Word: sisterly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WESTMINSTER: Before the sadness finally flooded his voice, Earl Spencer's tribute to his sister was a requiem of steel. Here was the head of her blood family drawing a line in the dust against those who had wronged her: the press, who "hunted" Diana, and the Royal Family, whose title she did not need. The implication was clear: All that was good about the Princess existed outside Palace walls...
...loose on the paparazzi first. But soon it wheeled on drunk-drivers, the British press and the Al-Fayeds before settling, finally and inexplicably, on the Royal Family ? as if the Queen herself had been at the wheel of that Mercedes. When Earl Spencer stood up at his sister's funeral and fired a volley of veiled threats at her former in-laws, the search for scapegoats was complete. So now the world has turned upside-down, perhaps we ought to listen to China's considered opinion on the whole Diana business: "this is what happens when newspapers are allowed...
...face to introduce to audiences. But beneath this delicate elegance, Dorothy was a nest of insecurities. Born in 1922, she'd been drilled for stardom by her bisexual mother Ruby, who fled a Cleveland marriage for Hollywood with her two daughters and her domineering girlfriend in tow. Dottie and sister Vivian were onstage from childhood and in films from 1935. Did they want to be? Ruby never asked...
...Swing for Your Supper ("They made me rock 'n' roll...brought me up on good ol' rhythmatic"). In the 1940 Sun Valley Serenade she introduced Chattanooga Choo Choo, dancing with the great Nicholas brothers. By then Dottie was a solo act. Much later, Vivian worked as her star sister's hairdresser--but that's another sad show-biz tale...
...facially expressive as the rest of the cast, has good comic timing and blends in well with the show's goofy charm. Both Marisa Echeverria '00 (Katherina) and Jennifer Neale (Bianca) give strong performances--Echeverria bringing out her mercurial character's passion and sincerity, Neale the docile sister's mixture of cleverness and sweetness...