[lit-ideas] Sammy Davis Jr.'s Essence
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 12:01:55 EDT
In a message dated 10/6/2004 12:22:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,
donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
--- Eric Yost <NYCEric@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> JL: "Problem with America, is that they pigeonhole. If you sing, you
> are a singer; if you dance, you are a dancer; if you act, you are an
> actress. I'm good at the three. How do you call me?"
>
> _____
>
> Fred Astaire?
Ginger Rogers?
----
Well, actually, Liza's dictum was more implicatural, and concerned
cancellability.
She said, "If you sing, you are a singer; if you dance, you are a dancer; if
you act, you're an acter. _AND_ acters are not supposed to be singers, and
dancers are not supposed to be acters, etc.
I don't think Ginger Rogers _sang_, so I guess that proves Liza's point.
OTOH, Fred Astaire refutes it.
Cheers,
JL
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