#ross carpenter

[lustnhim]

elvis in ‘girls! girls! girls!’ (1962) 𐙚˙⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩

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[hooked-on-elvis]

Here's more Ross Carpenter for us.

We totally deserve it. 🫠

[thetaoofzoe]

@eapep

I went back to rewatch the beginning for my own ummm... edification. Listen, he could have taken the money like a good little boy, but then if he did, no movie. :D

(after the husband pulls in the fish and is so seasick he has to lie down below decks leaving Mrs Morgan and Ross alone)

Mrs Morgan: Why don't you relax and come get some sun with me?

Ross: Why don't you check to see if your husband is all right.

Mrs Morgan: No!

Ross: Take a look, Chen.

Chen: Mr Morgan, he's sleeping.

Mrs Morgan: That's him!

(Mrs Morgan creeping up behind Ross who's sitting in the captain's chair steering the boat)

Mrs Morgan: Don't you feel sorry for me?

Ross: ln a way, yeah.

Mrs Morgan: You must get a lot of this. (stroking Ross's shoulder playfully an obviously hinting that he always gets this same attention she's giving him)

Ross: Quite a bit. You'd think if nothing else the fish smell would keep them away.

Mrs Morgan: You wanna keep them away?

Ross: No! No, l like girls.

Mrs Morgan: Not as much as the boat.

Ross: l live on the boat. l'd like to own her.

Mrs Morgan: What's stopping you?

Ross: Money.

Mrs Morgan: That shouldn't be a problem.

Ross: You must be kidding.

Mrs Morgan: l wouldn't do that. l don't give to organised charity. But there's a big charge in doing it this way... individual cases.

Ross: Mrs Morgan… l don't accept charity from anybody. l have to earn what l get.

Mrs Morgan: You would, honey. You would.

(Ross angrily accelerated the boat throwing Mrs Morgan back)

[deke-rivers-1957]

Just saw Girls! Girls! Girls!

That's the post.

[klizzie93]

Single

Taken

In love with Ross Carpenter

[thehellcat96]

You're sweet Ross ❤️

[chaoticunorigionalstranger]

BOM London Matinee 26/11/22

Tom Xander, Ross Carpenter and Nicole-Lily Baisden's last matinee (see attached cast list)

Dom is back!!!!!!

(Also, got myself a last min ticket to the evening performance)

Not a massive muck-up or anything like that, but the cast were extra.

Here are the highlights that I remember:

There was alot of flirting with Price. Alot of the ensemble - Ugandans and Mormons - were flirting with him. There was a fair bit of touching Price's arm.

When Price and Cunningham were introduced to Naba Price tried to flirt by giving her a little finger wave, but she ignored him and waved at Arnold.

Arnold didn't understand personal boundaries - like at all - he was stroking his dad's chest in the airport scene

Arnold was walking around with the Nesquick milkshake cartoon and his dad snatched it from him and shoved it back into his mum's hands

When Arnold said "I'm finally going to have a best friend", rather than making a choking sob Arnold's mum (Jack O'Niell) clutched her hand to her heart and looked at Price pleadingly

Cunningham's Dad was certainly playing up the 'I really dont like him' vibes

During Hasa Diga Arnold picked up Kevin and spun him round

In the Lullaby Arnold put his hand on Kevin's while sitting on the bed and didn't move it until Kevin gestured exaggeratedly with his head and eyes

In the Lullaby Arnold tried to get into bed with Price.

Tom looked like he was about to burst into tears after Arnold and Price argued and Dom ran off stage.

He then looked like he was on the verge of tears for most of Man Up.

In the scene before I Believe, McKinley pulled Arnold back to the other Elder's by his tie

Before Baptise me Kimbe got really close to Arnold and flirted with him l. She said "I'm really happy" rather than "were really happy".

In Baptise Me, when Naba and Arnold were behind the curtain, Arnold thrust at Naba in the final "and then...."

In I am Africa, when Naba and Arnold turned round and walked upstage, Arnold's hand was on Naba's arse

When Arnold said "I'm not a follower anymore" Naba made biting motions.

Gavin Alex picked up Ross at the curtain call and sat him on his shoulders then span round

When Stevie came on at the end holding the Poster for Acting for Others he kept pointing and gesturing at the conductor 'seductively'

At curtain call when the audience was cheering Tom Dom sat down on the stage

All in all, Tom and Dom were really extra

[thetaoofzoe]

Hey, Ross!

[hooked-on-elvis]

Elvis as Ross Carpenter in "Girls! Girls! Girls!" (1962)

[thetaoofzoe]

You ever look at something so gorgeous that you just clutch your chest and make wordless gasping sounds?

