"Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounc'd it to you, trippingly on the tongue, but if you mouth it, as many of our players do, I had as lief the town crier spoke my lines."

Hamlet, III.ii

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Sing Out, Louise! (More Letters to My Daughter)

Hi Kiddo:  OK, so as of yesterday, when my copy of the new revival cast recording starring Patti LuPone came in the mail, I now own 7 separate recordings of Gypsy (8, if you count as a separate recording the re-issue of the Merman Original Cast recording with all the extra stuff on it) on CD alone, not to mention at least 3 LP’s (two of the Merman O.C. recording and one of the Angela Lansbury revival).


I have no idea why I’m not gay.

Maybe its because I don’t own either the movie soundtrack (with Rosalind Russell – an atrocity from start to finish) or a copy of the movie itself (see my previous mention of atrocity); I do, however own both a copy of the video and the CD to the TV version with Bette Midler (I count the CD of her version as part of my eight, as well as the CD burn of my live recording of the whole show with Merman).

It is a strange world I live in, my dear.


I love you with all my heart.


Daddy

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