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Auntie Mame: A Tale for Now—and Forever!
Views: 831Added: Sun. Mar 15, 2009 1:40pm
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“Life’s a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death.’
–Auntie Mame
Who’s Auntie Mame?
She’s my heroine and mentor, a larger-than-life character. The movies, Broadway plays and musicals that tell her madcap story are based on the novel by Patrick Dennis, a book inspired by his real-life aunt. However, it was Rosalind Russell who brought Mame to life most in her 1957 stage performance and the 1958 movie, “Auntie Mame.” Her message? “Live, live, live!” She was an adventurer who advocated opening new windows and doors every day.
Mame has a lot to teach us, not only about getting the most from life in all its stages, but also how to deal with our current hard times. The stock market crash of 1929 happens right in the middle of her story. Her coping mechanism, always, was to celebrate life. “We need a little Christmas right this very minute!” to quote the lyrics from the musical.
We could use a lot of Auntie Mame--now.
Rent this wonderful movie as an upper in down times. To read more about Auntie Mame, visit Hot Flashbacks, Cool Insights.
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Joyce Mason
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Posted 4:03pm September 17th, 2009Vannie, thank you for sharing this wonderful story with me and the other readers of this post. I'd consider it a great compliment that your friend saw Mame in you ... and your special combination of strengths that would benefit her daughter!
Vannie
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Posted 3:53pm September 17th, 2009One of my best friends and the person I told everything to died a couple of years ago, I still miss her like crazy. One of the many times we were in New York she confessed something to me. We were at South Street Seaport getting ready to board the ship this is/was(?) docked there, her daughter was with us. Out of the blue she turned to me and told me that I reminded her of Auntie Mame.
Years before she died, she said that if anything happened to her, she wanted me to take care of her daughter. Her mom was alive then, so I knew that was out of the question. Some time passed and I was given the reason for her request. She said that her daughter tended to paint 'outside' the line; something we often talked about. She told me that she knew I would stay 'inside the line' but no one could stop me from coloring the picture of an elephant pink if I wanted to. I laughed and knew that she truly undersood me better than anyone.