#kitt russell

[nexttopbadbitch]

[babyphat05]

Do you have any interview suggestions from women who I can take inspo when it comes to being more feminine and speaking more confidently in public?

I love watching Eartha Kitt speak, and act - whatever the case may be, she was such a unique woman. Super theatrical, extremely confident, and made her presence known in every room she entered. And her voice!!!! I love her: Speaking Freely: Eartha Kitt

Diana Ross was so dreamy in this interview. Physically of course she's just perfect but her attractive and positive personality makes her a 10/10. She's another one who's just super eloquent and articulate. Diana Ross on The Russell Harty Show

I love Miss. Jackson! I think she's one of the few women who really exudes sex appeal all while not trying too hard in doing so. Her soft voice, her smile, her super pure and kind personality - perfect example of how this particular appeal should never be forced. i could see how anyone can fold just being in her presence. Janet Jackson Late Night With Conan O'Brien

The persona that Marylin Monroe portrayed to the public was essentially an act as she wasn't being authentically herself, but she can be used as a source of inspiration nonetheless. Marylin was pretty consistent with having this child-like, super feminine innocence about her. I personally found it to be adorable. It's pretty obvious why she was the bombshell of the 50s. Marilyn Monroe Rare Footage And interview Paris Ball 1957

Diahann Carroll is literally a no-brainer. How she spoke and her poise was admirable. I think she's the epitome of someone who was bougie and she personified this word in any and every way. Huge inspiration when it comes to presenting yourself in public: Johnny Carson Interview Diahann Carroll

Diana Dors has been a new favorite of mine. My favorite 50s blonde bombshell has always been Marylin and although the two are somewhat similar looks-wise, Diana had more of an edge to her personality-wise. I really love this interview from her, the interviewer was very much so misogynistic with his questions but Diana handled it with class: Diana Dors--Complete Mike Wallace Interview, 1957

[billboard-hotties-tourney]

Okay, folks, the mini-tourney is inching closer to the finals, so I'm going to give a list of the competitors in the Miss Billboard Tourney in order to give everyone a chance to submit more propaganda. The nominees are:

