mcricons-blog

[jgroffdaily]

Jonathan with Erich Bergen after winning the Tony Award.

[real-russ-jackson]

Day 10 — with other celebs

[boysappetit]

Erich Bergen

[mensuited]

[the-invisible-queer]

Felt the need to share it because I love this number so fucking much

[bellamer]

-M- is just killing everyone and two of the singers on The Devil’s Carnival soundtrack have died

[icedteaandoldlace]

I take it all back, the new DCEU looks great. [x]

[bidotorg]

"From the very first episode, Elizabeth is flanked by her ever-reliable, tirelessly loyal, and impeccably prepared assistant Blake Moran (played by Erich Bergen). The series initially coded his character in a way most will read as gay. It was all the Hollywood clichés: too coiffed, meticulously neat, even a bit of the stereotypical 'gay' accent. And yet the show curiously held back from embracing his seeming homosexuality. He did not call himself gay, we did not see him in any relationships, and his character consistently made a concerted effort to obfuscate the sex of the people he dated, a fact remarked upon by his peers. In time, we learn that this was a deliberate choice made by the writers, not to perpetuate the cowardly trope of having a queer character whose queerness exists only by inference, but to turn common sexuality assumptions on their head.

"In season three, we finally see Blake meet an ex-boyfriend at a bar, and the two get into an argument that at first appears to be over the fact that Blake refuses to own his sexuality as a gay man. But it turns out that Blake is actually bi, which his former lover rejects. The encounter upsets Blake so much that the usually private and even-keeled assistant holds up Secretary McCord’s motorcade to come out as bisexual. In a bi speech for the ages, he voices the pent-up frustrations so many bi people feel about being erased or misunderstood for not fitting neatly into a 'straight' or 'gay' binary. He says the words so many shows and films avoid: 'I’m bisexual.' He even calls out 'biphobia' by name. There’s a moment of uncertainty where he — and the audience — hold their breath to see how Elizabeth will react. She wordlessly steps out of the car and embraces him."

[medium-observation]

DECEMBER RELEASE

Boop! The Musical - Chicago Tryout

December 3, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video | Matinée

Cast:

Jasmine Rogers (Betty Boop), Faith Prince (Valentina), Ainsley Anthony Melham (Dwayne), Erich Bergen (Raymond), Stephen DeRosa (Grampy), Angelica Hale (Trisha), Phillip Huber (Pudgy), Anastacia McCleskey (Carol), Lawrence Alexander (Ensemble), Colin Bradbury (Ensemble), Tristen Buettel (Ensemble), Joshua Michael Burrage (Ensemble), Gabi Campo (Ensemble), Daniel Castiglione (Ensemble), Rebecca Corrigan (Ensemble), Josh Drake (Ensemble), RJ Higton (Ensemble), Nina Lafarga (Ensemble), Morgan McGhee (Ensemble), Aubie Merrylees (Ensemble), Ryah Nixon (Ensemble), Christian Probst (Ensemble), Ricky Schroeder (Ensemble), Gabriella Sorrentino (Ensemble), Brooke Taylor (Ensemble)

Notes: Nice video from the second week of previews and Version 3.0. Some scenes are majorly wideshot due to the nature of the show, along with usher activity. Some washout can be seen at times but it's not too bad.

NFT DATE: June 6th, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB5Cro

Video is $20

Six - Second US National Tour (Boleyn)

November 19, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video | Matinée

Cast:

Cassie Silva (s/b Catherine of Aragon), Zan Berube (Anne Boleyn), Aryn Bohannon (s/b Jane Seymour), Terica Marie (Anna of Cleves), Taylor Pearlstein (s/b Katherine Howard), Courtney Mack (t/r Catherine Parr)

Notes:

Excellent video of a fantastic group of alternates and Courtney's unexpected final performance as Parr!

