Gregory Maupin

Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 15:23 UTC

Mark Twain hated the Fourth of July. He was often invited to speak at Independence Day festivities. His audiences assumed that his reliably unpatriotic remarks were tongue-in-cheek jests. But he meant that shit. 1/9

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Gregory Maupin @gjmaupin.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 00:13 UTC

I love the way Jeanne Cagney ticks the “thr” in “Three Cohans” tells me she was raised in New York in a certain era. #TCMParty #YankeeDoodleDandy

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Gregory Maupin @gjmaupin.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 00:10 UTC

I was Harold in high school (early ’90s) and it was simultaneously a delight and the reason I didn’t watch the movie again for several years. #TCMParty

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Gregory Maupin @gjmaupin.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 00:07 UTC

Even the gaslighting (the functional kind) in Mary’s apartment when he plays her her namesake number is effective.

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Gregory Maupin @gjmaupin.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 23:45 UTC

I *absolutely* get welly-eyed during the whole Little Johnny Jones sequence every time just at the exuberant joy, the funktionslust of it all. #YankeeDoodleDandy #TCMParty

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Gregory Maupin @gjmaupin.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 23:18 UTC

“The Warmest Baby in the Bunch,”
once I figured out it was a minstrel number, was when I realized most mentions of Louisville in period music were, shall we say, coded. #TCMParty #YankeeDoodleDandy

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Gregory Maupin @gjmaupin.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 23:14 UTC

“You know, Walter Catlett was the Fox in Pinocchio,” he said silently to himself for no reason beyond enthusiasm. #TCMParty #YankeeDoodleDandy

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Gregory Maupin @gjmaupin.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 23:12 UTC

Watching #YankeeDoodleDandy and as usual the struggle is not to do a running commentary despite there being no one present who doesn’t know the same things. #TCMParty

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Gregory Maupin @gjmaupin.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 23:01 UTC

She answered one of @broccoliserbaby.bsky.social’s questions (said it was a good one!) when Robert interviewed her on one of the cruises and I think Ab is still coasting along on that interaction.

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Gregory Maupin @gjmaupin.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 22:53 UTC

I’ve always loved that about the whole film, honestly, as far as the stage recreations go. They all have an air of authenticity, especially considering it’s from the Busby Berkeley studio.

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Gregory Maupin @gjmaupin.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 22:42 UTC

The credits roll and we both immediately and simultaneously start singing Allan Sherman’s “We’ll Call Him Barry,” if anyone wonders what sort of house this is.

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Gregory Maupin @gjmaupin.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 22:25 UTC

We’re starting it here once the cocktails are shook.

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Gregory Maupin @gjmaupin.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 17:55 UTC

And that, children, is why we always celebrate the birth of Eva Marie Saint with an entrée-sized Caesar Salad.

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