Lale Andersen

Marian Anderson

Signe Toly Anderson

Julie Andrews

LaVerne Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Patty Andrews

Ann-Margret

Joan Armatrading

Dorothy Ashby

Joan Baez

Pearl Bailey

Belle Baker

Josephine Baker

LaVern Baker

Florence Ballard

Brigitte Bardot

Eileen Barton

Fontella Bass

Shirley Bassey

Maggie Bell

Lola Beltran

Ivy Benson

Gladys Bentley

Jane Birkin

Cilla Black

Ronee Blakley

Teresa Brewer

Anne Briggs

Ruth Brown

Joyce Bryant

Vashti Bunyan

Kate Bush

Montserrat Caballe

Maria Callas

Blanche Calloway

Wendy Carlos

Cathy Carr

Raffaella Carra

Diahann Carroll

Karen Carpenter

June Carter Cash

Charo

Cher

Meg Christian

Gigliola Cinquetti

Petula Clark

Merry Clayton

Patsy Cline

Rosemary Clooney

Natalie Cole

Judy Collins

Alice Coltrane

Betty Comden

Barbara Cook

Rita Coolidge

Gal Costa

Ida Cox

Karen Dalton

Marie-Louise Damien

Betty Davis

Jinx Dawson

Doris Day

Blossom Dearie

Kiki Dee

Lucienne Delyle

Sandy Denny

Jackie DeShannon

Gwen Dickey

Marlene Dietrich

Marie-France Dufour

Julie Driscoll

Yvonne Elliman

Cass Elliot

Maureen Evans

Agnetha Faeltskog

Marianne Faithfull

Mimi Farina

Max Feldman

Gracie Fields

Ella Fitzgerald

Roberta Flack

Lita Ford

Connie Francis

Aretha Franklin

France Gall

Judy Garland

Crystal Gayle

Gloria Gaynor

Bobbie Gentry

Astrud Gilberto

Donna Jean Godchaux

Lesley Gore

Eydie Gorme

Margo Guryan

Sheila Guyse

Nina Hagen

Francoise Hardy

Emmylou Harris

Debbie Harry

Annie Haslam

Billie Holiday

Mary Hopkin

Lena Horne

Helen Humes

Betty Hutton

Janis Ian

Mahalia Jackson

Wanda Jackson

Etta James

Joan Jett

Bessie Jones

Etta Jones

Gloria Jones

Grace Jones

Shirley Jones

Tamiko Jones

Janis Joplin

Barbara Keith

Carole King

Eartha Kitt

Chaka Khan

Hildegard Knef

Gladys Knight

Sonja Kristina

Patti Labelle

Cleo Laine

Nicolette Larson

Daliah Lavi

Vicky Leandros

Peggy Lee

Rita Lee

Alis Lesley

Barbara Lewis

Abbey Lincoln

Melba Liston

Julie London

Darlene Love

Lulu

Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Barbara Lynn

Loretta Lynn

Vera Lynn

Siw Malmkvist

Lata Mangeshkar

Linda McCartney

Kate McGarrigle

Christie McVie

Bette Midler

Jean Millington

June Millington

Liza Minnelli

Carmen Miranda

Joni Mitchell

Liz Mitchell

Marion Montgomery

Lee Morse

Nana Mouskouri

Anne Murray

Wenche Myhre

Holly Near

Olivia Newton-John

Stevie Nicks

Nico

Laura Nyro

Virginia O’Brien

Odetta

Yoko Ono

Shirley Owens

Patti Page

Dolly Parton

Freda Payne

Michelle Phillips

Edith Piaf

Ruth Pointer

Leontyne Price

Suzi Quatro

Gertrude Rainey

Bonnie Raitt

Carline Ray

Helen Reddy

Della Reese

Martha Reeves

June Richmond

Jeannie C. Riley

Minnie Riperton

Jean Ritchie

Chita Rivera

Clara Rockmore

Linda Ronstadt

Marianne Rosenberg

Diana Ross

Anna Russell

Melanie Safka

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Samantha Sang

Pattie Santos

Hazel Scott

Doreen Shaffer

Jackie Shane

Marlena Shaw

Sandie Shaw

Dinah Shore

Judee Sill

Carly Simon

Nina Simone

Nancy Sinatra

Siouxsie Sioux

Grace Slick

Bessie Smith

Mamie Smith

Patti Smith

Ethel Smyth

Mercedes Sosa

Ronnie Spector

Dusty Springfield

Mavis Staples

Candi Staton

Barbra Streisand

Poly Styrene

Maxine Sullivan

Donna Summer

Pat Suzuki

Norma Tanega

Tammi Terrell

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Big Mama Thornton

Mary Travers

Moe Tucker

Tina Turner

Twiggy

Bonnie Tyler

Sylvia Tyson

Sarah Vaughan

Sylvie Vartan

Mariska Veres

Akiko Wada

Claire Waldoff

Jennifer Warnes

Dee Dee Warwick

Dionne Warwick

Dinah Washington

Ethel Waters

Elisabeth Welch

Kitty Wells

Mary Wells

Juliane Werding

Tina Weymouth

Cris Williamson

Ann Wilson

Mary Wilson

Nancy Wilson

Anna Mae Winburn

Syreeta Wright

Tammy Wynette

Nan Wynn

Those in italics have five or more pieces of usable visual, written, or audio propaganda already. If you have any visuals like photos or videos, or if you have something to say in words, submit it to this blog before round one begins on June 25th!

If you don't see a name you submitted here, it's because most or all of their career was as a child/they were too young for the cutoff, their career was almost entirely after 1979, or music was something they only dabbled in and are hardly known for. There are quite a few ladies on the list whose primary career wasn't "recording artist" or "live musician," but released several albums or were in musical theater, so they've been accepted.