NFT DATE: December 1st, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB3Ye3

Video is $20

Mrs. Doubtfire - First US National Tour

November 16, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Rob McClure (Daniel Hillard), Maggie Lakis (Miranda Hillard), Giselle Gutierrez (Lydia Hillard), Cody Braverman (Christoher Hillard), Emerson Mae Chan (Natalie Hillard), Aaron Kaburick (Frank Hillard), Nik Alexander (Andre Mayem), Romelda Teron Benjamin (Wanda Sellner), Leo Roberts (Stuart Dunmire), David Hibbard (Mr. Jolly/Ensemble), Jodi Kimura (Janet Lundy/Ensemble), Alex Branton (Ensemble), Jonathan Hoover (Ensemble), Sheila Jones (Ensemble), Julia Kavanagh (Ensemble), Marquez Linder (Ensemble), Alex Ringler (Ensemble), Lannie Rubio (Ensemble), Ian Liberto (s/w Ensemble), Lauryn Withnell (Ensemble), Julia Yameen (Ensemble)

Notes:

Near perfect capture of the tour! Some washout is seen in wideshots due to primary robs doubtfire outfit being so Bright.

NFT DATE: June 6th, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB3Z7Y

Video is $20

Frozen - First US National Tour

November 29, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Caroline Bowman (Elsa), Lauren Nicole Chapman (Anna), Erin Choi (Young Elsa), Annie Piper Braverman (Young Anna), Jeremy Davis (Olaf), Dominic Dorset (Kristoff), Collin Baja (Sven), Preston Perez (Hans), Jack Brewer (Oaken), Evan Duff (Weselton), Tyler Jimenez (Pabbie), Renée Reid (Bulda), Kyle Lamar Mitchell (King Agnarr), Katie Mariko Murray (Queen Iduna), Natalie Wisdom (s/w Head Handmaiden), Jack Brewer (Bishop), Kate Bailey (Ensemble), Kristen Smith Davis (Ensemble), Jason Goldston (Ensemble), Natalie Goodin (Ensemble), Zach Hess (Ensemble), Adrianna Rose Lyons (Ensemble), Alexander Mendoza (Ensemble), Nick Silverio (Ensemble), Daniel Switzer (Ensemble), Peli Naomi Woods (Ensemble), Michael Allan Haggerty (s/w Ensemble), Jessie Peltier (s/w Ensemble)

Notes:

Absolutely gorgeous video of this tour! Lots of wideshots and close ups.

NFT DATE: June 6th, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB5mqB

Video is $20

Videos can be purchased through me at mediumobservationtrading@gmail.com

[luckilyiris]

Nine years ago today 🥹🥹🥹 I miss them so much 😭😭😭

The cast of the new television series "Madam Secretary," from left, Tea Leoni, Keith Carradine, Patina Miller, Geoffrey Arend, Bebe Neuwirth, Erich Bergen and Tim Daly, pose at the show's premiere in Washington on September 18, 2014.

Photo credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images

[maggie2much]

John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Michael Lamenda, in front of a Tim Hortons when they were promoting the Jersey boys Movie in Canada

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

Jersey Boys | Erich Bergen, Clint Eastwood, John Lloyd Young, Vincent Piazza, e Michael Lomenda numa fotografia de Annie Leibovitz para a Vanity Fair (Julho 2014)

[brookston]

Holidays 7.31

Holidays

African Women’s Day

Air Force Day (Nicaragua)

Always Live Better Than Yester Day

Apricot Day (French Republic)

Black Top Day (a.k.a. Black Tot Day; UK)

Brunhilda Asteroid Day

Change Your Ringtone Day (Australia)

Cool Japan Day

Crossfire Hurricane Day

Devoted Couples Day

Emancipation Day (Belize)

Father’s Day (Dominican Republic)

George Jetson Day

Garda Asteroid Day

The Great Mullein Day

Gryphon Appreciation Day

Hapje Tapje (Leuven, Belgium)

Happy Potter Day

Hot August Nights begin (Reno, Nevada)

Insect Appreciation Day

International Lifeguard Appreciation Day

International Seriously Single Day

Joust of Quintana: La Sfida (The Challenge; Italy) [Pt. 2 in September]

Ka Hae Hawai'i Day (State Flag Day; Hawaii)

Law Enforcement Day (Louisiana)

Mac Davis Day (Lubbock, Texas)

Martyrdom Day of Shahid Udham Singh (Haryana and Punjab, India)

Milton Friedman Day

Mutt's Day

National Blood Donor Day (Iran)

National Commando Day

National Diana Day

National Eisteddford of Wales (Wales)

