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Spirit Fingers
04/20/09

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I adore Drew Barrymore. Always have. I'm so glad to see her come into her own like this. Someone said there were moments when they could see her "acting" and I'd almost agree, if it wasn't apparent that little Edie was always "acting," mugging, and posing for the camera herself, so in a way, it fit. Basically, it was a beautifully done movie. Both women were quite genius in the roles. It did sadden me however, knowing how difficult Drew's experiences have been with her own mother. I'm sure she drew on some of that in this performance. It almost felt like this is what could happen if she and Jaid Barrymore kicked it in an old house together for nearly 50 years, loving, arguing, manipulating, and perhaps ultimately understanding and accepting one another.
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Spirit Fingers
04/20/09

But seeing as Jaid sold some of Drew's baby clothes on E-bay recently, I'm thinking that reunion is a long time in coming.
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Baroness
04/19/09

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Ps. Bouvier Beale might have been "Beau" not "Bo", I only knew it from hearing it.

-Gail Sheehy's 1972 article is as gripping and readable as ever.

-I understand the HBO movie left out the "red shoes" bit. Pity! I'll be seeing it tonight.
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BookishLookish
04/19/09

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Watch out, hipsters are going to rock the head sweater starting NOW.
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ginger rant
04/19/09

@BookishLookish: I'm just disappointed that there wasn't a glimpse of Little Edie in her famously upside-down skirt. Sideways skirt, sure, but upside down? Frankly, that's half of the reason I tuned in.
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Baroness
04/19/09

@BookishLookish: True story..when I was much younger, my parents and I had met Bouvier "Bo" Beale. We hadn't any idea of the GG story then. (He was son/brother to Big/Lil Edie respectively). He was bluff and gruff and rather funny, saying odd things like "I only eat what i kill bla bla". He liked "off" jokes my father told him (repeated from me, actually) like "How do you titillate an ocelot? You oscillate her tit a lot." He howled at that, and winced and looked to the heavens when my father alluded to JFK. His house was right on the ocean in Bridgehampton, 70's modern but woodsy and fucking freezing. They weren't proper WASPs but their house felt like an enormous summer camp barn, no creature comforts in what I now take to be that old-school style. His wife was very nice, reminded me of Doris Day, quiet.

FF to today, my mother calls me, she had just seen the HBO movie, adored it. (She had also loved the documentary GG, she had seen it in recent years and fell in love with the Beale women.) She had been so into the film, and had forgotten meeting Bo Beale many years ago, and when I reminded her, she was astonished- "I wondered what happened to those brothers!" It was sweet and funny, she was startled that a character in a "drama" was someone she had actually met once.

Little Edie- "East Hampton.. a nasty Republican town. They can get you for wearing red shoes on a Thursday!" Sing it, sister. ~
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cinemaddict
04/19/09

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Is there anywhere those of us who canceled their $120 a month HBO package can watch this for free?
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cupcakes
04/19/09

@cinemaddict: Sigh. I think it's called Mom's house.
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karion
04/19/09

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Now, of course, I am gearing up for the Rock of Love Bus reunion special.
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karion
04/19/09

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I OnDemanded it early this morning and was damn near riveted. I really want to see the documentary now, and I am going to read the Gail Sheehy piece later.

I was a blank slate on the whole story, so my expectations were decidedly low, but I was really quite pleasantly surprised.
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the supergoddess
04/19/09

@karion: You'll want to have a can of Lysol on hand while watching the documentary. I clawed at my face the entire time and then spent nineteen hours bleaching everything in my house.
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the supergoddess
04/19/09

@the supergoddess: To be fair, that's an average Sunday afternoon for me.
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MrInBetween
04/19/09

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I agree. Amazing. You've come a long way, Drew-baby.
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Cookie Guggleman
04/19/09

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I generally liked it but there were moments when I thought Drew was "Acting!" Still, it was a good stretch for her. So sad about Jessica Lange's face!
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ginger rant
04/19/09

@Cookie Guggleman: Re: Jessica Lange's face: I kept thinking that she was wearing distorting make-up in the Young Big Edie scenes, but then (a) I realized that in them, she's playing her (approximate) age, so why would they put her in distorting make-up?! and (b) I remembered seeing a terrifying post-plastic-surgery picture of her at AwfulPlasticSurgery.com. Yeeks.

Loved the show overall, though, and derived a bonus thrill from the prospect of Oscar-winning Lange being "married" to the White Shadow. ("Hey Phelan--where's Salami?!") Drew basically pulled it off, I think; if she was ever cartoony, then I think that was the fault of the script. Also: Am I the only one who watched the movie while thinking, "You know, I've REALLY got to clean my house ..."?
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