[d011zk1ll]

Adrian's inner melody is La Valse d'Amélie

Marinette's is Einuadi: Experience

Chat noir's is true loves last kiss

Ladybugs is empheria

When any combination of the four are together (excluding Adrien and chat and marinette and ladybug) they both inexplicably turn into perfectly timed in the rain

And Lukas just like:

[kiraastro]

Venus in Shravana: Foreign Spouse

Venus in shravana can give a spouse/partner that is:

Born in a foreign country

Of foreign ethnicity and or race

Comes from a different cultural background and or speaks a different language

"Shravana's yogatara is faraway from the ecliptic (plane). So there is some connection with far-off or foreign lands with shravana." —Dr. Aditya Togi

From: "Nakshatra Series: Shravana Nakshatra by Pai Team", Youtube.com

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Men with venus in shravana:

L: Mel Gibson and ex-wife Robyn Moore (Australian)

R: Oscar Isaac and Elvira Lind (Danish)

L: Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton (English and Ugandan)

R: Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz (English-born with Hungarian and Austrian ethnic background)

L: Daniel Craig and ex-wife Fiona Loudon (Scottish)

R: Harry Styles and Taylor Russell (White Canadian and Jamaican)

Women with venus in shravana:

L: Yoko Ono and John Lennon (English)

R: Kate Moss and her long-term partner Nikolai von Bismarck (he comes from the house of Bismarck, German noble family)

L: Eartha Kitt and John McDonald (White American)

R: Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi (Australian-American)

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[jesterlesbian]

i made a playlist of all the needle drops (in order) in fellow travelers!

list of all songs under the cut

If It's Magic - Stevie Wonder

Pretend - Nat King Cole

Rags to Riches - Tony Bennett

You Turned the Tables On Me - Anita O'Day

'Tain't Nobody's Business - Billie Holiday

Land of Love - Nat King Cole, as performed by Chelsea Russell as Stormé DeLarverie

I Couldn't Say It To Your Face - Arthur Russell

Take the "A" Train - Duke Ellington

The Train Kept-a-Rollin' - Tiny Bradshaw

Kiss of Fire - Georgia Gibbs

Four - Miles Davis

Walk The Night - Skatt Bros

Blue And Grey Shirt - American Music Club

Mad About the Boy - song by Noël Coward, as performed by Chelsea Russell as Stormé DeLarverie

Lover, Come Back To Me! - Nat King Cole

Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes - Perry Como

Please Love Me - B.B. King

Ain't This A Wonderful Day? - Anita O'Day

Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps - Doris Day

The Great Pretender - Freddie Mercury

Dig That Crazy Santa Claus - Oscar McLollie

Good Morning Blues - Count Basie

Heartache - Violent Femmes

Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt

The Christmas Blues - Dean Martin

Silent Night - Klaus Nomi

Speak Low - Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass

Leap Frog - Charlie Parker

Out - Steven Grossman

Pictures of Matchstick Men - Status Quo

The Letter - The Box Tops

I Thank You - Sam & Dave

Loving Grows Up Slow - Sylvester

Boys Keep Swinging - David Bowie

Relight My Fire - Dan Hartman

You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Sylvester

Found a Cure (12" Disco Mix) - Ashford & Simpson

MacArthur Park - Donna Summer

Maggot Brain - Funkadelic

They Are Falling All Around Me - Michael Callen

I Look At You - Johnny Mathis

I Can Dream About You - Dan Hartman

Love Is Overtaking Me - Arthur Russell

[moontrinemars]

TENTH LORD in SUN NAKSHATRAS

As always, recorded for my own benefit, published for yours. Sidereal placements used. General disclaimer is in my bio. Credit to KRSchannel for inspiring this series.

Find your 10th lord here, and find your 10th lord's nakshatra here.

The 10th house rules our life's honor. It represents the services we perform for society as well as the reputation we earn as a result. It is associated with the father and the career because traditionally, this is where both our standing in society and the role we performed in society would come from - inherited through the father's family line. However, in our contemporary world, this isn't always the case, which is why it's important to know the grander themes at play.

The three Sun-ruled nakshatras are Krittika, Uttara Phalguni, and Uttara Ashadha.

The sun is the luminary object that represents what we make of ourselves. It is not our most base self (the Ascendant) or what our experiences make of us (the moon). Instead, it is how our decisions define us. Growth, and personal development must all come through the sun in some way - because success, while partially circumstantial, is also dependent on us pursuing joy, or even just allowing ourselves some happiness in whatever form we find it. Essentially, the sun is who we choose to be - and who we might be if we put forth the effort to flourish rather than just survive.