National Heatstroke Awareness Day

National #Love Day

National Mom Bod Day

National Mutt Day (a.k.a. National Mixed Breed Dog Day)

National Orgasm Day (UK)

National Parent a Biracial Child Day

Operation Motorman Anniversary Day (UK)

Rabbit Rabbit Day [Last Day of Every Month]

Saui Sura (Javanese New Year; Suriname)

Saxophone Day

731 Day

Treasury Day (Poland)

Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day

U.S. Patent Day

Warriors’ Day (Malaysia)

World Day Against Electronic Torture

World MS Trend Day

World Ranger Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cotton Candy Day [also 12.7]

Jump for Jelly Beans Day

Make Homemade Ice Cream and Invite the Neighbors Over Day

National Avocado Day

National Raspberry Cake Day

National Spam Day

Rum Ration Day (a.k.a. Black Tot Day)

Shredded Wheat Day

Independence & Related Days

Sovereignty Restoration Day (Hawaii)

Vanuatu (from UK/France, 1980)

Weimar Constitution Adoption Day (Germany; 1919)

5th & Last Wednesday in July

OSHC Educators Day (Australia) [last Wednesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning July 31 (Last Week of July)

Oregon Brewers Festival begins [Last full weekend; Wednesday thru Saturday] (Now merged with the Portland Rose Festival in May and June)

Festivals Beginning July 31, 2024

Beyond the Gates (Bergen, Norway) [thru 8.3]

Grays Harbor County Fair (Elma, Washington) [thru 8.3]

Iowa Hunger Summit (Des Moines, Iowa)

Maine Lobster Festival (Rockland, Maine) [thru 8.4]

Montelago Celtic Festival (Serravalle di Chienti, Italy) [thru 8.3]

NC Watermelon Festival (Murfreesboro, North Carolina) [thru 8.3]

Northern Maine Fair (Presque Isle, Maine) [thru 8.4]

Ventura County Fair (Ventura, California) [thru 8.11]

Viagem Medieval (Medieval Journey) (Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal) [thru 8.11]

Feast Days

Abanoub (Christian; Saint)

Bill Gates Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Birthday of Nephthys

Cameons (Positivist; Saint)

The Clodhoppers (Muppetism)

Dress Up Day (Pastafarian)

Erich Heckel (Artology)

Feast of Joseph of Arimathea (Anglican; Roman Catholic)

First Sermon of Buddha (Bhutan)

Germanus of Auxerre (Christian; Saint)

Helen of Skofde, Sweden (Christian; Saint)

Ignatius of Loyola (Christian; Saint)

Jacques Villon (Artology)

Jean Denis Attiret (Artology)

Jean Dubuffet (Artology)

J.K. Rowling (Writerism)

John Columbini (Christian; Saint)

Joseph of Arimathea (Eastern Orthodox)

Ka Hae (Hawaii Flag Day; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Lammas Eve (a.k.a. ... 

August Eve

Hlafmesse (Loaf Mass; Anglo-Saxon)

Lammas, Day 1 (Celtic, Pagan) [5 of 8 Festivals of the Natural Year]

Lughnassad Eve

Lithasblot (Norse Harvest Festival)

Loki and Sigyn’s Day (Norse)

Lughnassadh (Grain Harvest)

Oiche Lughnasadh (Pagan)

Martyrdom Day of Shahid Udham Singh (Haryana, India)

Mary Vaux Walcott (Artology)

Neot (Christian; Saint)

Primo Levi (Writerism)

Real Ale Day (Pastafarian)

Seedy Birds (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

Bad Animals, by Heart (Album; 1987)

BASEketball (Film; 1998)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Film; 1992)

Confidence (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1933)

Dad’s Army (BBC TV Series; 1968)

The Dark Tower (Film; 2017)

Death Becomes Her (Film; 1992)

Enchanted April (Film; 1992)

Ever After (Film; 1998)

Farmer Al Falfa’s Prize Package (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1936)

Four Weddings and a Funeral (TV Series; 2019)

Hang ‘Em High (Film; 1968)

Hot Shots! (Film; 1991)

I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson (Novel; 1954)

Lego Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis (WB Animated Film; 2018)

