[Dixielandjazz] Re: Happy Every Day -- and the Holy-daze, too

[Don Ingle]

Slightly disagree with you, Bill. Pantomime here in USA is Mime. But in
England it is more like Variety: skits, song and dance, much like our old
vaudeville/burlesque without the strippers. They had strippers, but often
did nude statues -- okay as long as they didn't move.
"Slowly I turned..."
Don Ingle

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard@hotmail.com>
To: <PLadd36932@aol.com>
Cc: <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Happy Every Day -- and the Holy-daze, too


> Pat Ladd, British to the core, writes (in response to my claim that any
time
> wasted is time well spent):
>
> >Oh no its not! Oh yes it is!.
> >
> >Sorry ., I forgot that American culture does not include pantomime.
>
> Not true, dude! You can go to any tourist gathering place such as
> Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco or Times Square in New York and see
> budding pantomimers in their white faced get-ups doing their favorite
> pantomime schtick which is always being trapped in an invisible box which
is
> relentlessly shrinking. It's wonderful! The onlooking crowd can always be
> counted upon to throw a few coins in the hat.
>
> And people claim that performance art is dead in America. Pffaaahh!
>
> Respectfully submitted,
>
> Bill "Leaning with his elbow on an invisible mantle with his hand hanging
> down" Gunter
> jazzboard@hotmail.com
>
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