Sunday, January 27, 2013
defying gravity...
i am back from the promised land..no, not israel...boca...thankfully missing the brunt of a brutal cold spell...flying delta this time which was sad because there was a time when it was a somewhat "classy" airline...and now saying "no frills" would be a severe understatement...adding to the glamour, and our being held somewhere in the skies over philly because of a little snow at laguardia, was the incessant cough of a young woman in front of us who i think had bubonic plague...anyway, i am back and it is the end of january..therefore, we are in the middle of the avalance of award shows...tonight's was the sag awards...this is the one where actors vote for actors...actors schmoozing at tables as the telecast crawled along...they kept showing the food at the tables...which of course was never touched, this being hollywood...they could have just rolled it all over to food kitchens in the area...but i digress...there were many talented actors in the room...but i kept waiting for the movie stars...for a cue from the orchestra...for everything to turn to black and white...tuxedos and satin...burt lancaster...bette davis...cary grant...katherine hepburn...hell, i would even settle for a generation or two later...shirley maclaine...warren beatty...julie christie...and always, jack...but here i am watching winners and losers...many around my age...many fighting the age fairy with the talented skills of hollywood surgeons...some more successfully than others...but all reminding me of the swift cruelty of time...as if the mirror at 6am couldn't do that already... and it's easy to be an armchair critic...loving julianne moore in "game change" but wondering who let her out of the limo in that dress...then sighing as i am 52 also...still dreaming of winning a golden statue...but I'd be armed with a neatly folded acceptance speech...and a roll of some "fashion tape"...just in case...
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Welcome back! Funny how the passage of time means we end up looking back in time and thinking the older things that we grew up with was better.
ReplyDeleteOf course, those older times were better. We had a lot less life experience to measure it by, and we look at our aging bodies and realize that some of our best years might well be behind us.
The mirror can be cruel. At times I think - "hey, I'm not too bad for my mid 50's". Then reality hits when looking through old photos.
I do think that far too many of the stars of today, or this era, are too much alike. The "golden years" stars were more distinctive. Who was like Cagney, or Cary Grant, or Bette Davis, or any of them? Even the character actors were distinctive.
There are some, but when you look at Brad Pitt, say, tell me he is all that different from Leonardo DiCaprio. And those who are different usually aren't all that great at making you think they are playing different characters.
Cheers Sherri! We might be getting older, but it's like being a fine wine (or whine if you prefer) getting better with age.
Jim