Little Boy Blue (Castle Films ComiColor Cartoons; 1936)

The Living Daylights (James Bond Film, US; 1987) [#15]

The Lost Boys (Film; 1987)

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (Film; 2015)

Murder Included, by Joanna Cannan (Novel; 1950)

The Negotiator (Film; 1998)

Night (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1930)

Only the Lonely, by Roy Orbison (Song; 1960)

The Pink Pill (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1968)

Plenty of Money and You (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Book of Poems; 1786)

Rascal Flatts, by Rascal Flatts (Album; 2000)

Rushing Roulette (WB MM Cartoon; 1965)

The Shadow (Radio Series; 1930)

Still the One, by Orleans (Song; 1976)

Urban Cowboy (Film; 1980)

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Film; 2017)

What a Night! What a Moon!, recorded by Teddy Wilson (Song; 1935)

The Wiggles (TV Series; 1998)

Today’s Name Days

Hermann, Ignatius, Justinus (Austria)

Ignacije, Vatroslav (Croatia)

Ignác (Czech Republic)

Germanus, Helena (Denmark)

Ave, Meevi (Estonia)

Elena, Helena (Finland)

Ignace (France)

Herrmann, Ignatius, Joseph (Germany)

Iosif, Sifis (Greece)

Oszkár (Hungary)

Barbara (Italy)

Angelika, Renita, Rūta, Sigita (Latvia)

Elena, Ignotas, Sanginas, Vykintė (Lithuania)

Elin, Eline (Norway)

Beatus, Demokryt, Emilian, Ernesta, Ernestyna, Helena, Iga, Ignacja, Ignacy, Justyn, Ludomir, Żegota (Poland)

Margarita, Marina (Russia)

Ignác (Slovakia)

Fabio, Germán, Ignacio (Spain)

Elin, Helena (Sweden)

Ignacio, Inigo, Reed, Reid (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 213 of 2024; 153 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of Week 31 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 26 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 26 (Bing-Shen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 25 Tammuz 5784

Islamic: 24 Muharram 1446

J Cal: 3 Purple; Threesday [3 of 30]

Julian: 18 July 2024

Moon: 17%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 16 Dante (8th Month) [Cameons]

Runic Half Month: Thorn (Defense) [Day 8 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 42 of 94)

Week: Last Week of July

Zodiac: Leo (Day 10 of 31)

[boysappetit]

Erich Bergen

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 7.31

Holidays

African Women’s Day

Air Force Day (Nicaragua)

Always Live Better Than Yester Day

Apricot Day (French Republic)

Black Top Day (a.k.a. Black Tot Day; UK)

Brunhilda Asteroid Day

Change Your Ringtone Day (Australia)

Cool Japan Day

Crossfire Hurricane Day

Devoted Couples Day

Emancipation Day (Belize)

Father’s Day (Dominican Republic)

George Jetson Day

Garda Asteroid Day

The Great Mullein Day

Gryphon Appreciation Day

Hapje Tapje (Leuven, Belgium)

Happy Potter Day

Hot August Nights begin (Reno, Nevada)

Insect Appreciation Day

International Lifeguard Appreciation Day

International Seriously Single Day

Joust of Quintana: La Sfida (The Challenge; Italy) [Pt. 2 in September]

Ka Hae Hawai'i Day (State Flag Day; Hawaii)

Law Enforcement Day (Louisiana)

Mac Davis Day (Lubbock, Texas)

Martyrdom Day of Shahid Udham Singh (Haryana and Punjab, India)

Milton Friedman Day

Mutt's Day

National Blood Donor Day (Iran)

National Commando Day

National Diana Day

National Eisteddford of Wales (Wales)

National Heatstroke Awareness Day

National #Love Day

National Mom Bod Day

National Mutt Day (a.k.a. National Mixed Breed Dog Day)

National Orgasm Day (UK)

National Parent a Biracial Child Day

Operation Motorman Anniversary Day (UK)

Rabbit Rabbit Day [Last Day of Every Month]

Saui Sura (Javanese New Year; Suriname)

Saxophone Day

731 Day

Treasury Day (Poland)

Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day

U.S. Patent Day

Warriors’ Day (Malaysia)

