Ethel Merman.... discuss

[WCGreen]

Diva.....

or broadway hack

[In_The_Wind]

1. Diva

[WCGreen]

6. Love your smilie Joani.....

It looks like Ethel in Call Me Madam.....

[In_The_Wind]

12. Call Me Madam

You're Just in Love ...


that's what the song's about ...

[WCGreen]

14. Madam....

[In_The_Wind]

19. Yes, Darlin'

if this were a Mae West thread I would offer to peel you a grape ...

just sayin'

[WCGreen]

21. Oh My......

[CBHagman]

2. An icon of American popular entertainment.

She made her mark on the stage and screen. An American original.

[WCGreen]

5. I have a love hate relationship her...

[wildhorses]

3. well...first off

may I just say...God Bless America...this is my 400th post

[WCGreen]

4. Congratulations for wasting it here....

[wildhorses]

9. au contraire

how better than by saying God Bless America? just asking...

[WCGreen]

10. You are so correct.....

[wildhorses]

13. how polite of you to notice...

impressed I am...

[jobycom]

7. Wasn't that a character Derek Zoolander played?

I distinctly remember him telling his father he played a merman.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. "1983 - a Merman I should turn to be"

If Jimi Hendrix wanted to join her species, she must have had something going for her.

[terrya]

11. "Gypsy" "Annie Get Your Gun"....

among other great musicals.

Ethel Merman was an icon of the American theater. Most definitely.

[bertha katzenengel]

15. OH, I've got a FEE'ling that LOVE is HERE to STAY!

;)

A diva for a different age, C.

[WCGreen]

17. A true Diva in that she had talent......

[bertha katzenengel]

25. You could call me a Diva if you counted only sheer nerve and the

ability to carry a tune. ;) I LOVE to sing, to perform. LOVE. IT.

[WCGreen]

26. I'd call you Diva anytime,......

performing is a state of mind that transcends talent....


On Edit...

Not to say you don;t have talent....

It applies to me....

[democracyindanger]

16. ALL ETHEL MERMAN THREADS

SHOULD BE DISCUSSED AS LOUDLY AS POSSIBLE, OR THEY'RE REALLY NOT ETHEL MERMAN THREADS.

[WCGreen]

18. BACK IN HER DAY THEY DIDN'T MIC THE STAGE.........

[democracyindanger]

23. IT IS A LITTLE KNOWN FACT THAT

ETHEL MERMAN WAS THE SOLE REASON MICROPHONE TECHNOLOGY DID NOT REACH THE STAGE SOONER.

[WCGreen]

24. I IMAGINE YOU COULD VERY WELL BE RIGHT

[peekaloo]

20. I GOT MUSIC I GOT RHYTHM WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Merman
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Perhaps Merman's most revered performance was in Gypsy as Gypsy Rose Lee's mother Rose. Merman introduced Everything's Coming Up Roses, Some People, and ended the show with the wrenching Rose's Turn, gaining standing ovations for her work. She did not get the role in the movie version, however, which went to movie actress Rosalind Russell, and Merman was quoted as saying: "I know her sort, I can't say...but it rhymes with 'witch' and you'll find her sort in a kennel". She also insulted Russell's husband, Freddie Brisson, by calling him the "Lizard of Roz".

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[WCGreen]

22. She was perfect for the stage at that time......