Re: Dance Hall Girls vs Karaoke ... 
| April 25, 2015 08:41PM |
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Fritz Klinke Wrote:
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> Dance hall girls were on Blair Street and the
> typical Victorian dress for the period was rather
> severe for women working in restaurants and the
> like. The dress seen at the Strater's Diamond Bell
> saloon is a figment of someone's imagination. Well
> researched costumes will be a disappointment if
> done properly, but then there's always revisionist
> thinking that could prevail if the goal is to enter-
> tain rather than be authentic ...
It's hard to imagine investing that much money if not to make it back - in spades - by providing entertainment ...
And how about the "dance hall" girls in 'A Ticket to Tomahawk' - is a movie set in Silverton enough of a precedent?
> ... Plus I've had dinner with Russo and it was
> a quiet, dignified evening with no singing.
Thank your lucky stars, Fritz -
SFAIK, there's no Karaoke at The Pickle Barrel!!
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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> Dance hall girls were on Blair Street and the
> typical Victorian dress for the period was rather
> severe for women working in restaurants and the
> like. The dress seen at the Strater's Diamond Bell
> saloon is a figment of someone's imagination. Well
> researched costumes will be a disappointment if
> done properly, but then there's always revisionist
> thinking that could prevail if the goal is to enter-
> tain rather than be authentic ...
It's hard to imagine investing that much money if not to make it back - in spades - by providing entertainment ...
And how about the "dance hall" girls in 'A Ticket to Tomahawk' - is a movie set in Silverton enough of a precedent?
> ... Plus I've had dinner with Russo and it was
> a quiet, dignified evening with no singing.
Thank your lucky stars, Fritz -
SFAIK, there's no Karaoke at The Pickle Barrel!!
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
* Only TWITS Twitter!
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