Do you have your 10th lord in a Sun-ruled nakshatra? That means you...

Katharine Hepburn, Cardi B, and Eartha Kitt all have their tenth lords in Sun ruled nakshatras. Katharine's is in Krittika, Cardi's is in Uttara Phalguni, and Eartha's is in Uttara Ashadha.

... use your energy, warmth, and personality to shape your career and your communities, and vice versa.

This placement is a ticket to a rising status - which is good, because individuals with this placement have an inborn need to improve their station, and then to improve the world through their new influence. They come across as effortlessly magnetic to the public, and yet, to their peers, they remain thoroughly relatable. They are capable of spearheading projects that nobody else would have the courage to even consider, but they may allow their ego or pride to dictate how they handle their responsibilities to society.

As for famous natives, well, fame is the wheelhouse of the sun, particularly in terms of popularity. The term cult of personality comes to mind, as it is these natives who come to immense profit simply by acting like themselves. In turn, this is the only placement where benefitting from fame nepotism is more bad than good, as the native's sun is eclipsed by the star that already hung in the sky, after having risen to prominence of its own accord. Regardless, this is a generous placement, and a lot of philanthropy can be traced back to these celebrity natives, even before it was trendy.

More on the specifics of Krittika, Uttara Phalguni, and Uttara Ashadha below!

If KRITTIKA RULES the TENTH LORD, you...

Shakira, Lon Chaney, and Billie Lourd all have their tenth lords in Krittika. Others with this placement are Christina Applegate, Franz Kafka, Wayne Newton, Alan Turing, Sandra Bullock, Vanessa Hudgens, Mae Whitman, Russell Crow, Alexandre Dumas, Bing Crosby, and Karl Marx.

Create and receive positive energy with your public interactions.

Have trouble maintaining consistency with your work habits.

Have more precise control of your physical body and its movements when you are being observed or reviewed.

Are passionate about various social causes and have strong ideas about how they should be handled.

Have no patience for dishonesty or deception when it comes to professional relationships.

and you may find...

Criticism and skepticism comes naturally to you, and you are compelled to communicate your skepticism for better or worse.

You are involved in workplace affairs, tempted to be involved in workplace affairs, or find they are common wherever you work.

Diplomacy, which may or may not be a skill of yours when handling private manners, becomes much more difficult in the workplace or when the matters are made public.

You are more temperamental, fiery, or easy to anger at work and in public than you are at home or in private.

You end up responsible for a lot of "cutting" and 'shaving' in the workplace - physical, like shredding papers or chopping ingredients, or figurative, like budget cuts.

KRITTIKA is the Star of Fire. Industries and career types favored are those involving crafts that depend on heat and fire, critiquing, oversight, education, spirituality, cutting or needlework, modeling, fashion and styling, military, building contracting, and leadership.

If UTTARA PHALGUNI RULES the TENTH LORD, you...

Rami Malek, Fiona Apple, and Kirsten Dunst all have their tenth lords in Uttara Phalguni. Others with this placement are Austin Butler, Mae West, Adam Driver, William Wordsworth, Samuel Adams, and Rachel Miner.

Are naturally attuned to social graces, traditions, and etiquette.

Come across as straight-forward, likable, and friendly in public.

Are ambitious and productive, so advancement comes easily.

Swing between excessive generosity to others, and entitled or ungrateful behavior for what you are given.

Hold yourself and others to high standards in the name of maintaining your ego.

and you may find...

People you meet in public or through work are compelled to do favors for you - or you for them depending on situations - which may lead to treatment from your superiors that peers find unfair.

Opening up about hardships, turmoil, or conflict in a public setting is grossly uncomfortable and embarrassing to you.

Your relationships attract unwarranted attention, with others treating them as scandals rather than your personal business.

Ending things is always impossibly messy for you, and you have a hard time fully completing anything with any satisfaction.

You allow sentimentality, patience, and generosity to sucker you into enabling the poor behavior of strangers or coworkers.

Luxury and comfort become a top priority in your line of work, regardless of whether that's because you seek it out in those circumstances, or if it's a matter of meeting work standards.