[deke-rivers-1957]

Controversial Elvis Movie Takes

What's a take about any Elvis movie that you think would result in this?

Mine personally is that Girls! Girls! Girls! is a better movie than Blue Hawaii. Even though the title doesn't fit, the story is significantly more clean regarding its romance.

Even though there isn't as much Polynesian representation, we still get a genuine Hawaiian feeling. Hawaii has more than just Polynesian and White people. There are other races and ethnicities that naturally live on the islands. It if anything gives you a more realistic interpretation of Hawaii than Blue Hawaii because it shows multiple demographics interacting with each other.

While Girls! Girls! Girls! also suffers from the misplaced songs at time, at least it didn't result in any missing character development. Even if Ross' character arc didn't end the way I personally would've done it, you can at least understand how he got from Point A to Point B.

What are yours?

Tagging: @another-identityofmine, @vintagepresley, @tupelomiss, @wanderingelvis, @jupiterssparkles,

@halieghhh, @arrolyn1114, @swingdownsweetchariot, @smokeymountainboy, @hooked-on-elvis

and @thelonelyheart.

[taste-in-music]

songs for the start of the summer 2024

[yours-stevie]

A glimpse into the Grammys '24 after-party 📸

[lustnhim]

ohmygosh girls girls girls is my fav elvis movie i’m screaming

This is a fun little quiz!

What fictional Elvis character would you be?

Do it if you'd like! Here

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[chaoticunorigionalstranger]

BOM London Evening 26/11/22

Tom Xander, Ross Carpenter and Nicole-Lily Baisden's last show

After seeing the matinee I brought myself the last ticket in the stalls

Also - FOH kicked out the couple in front of me. One was drunk and dancing, waving her arms about, and they were talking loudly. He was also well over 6ft and kept moving so my short-ass self couldn't see. Luckily they left just after Hasa Diga.

The couple behind me kept talking and it proper pissed me off. They stopped once I jerked my head round and gave them passive aggressive evils.

I forgot to take a castboard pic, but Rolley was on for McKinley. Joseph Davenport and George Grayson were on as Poptarts and Schiender.

I'm really going to miss Tom. Everyone was giving it their all. Having seen Tom loads it was pretty clear he was trying not to cry as his voice was strained. But he was just wonderful

Nothing in the show was particularly different, apart from Arnold hugging Naba and Kevin longer than usual. You could see Tom was fighting back tears at certain points throughout the show.

Ross was dancing rather exaggeratedly, which was fun to see.

As Rolley was on there was more McPriceley, with McKinley caressing Price when he was passed out and in SMHD Price and McKinley getting very into eachother's personal space during SMHD.

I wish I'd brought a better ticket, but live and learn.

[hit-song-showdown]

Year-End Poll #21: 1970

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A major theme in doing these polls is that decades are rarely defined by the exact stretch of time. It's all arbitrary, and any kind of cultural change tends to take a while to kick into gear without waiting for the exact calendar date. The seventies, however, feels like the exception. Keep in mind that this is all coming from the benefit of hindsight, but many accounts I've read and heard describe the shift from the 60's to the 70's as being jarring. First, we need to address the losses. The transition to the 70's came with musical trauma. Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and many others would pass away between 1969 and 1970. The Beatles would permanently break up this year. Whatever 1970 was going to look like, it was going to be a decade without many of the artists that helped to define the previous era.

There is something from the sixties that was brought over into the seventies, however: The Vietnam War. By this point, it was becoming clearer to the general public that the war effort was less about any sense of patriotic duty, and more about President Nixon not wanting to be the first American president to lose a war. The anti-war movement wouldn't just be populated by the anarchists or the hippies. However, the movement won't get as much traction in the top of the mainstream music charts as it did before. War by Edwin Starr, occupies a strange space in the early seventies as well as a strange space in Motown Records. Originally recorded for The Temptations, the track was covered by Edwin Starr out of fear that the original version would damage the group's crossover appeal.

Motown and its divisions will continue to reign supreme (or The Supremes...I'll stop) this decade as the label introduces the nation to a new flock of superstars. In addition to Diana Ross' solo debut, we're also seeing the introduction of The Jackson 5.

It's really hard not to apply a narrative to the songs listed above. As I keep saying, trends are rarely that neatly-defined and we're just looking at the very tip of the most popular/mainstream in doing these polls. But I can't help but notice that most of these songs are about learning to cope with some kind of hardship. Again, that's probably just a coincidence, but I think it's neat.

Also feel free to check out the twenty minute album version of Rare Earth's Get Ready, if you're like me and you're disappointed that Iron Butterfly's 17 minute In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida didn't make any of the sixties lists.