vaudeville

[Matt Humphrey <stock@capital.net>]

> Hmmmm . . . this dancing roll business got me thinking about Kate's
> techniques of choreography and movement. I have to wonder how much Lindsey
> Kemp owes to Chaplin and Keaton and others who pushed the boundaries of
> expression with the body in early films. Kate learned a lot from Kemp, which
> one can see clearly when they are together in TLTCTC.
> 
> I also think specifically of the Christmas Special video of the Ran Tan
> Waltz, which seems very Vaudevillian in character -- not to mention the
> marvellous touches of cross-dressing and using an adult as a baby -- Kate
> can be somewhat wry when she chooses.  But that bit in particular seems
> right out of early film to me.

I showed the Christmas special to a friend last week, and Vaudevillian 
was the exact word he used to describe it.  IMHO, that dance bit for 
Ran Tan Waltz was utterly brilliant.
 
Matt  (aka "Stock")

http://www.capital.net/users/stock/

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