UTTARA PHALGUNI is the Star of Patronage. Industries and career types favored are those involving entertainment, performance and public speaking, counseling, philanthropy, diplomacy, patriotism, service, animals, food and nutrition, caretaking, mathematics, sales, and personality management.

If UTTARA ASHADHA RULES the TENTH LORD...

Dolly Parton, Jeff Bridges, and Saint Bernadette all have their tenth lords in Uttara Ashadha. Others with this placement are Billy Joel, Justin Timberlake, Napoleon Bonaparte I, Patsy Cline, Otto Von Bismarck, Umberto Eco, Lady Iris Mountbatten, Shia LaBeouf, Betrand Russell, and Peter Jackson.

Are modest and down-to earth, but also ambitious and idealistic.

Network perfectly naturally, without strategy, with great results.

End up creatively or intellectually absorbed in any projects that engage the public or your profession, always digging deeper.

Are susceptible to flattery, and get frustrated when people don't appreciate your efforts or don't react as you want them to.

Act like a martyr for work-related stress, despite it being a result of your own choices and priorities.

and you may find...

Things come much, much easier to you when you handle them in public or at work, rather than other settings or environments.

Work or public service projects that you start nearly always prosper, not just to the end you had in mind, but beyond that.

Others treat you as moral authority as you're compelled to speak up when you witness injustice in public or in the workplace

Reading and learning has benefitted you, and helped you to stick out as particularly knowledgable or skilled in your career.

You face adversity early in your career, only for success to come quickly and plentifully once you are older and more established.

Both traveling for work and finishing projects brings you more trouble than it feels like its worth.

UTTARA ASHADHA is the Universal Star. Industries and career types favored are those involving authority, judgment, leadership, religion, exploring, discovery, combat sports, athletics, defense, preservation, construction, archives, research, and causes.

Hope this was helpful. Feel free to message with any questions, thoughts, or ideas. Part 4, focusing on 10th Lords with Moon Nakshatras, will be next! ♡

[broadwaydivastournament]

MOVIE MUSICAL DIVAS TOURNAMENT: ROUND 2 MASTERPOST

There will be a total of 25 polls in this round, rolling out over the next five days. Check back here for a running list.

Ginger Rogers vs. Rita Hayworth Kay Thompson vs. Carol Burnett Bebe Daniels vs. Lupe Vélez Diana Ross vs. Shirley Jones Virginia O'Brien vs. Ann Miller

Deborah Kerr vs. Eleanor Parker Josephine Baker vs. Ruby Dee Jeanette MacDonald vs. Maxine Sullivan Vyjayanthimala vs. Barbra Streisand Catherine Deneuve vs. Susan Sarandon

Rosalind Russell vs. Ethel Merman Dorothy Dandridge vs. Moira Sherer Hermione Gingold vs. Pearl Bailey Lena Horne vs. Vera-Ellen Esther Williams vs. Lata Mangeshkar

Eartha Kitt vs. Ellen Greene Whoopi Goldberg vs. Julie Andrews Ethel Waters vs. Nancy Carroll Asha Bhosle vs. Helen Ann Reinking vs. Patricia Quinn

Dolly Parton vs. Whitney Houston Judy Garland vs. Debbie Reynolds Bea Arthur vs. Angela Lansbury Madeline Kahn vs. Bernadette Peters Chita Rivera vs. Rita Moreno

[vintagestagehotties]

Round 1 is officially over!

Congratulations to the actresses who made it to Round 2!

Round 2 will begin on Saturday, May 4th

The winners of Round 1:

