Hi Countess,

glad to hear you have such appreciation for the Divine One!  Yes, Her fans are LEGION!

Just FYI, that isn't a t-shirt she's wearing in that final sequence--it's a short-sleeved cheongsam styled dress.  The thing that you thought might be a monkey is actually an immense brooch that's pinned to the center of her bosom.

A commercial release of this film came out in Japan last year.  There are ridiculous complications around the distro rights for Polly Maggoo.  I read a review of the Japanese import in the French gay culture mag, Tetu, the last time I was up in Canada at my boyfriend's place.

I have been lucky enough to see it the movie in the theatre four times to date.  It's fun to see some of the details, such as the fact that in the first scene, those things she's clutching in her lap are a pair of sunglasses and a packet of Marlboros.

Also, it's worth noting that Delphine Seyrig, a French cult actress who appeared in such classic films as Last Year at Marienbad and Donkey-skin (Peau d'ane) a Jacques Demy Catherine Deneuve vehicle, had a small role in Polly Maggoo.  Of course most of us know Delphine best for her Goddessy performance in Daughters of Darkness, in which she appeared opposite gorgeous, talented John Karlen.

G.

Yes, I obviously didn't catch your byline when I had my very brief brush with the piece (pick up zine, flip past pages, go, "seen that, done that"), return to rack.

As you know, my enthusiasm for the topic for the WB project was never very high, and the tude of those suits left a REALLY bad taste in my mouth for the whole thing.  I'm sure your writing enlivened an otherwise sad subject.

Kudos!

Steve

I looked at that Fangoria issue in a store, and there wasn't much new there that I could see.  There weren't many photos and none were an improvement on the ones published on Collinwood.net.

The article seemed to argue that network execs short-sightedness and budget issues were what doomed it, which was pretty much what I had gathered from the numerous posts here over the past year.

It's an expensive magazine, so I would say--only order it from the website if you're a completist with the "remakes of DS" stuff.

G.

Thanks for holding out that hope about the Japanese release possibly containing the Julia's walk sequence, Darren.  My own hope in that area is zero, but who knows?

As Jean-Claude mentioned, the cut of the greenhouse scene makes Jeff's absence in subsequent scenes completely inexplicable.  I remember that I didn't even understand what was happening in the movie half the time until I read the "Marilyn" Ross novelization, which as you know was based on an early script draft, and included several sequences never even filmed.

And dammit,I *want* that scene where Roger complains that all the craziness at Collinwood is cutting in his time reading... PROUST!

Ah well.  At least I have the laserdisc version of the films to enjoy (though as you pointed out long ago, only the one shown on television has the correct sound mix for NoDS).

Steve

Is Sandra Lee related to Sara Lee?  I only ask for reference purposes.

At least Burke didn't slip a funny little paper umbrella into David's drink.

I thought they were really pushing the idea that Burke was David's real father (biological father) in these scenes between the two.  As for Vicki's parentage, I go back and forth; there are later scenes in which the only possible interpretation of Liz's reaction is that Vicki is really her daughter.  I do think what we're seeing here from Liz are some serious cracks in her frostry facade, even if Vicki doesn't benefit from them.

G.

Hey Jennifer, hope you guys are OK out there!  My landlady's son did the sidewalk with his snowblower so all we had to do was dig out my roommate's car which only took about an hour on Sun.

I haven't gotten hold of any of the DS DVD's.  I may get the set with Julia's vamping by Tom on it just to try out the format.  I really need to replace all of my Cassandra tapes--a couple of those have not worn well, probably because I play them more frequently than most of the others.

I love watching Patsy Stone on "Ab Fab."  As a small child my Mom's best friend was named Patsy, so I always smile when I see all the signs around town that say "Go Pats!"

here I am in a world of my own,

G.

Jean-Claude, darling, you're skirting MAJOR dream territory with those conjurations of luscious, soapy, naked Briscoe... sigh.

Unfortunately, the I Dream of Jeannie episode is nothing to get too excited about.  Don appears in a group of 3 other men (but of course shines as the most handsome of the three).  He has a couple of lines but no close-up. The Iron Horse thing sounds interesting--I'd never heard of that one.

G.

Heather, I'd never visited that site before.  Hilarious, nay, Hysterical!

G.