; it's not worth this...
Wearing gloves, Margaret Neas plays the piano in the lobby bar of the Hilton Hotel every night, Monday through Friday, from 6 to 10-longer if the crowd stays lively. To her regulars she is "a legend, the most respected woman in Birmingham...
Margaret Neas studied piano at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. She taught, played concerts and composed until an agent suggested supper clubs. "It's the most fun thing in the world," she says. "It's like a party every night." Her son Marc, in the room tonight, recalls, "Her agent said, 'You need a gimmick.' And she said, 'Well, I'll play in gloves.' I remember watching TV with her while she mended her gloves. Now she says it's hard to play without them...
...something on every one of us," says Maggie. "Well, they do confide in me," sighs Margaret. "I've always kind of gotten to know the customers, been attached to them. You become like family, become concerned." When a blond named Barbara stands by the piano to sing Guess Who I Saw Today, her escort, named Ben, says to the entire circle, "She was after me and after me, and we'd break up over it, and finally I thought, what the hell, and I said let's do it, let's get married. And she said...