Maude Adams

Anna Maria Alberghetti

Julie Andrews

Angela Baddeley

Hermione Baddeley

Lauren Bacall

Olga Baclanova

Pearl Bailey

Josephine Baker

Lucille Ball

Anne Bancroft

Tallulah Bankhead

Theda Bara

Mona Barrie

Jessie Bateman

Polly Bergen

Claire Bloom

Mrs Patrick Campbell

Diahann Carroll

Lina Cavalieri

Helen Chandler

Geraldine Chaplin

Ruth Chatterton

Claudette Colbert

Constance Collier

Gladys Cooper

Katharine Cornell

Phyllis Dare

Zena Dare

Ruby Dee

Judi Dench

Stephanie Deste

Marie Doro

Geraldine Farrar

Maude Fealy

Edwige Feuillère

Susanna Foster

Trixie Friganza

Jane Froman

Eva Gabor

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Mary Garden

Greer Garson

Dusolina Giannini

Hermione Gingold

Dorothy Gish

Lillian Gish

Frances Greer

Mata Hari

Dolores Hart

Olivia de Havilland

Jill Haworth

Audrey Hepburn

Libby Holman

Lena Horne

Sally Ann Howes

Ethel Irving

Diane Keaton

Lisa Kirk

Eartha Kitt

Angela Landbury

Carol Lawrence

Vivien Leigh

Lotte Lenya

Beatrice Lillie

Bambi Linn

Gillian Lynne

Heather MacRae

Jayne Mansfield

Mary Martin

Jessie Matthews

Siobhán McKenna

Meng Xiaodong

Helen Menken

Ethel Merman

Cléo de Mérode

Evelyn Millard

Liza Minnelli

Rita Moreno

Odette Myrtil

Pola Negri

Julie Newmar

Nichelle Nichols

Maureen O’Sullivan

Aida Overton Walker

Anna Pavlova

Bernadette Peters

Lily Pons

Rosa Ponselle

Lee Remick

Diana Rigg

Thelma Ritter

Chita Rivera

Ginger Rogers

Lillian Russell

Rosalind Russell

Diana Sands

Lizabeth Scott

Maggie Smith

Emily Stevens

Susan Strasberg

Barbra Streisand

Yma Sumac

Inga Swenson

Laurette Taylor

Hilda Trevelyan

Monique Van Vooren

Fannie Ward

Ethel Warwick

Elisabeth Welch

Mae West

Anna May Wong

Diana Wynyard

Yoshiko Yamaguchi

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Eartha Kitt by Russell Westwood 📷

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Eartha Kitt performing at the Churchill Club in London,1951 Photographer: Russell Westwood

[hagatha-christie]

I spent most of my free time in September and October either working on a very cute space blanket for my friend's kid's 1st bday or staring at my wall (depression) but here's what I read anyway

The bad: none, because I'm mature enough now to quit books when I realize I'm not into them

The fine:

The Cloven Viscount by Italo Calvino: a pretty grim fairy tale that has a very fairy tale ending in that everything closes neatly and also kind of abrubtly. RATW book for Italy.

The Queer Principles of Kitt Webb by Cat Sebastian: not my favorite of hers!

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson: spooky and witchy and fun enough while I read it.

You Are Here, ed. Ada Limon: a very mixed bag of poems which typically poetry anthologies are! Still glad I read it!

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu: a little trippy but fast paced and kind of fun! Looking forward to the Hulu series even though I think they're going to change the plot quite a bit bc idk how the plot of the book would be adapted coherently.

The good:

Sleep Donation by Karen Russell: my short story queen wrote a novella that I liked a lot, just not as much as her short stories. She's got a couple books coming out next year (a collection and a novel) that I'm pretty excited about.

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart: not as good as Shuggie Bain but still enjoyed it (enjoyed is maybe a weird word for it because it's pretty bleak but u know what I mean). Similar themes but much more plot-y than Shuggie. RATW book for Scotland.

Stitching Freedom by Isabella Rosner: a zine about embroiderers who used embroidery during periods of incarceration for various reasons. Absolutely fascinating, learned a lot, wish it was longer.

The great:

Jamilia by Chingiz Aitmatov: reminded me a lot of My Antonia in the best ways - boy in love with a slightly older girl who he watches from afar as she falls in love w someone else, long descriptions of sweeping landscapes, the difficulties of rural life. A lovely lil novel. RATW book for Kyrgyzstan

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu: fair warning I cried a LOT at this book, it was really sad but also really beautiful and a pretty clever way of structuring a book. Each chapter follows a different narrator but are all about the world after a virus starts infecting people after permafrost in Siberia melts. A lot of characters are vaguely interconnected between chapters but I think it was so well done!