World Day Against Electronic Torture

World MS Trend Day

World Ranger Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cotton Candy Day [also 12.7]

Jump for Jelly Beans Day

Make Homemade Ice Cream and Invite the Neighbors Over Day

National Avocado Day

National Raspberry Cake Day

National Spam Day

Rum Ration Day (a.k.a. Black Tot Day)

Shredded Wheat Day

Independence & Related Days

Sovereignty Restoration Day (Hawaii)

Vanuatu (from UK/France, 1980)

Weimar Constitution Adoption Day (Germany; 1919)

5th & Last Wednesday in July

OSHC Educators Day (Australia) [last Wednesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning July 31 (Last Week of July)

Oregon Brewers Festival begins [Last full weekend; Wednesday thru Saturday] (Now merged with the Portland Rose Festival in May and June)

Festivals Beginning July 31, 2024

Beyond the Gates (Bergen, Norway) [thru 8.3]

Grays Harbor County Fair (Elma, Washington) [thru 8.3]

Iowa Hunger Summit (Des Moines, Iowa)

Maine Lobster Festival (Rockland, Maine) [thru 8.4]

Montelago Celtic Festival (Serravalle di Chienti, Italy) [thru 8.3]

NC Watermelon Festival (Murfreesboro, North Carolina) [thru 8.3]

Northern Maine Fair (Presque Isle, Maine) [thru 8.4]

Ventura County Fair (Ventura, California) [thru 8.11]

Viagem Medieval (Medieval Journey) (Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal) [thru 8.11]

Feast Days

Abanoub (Christian; Saint)

Bill Gates Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Birthday of Nephthys

Cameons (Positivist; Saint)

The Clodhoppers (Muppetism)

Dress Up Day (Pastafarian)

Erich Heckel (Artology)

Feast of Joseph of Arimathea (Anglican; Roman Catholic)

First Sermon of Buddha (Bhutan)

Germanus of Auxerre (Christian; Saint)

Helen of Skofde, Sweden (Christian; Saint)

Ignatius of Loyola (Christian; Saint)

Jacques Villon (Artology)

Jean Denis Attiret (Artology)

Jean Dubuffet (Artology)

J.K. Rowling (Writerism)

John Columbini (Christian; Saint)

Joseph of Arimathea (Eastern Orthodox)

Ka Hae (Hawaii Flag Day; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Lammas Eve (a.k.a. ... 

August Eve

Hlafmesse (Loaf Mass; Anglo-Saxon)

Lammas, Day 1 (Celtic, Pagan) [5 of 8 Festivals of the Natural Year]

Lughnassad Eve

Lithasblot (Norse Harvest Festival)

Loki and Sigyn’s Day (Norse)

Lughnassadh (Grain Harvest)

Oiche Lughnasadh (Pagan)

Martyrdom Day of Shahid Udham Singh (Haryana, India)

Mary Vaux Walcott (Artology)

Neot (Christian; Saint)

Primo Levi (Writerism)

Real Ale Day (Pastafarian)

Seedy Birds (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

Bad Animals, by Heart (Album; 1987)

BASEketball (Film; 1998)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Film; 1992)

Confidence (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1933)

Dad’s Army (BBC TV Series; 1968)

The Dark Tower (Film; 2017)

Death Becomes Her (Film; 1992)

Enchanted April (Film; 1992)

Ever After (Film; 1998)

Farmer Al Falfa’s Prize Package (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1936)

Four Weddings and a Funeral (TV Series; 2019)

Hang ‘Em High (Film; 1968)

Hot Shots! (Film; 1991)

I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson (Novel; 1954)

Lego Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis (WB Animated Film; 2018)

Little Boy Blue (Castle Films ComiColor Cartoons; 1936)

The Living Daylights (James Bond Film, US; 1987) [#15]

The Lost Boys (Film; 1987)

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (Film; 2015)

Murder Included, by Joanna Cannan (Novel; 1950)

The Negotiator (Film; 1998)

Night (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1930)

Only the Lonely, by Roy Orbison (Song; 1960)

The Pink Pill (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1968)

Plenty of Money and You (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Book of Poems; 1786)

Rascal Flatts, by Rascal Flatts (Album; 2000)

Rushing Roulette (WB MM Cartoon; 1965)

