CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
Tuesday, 29 March 2016
Goodnight, Miss Neely O'Hara
RIP Anna Marie "Patty" Duke (14th December 1946 – 29th March 2016), star of The Miracle Worker and, of course, Valley of the Dolls.
Here's her angst-ridden rendition of the theme from that cult camp movie:
More about Valley of the Dolls Over at my other blog Give 'em the old Razzle Dazzle on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of its author, Jacqueline Susann.
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when I was a young girl, I wanted a house and parents and a cousin like "the patty duke show". RIP, patty.
ReplyDeleteWe never had "The Patty Duke Show". Were there drugs in it? Jx
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