[movies-to-add-to-your-tbw]

Title: The Emperor's New Groove

Rating: G

Director: Mark Dindal

Cast: David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Wendie Malick, Kellyann Kelso, Eli Russell Linnetz, Stephen J. Anderson, Bob Bergen, Rodger Bumpass, Robert Clotworthy, Jennifer Darling, Patti Deutsch, John Fiedler, Miriam Flynn

Release year: 2000

Genres: comedy, adventure, fantasy

Blurb: Self-centred Emperor Kuzco summons Pacha from a village to tell him that his home will be destroyed to make room for Kuzco's new summer palace. Soon after, Kuzco's advisor Yzma tries to poison him and accidentally turns him into a llama, which leads to him ending up in Pacha's village. Pacha offers to help Kuzco...if he doesn't destroy his house, leading them to form an unlikely partnership.

[adamwatchesmovies]

Kronk's New Groove (2005)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

Kronk’s New Groove is the worst kind of sequel. Not only is it bad, it’s so dreadful it makes you wonder if you really even liked the first movie.

Now the chef and head delivery boy of Mudka’s Meat Hut, Kronk Pepikrankenitz (voiced by Patrick Warburton) should be happy. Instead, he’s worried. His disapproving father is coming to visit and all the loveable lug can think about are the times where he tried - and failed - to obtain the family and house on the hill pops dreamed he’d have.

Think of your favourite jokes from The Emperor’s New Groove. Guess what? It's back! They’re all back! Well, cheap clones of them, anyway. The shot where Yzma (Eartha Kitt) lifts up her dress and the characters recoil in horror because they think the old, ugly witch is trying to be sexy but actually, she’s showing them something else? You get it. How about Chaca (Jessie Flower) and Tipo (Eli Russell Linnetz) arguing? You get that too. The Emperor (David Spade) breaking the fourth wall and commenting on the action? Yup. Yzma’s secret lair beneath the surface? Talking with squirrels? The food that turns out to be disgusting bugs? Check, check, check. Too bad none of it is original or remotely amusing this time.

It goes without saying that this direct-to-video sequel has animation of a significantly lower quality than its predecessor. That’s forgiveable. What isn’t is the quality of the songs. Kronk’s New Groove barely qualifies as a musical but there are just enough tunes to make you regret you have ears. The most memorable number is when Earth, Wind and Fire’s Let’s Groove plays. ‘Cause it has “groove” in the name, get it?

One of the funniest elements of The Emperor’s New Groove was its historical anachronisms. Kronk’s New Groove has them too and they’re constant. It’s set in ancient Incan times but we have scout leaders with British accents, Jewish weddings, references to Titanic and The Lord of the Rings, and so on and so forth. Seems to me as if the writers just threw whatever dusty gags they found in the bin together and called it a day.

Though it isn’t as blatantly obvious as it is in Atlantis: Milo’s Return and Tarzan 2, this all feels suspiciously like a bunch of TV episodes stitched together to make a movie. The first “plot” has Kronk swindling the village fossils out of their savings for a youth potion that doesn’t work after Yzma inexplicably returns. The second is the tale of two rival scout troupes battling it out for a trophy while romance blossoms between Kronk and Miss Birdwell (voiced by Tracey Ullman). After reminiscing these events, Kronk’s father arrives and our hero scrambles to come up with a “family” so pops won’t be disappointed. Are you tired of this movie yet?

Kronk’s New Groove proves a little of its titular character went a long way. You get sick of this movie within a quarter of an hour. Too bad. You’ve got another 57 agonizingly long minutes to go. I’m going to resist giving it the lowest possible score for reasons I can’t explain but it’s a tough inner battle. The audacity of a scene in which Kuzko yells at “the guy up in the projection booth” to restart the movie almost made me laugh. As if any theater would be desperate enough to show this on one of their screens. (February 26, 2021)

[a-gay-a-day]

Kitt Russell

Kitt Russell graduated in 1942, and was a female impersonater at club 82. I will be choosing to use she/her pronouns for Kitt, since she was either transgender or a drag queen, and used she/her pronouns while onstage.

