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Originally Posted by Oafer
What a great list . . . well done all . . . my fav to see show up here was Klute. Great movie. Thanks for the memories folks.
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Thank you, Oafer. Thank you all. It is indeed a great list.
I meant this as a movie thread, but
belles lettres and high culture also follow the theme. It's an historical theme. This morning I am thinking of Verdi's
La Traviata, in which the courtesan Violetta makes mush out of a couple of her lovers. That opera is based on the 1852 novel La Dame aux Camelias, by Alexander Dumas,
fils. "La Dame" is Marguerite Gautier, a "demi-mondaine," that is, a courtesan. Dumas
fils was the bastard son of Dumas,
pere, by one of his courtesans.
Ahhh. Mes "demi-mondaines." I luv you all! Make mush out of me. Again. And again. And again.
Monk