The Shadow (Radio Series; 1930)

Still the One, by Orleans (Song; 1976)

Urban Cowboy (Film; 1980)

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Film; 2017)

What a Night! What a Moon!, recorded by Teddy Wilson (Song; 1935)

The Wiggles (TV Series; 1998)

Today’s Name Days

Hermann, Ignatius, Justinus (Austria)

Ignacije, Vatroslav (Croatia)

Ignác (Czech Republic)

Germanus, Helena (Denmark)

Ave, Meevi (Estonia)

Elena, Helena (Finland)

Ignace (France)

Herrmann, Ignatius, Joseph (Germany)

Iosif, Sifis (Greece)

Oszkár (Hungary)

Barbara (Italy)

Angelika, Renita, Rūta, Sigita (Latvia)

Elena, Ignotas, Sanginas, Vykintė (Lithuania)

Elin, Eline (Norway)

Beatus, Demokryt, Emilian, Ernesta, Ernestyna, Helena, Iga, Ignacja, Ignacy, Justyn, Ludomir, Żegota (Poland)

Margarita, Marina (Russia)

Ignác (Slovakia)

Fabio, Germán, Ignacio (Spain)

Elin, Helena (Sweden)

Ignacio, Inigo, Reed, Reid (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 213 of 2024; 153 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of Week 31 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 26 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 26 (Bing-Shen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 25 Tammuz 5784

Islamic: 24 Muharram 1446

J Cal: 3 Purple; Threesday [3 of 30]

Julian: 18 July 2024

Moon: 17%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 16 Dante (8th Month) [Cameons]

Runic Half Month: Thorn (Defense) [Day 8 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 42 of 94)

Week: Last Week of July

Zodiac: Leo (Day 10 of 31)

[miezkind]

Jetzt ist es fünf Uhr früh. Hinter den Bergen steht das grüne Licht des Morgens und die Lampe verrostet zu bleichem Gelb. Am Himmel ist riesig leuchtend nur noch die Venus; sie ist so stark, daß sie eine Lichtbahn über das bleigraue Wasser des fröstelnden Sees wirft. Ich habe noch ein Stück gearbeitet - ein Stück von einer Geburt in einem Hotelzimmer - und nun schreibe ich mit müder Hand diesen Brief weiter. Mein Kopf ist ganz klar, nur meine Hand ist müde vom vielen Schreiben - und ich bin sehr jung und habe eine Geliebte und viele Hoffnungen. Das Drama des Tages ist zu Ende, ich habe den lautlosen Monolog beendet, ich bin glücklich und unglücklich, traurig und froh gewesen, achtzig Jahre und achtzehn, ein Philosoph und ein Schwärmer, ein Zyniker und ein Romantiker, und nun in dieser letzten Stunde bin ich einfach jung und habe eine Geliebte und ich glaube, dass ich sie wiedersehen werde. Ich habe eine Geliebte, und einmal in einer verschollenen Zeit, wusch sie sich die Haare in meinem Badezimmer und nachher bürstete ich sie trocken und dann schliefen wir in meinem Zimmer, in dem viele Chrysanthemen standen, und immer, wenn wir aufwachten, hatte sich das Licht auf den Blüten verändert, und die Nacht kam, und manchmal wachten wir nicht richtig auf, wir stießen nur aneinander und unsere Hände wachten ein bißchen und wir fühlten uns uns murmelten schlaftrunken: Du Geliebte und: wie ich dich liebe - und: ich will nie mehr ohne dich sein - Ich will nie mehr ohne dich sein, Mund an meinem Gesicht, Atem an meinem Hals, ich will nie mehr ohne dich sein, ich weiß keine Worte mehr, ich habe den ganzen Tag mit ihnen bauen müssen, ich will sie hinter mich werfen, ich bin nur Fließen und Gefühle und ich will bei dir liegen und lautlos, schweigend will ich Dir sagen:

Erich Maria Remarque an Marlene Dietrich

In: "Sag mir, daß du mich liebst...". Erich Maria Remarque - Marlene Dietrich. Zeugnisse einer Leidenschaft. Hg.: Werner Fuld, Thomas F. Schneider. Köln 2003. Seite 104.