She performed at Gay box Revue, and supposedly won homecoming queen, but the news sources that reports that is a little sensationalist, so I would have to do more research to figure out if it is true. She is not very famous now, which makes finding information about her very difficult for me. However, I found some newspaper clippings and photos of her, courtesy of Queermusicheritage, which I have put under the readmore.

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Queer wins in 2022

Inspired by a Medium article by Kaylin Hamilton, Ph.D

Queer rep in politics

US:

Two womn share the title of first openly lesbian Governor: Maura Healey (MA, Dem) and Tina Kotek (OR, Dem)

First openly gay immigrant member of Congress: Robert Garcia (CA, Dem)

First trans man ever elected to any state legislature in U.S. history: James Roesner (NH, Dem)

First Black queer person ever elected to statewide office in US history : Erick Russell (CT, Dem)

First non-binary candidate elected to the Montana state legislature: SJ Howell (Dem)

First openly trans woman to be elected to the Montana state government: Zooey Zephyr (Dem)

Worldwide:

UK - First openly trans member of British parliament: Jamie Wallis (Con)

Argentina - First openly lesbian government minister: Ayelén Mazzina (PJ)

India - First ever transgender woman to state office: Bobi Kinnar ( AAP)

Trinidad and Tobago - First openly transgender senator: Jowelle De Souza (Independent)

Queer rep in the media

First Pixar movie to feature an on-screen lesbian kiss: Lightyear

First Disney animation with a gay lead character: Strange Worlds

First openly trans Golden Globe winner for an acting role: Michaela Jaé Rodriguez

Conversion therapy bans

Full conversion therapy bans:

New Zealand

Canada

Vietnam

Paraguay

Mexico (Sonora, Hidalgo, Puebla, Baja California, Jalisco. Nationwide ban is pending)

Partial ban or criminalisation, with an exemption for religious organisations:

Cyprus

France and all its overseas territories and protectorates (Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, French Southern Territories, Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana)

The US state of Pennsylvania has prevented any state-funding of organisations that engage in conversion practices

Greece’s ban left a loophole for those not receiving remuneration for practicing conversion therapy (such as religious organisations)

MSM blood donation restrictions lifted

Ireland

Canada

Austria

Slovenia

Lithuania

France

Ireland

Malta

Greece

Same-sex marriage and adoption

Legalised same-sex marriage:

Mexico (Previously legal everywhere except Tamaulipas, now legal nationwide)

Cuba

Slovenia

Switzerland

Chile

Legalised same-sex adoption:

Taiwan (ambiguous: the Legislative Yuan is yet to codify with legislation)

Mexican state of Nayarit

Croatia (same-sex marriage not legalised)

Slovenia

Cuba

Forward movement:

The US federal government passed the Respect for Marriage Act, obligating American Samoa to recognise foreign same-sex marriages.

India heard two petitions with a view towards recognising same-sex marriage across the country

Japan allows same-sex partnerships

The Ukrainian president suggested allowing same-sex civil partnerships in the future

Same-sex activity

Singapore (also dropped censorship for LGBT+ media content)

Saint Kitts & Nevis (also equalised age of consent)

Antigua & Barbuda (also equalised age of consent)

Barbados

Chile equalised the age of consent

Trans and non-binary rights

Recognised non-binary identities:

Colombia

Brazil (Bahia, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro)

Mexico (Hidalgo)

Chile

Canada (Quebec)

US (Vermont)

Costa Rica (recognises foreign documentation for non-binary and ‘not indicated’ genders)

US - North Carolina and Montana now allow legal gender change without surgery

India - Ruled that trans people can compete in sport for their lived gender

Germany - The German football (soccer) federation allows transgender, intersex and non-binary players to choose whether to play in men's or women's teams

Kuwait - Ruled that a law which criminalises people for ‘imitating the opposite sex’ is unconstitutional

Scotland - Lowered the age of legal transition to 16, removed the neeed for a gender dysphoria diagnosis, and lowed the ‘lived experience’ requirement from two years to three months.

Intersex rights

Kenya - Genital surgery on intersex babies is now punishable by a 5000$ fine, introduced an ‘I’ gender marker

Greece - Introduced a full ban on intersex genital mutilation