Comments on: My Fortnight of Bob/Nowadays http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/11/11/my-fortnight-of-bobnowadays/ It's hip to be moribund! Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:47:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: bob http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/11/11/my-fortnight-of-bobnowadays/#comment-20218 bob Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:32:27 +0000 http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/11/11/my-fortnight-of-bobnowadays/#comment-20218 Well, even if you forgot it -- I certainly remembered your post. I think you were the first person to ever block quote one of my posts and refer to me as "Westal," as I were a writer or something. Anyhow thanks, and I've been enjoying your blog as well. Well, even if you forgot it — I certainly remembered your post. I think you were the first person to ever block quote one of my posts and refer to me as “Westal,” as I were a writer or something. Anyhow thanks, and I’ve been enjoying your blog as well.

]]> By: cinephile http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/11/11/my-fortnight-of-bobnowadays/#comment-20201 cinephile Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:59 +0000 http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/11/11/my-fortnight-of-bobnowadays/#comment-20201 Oh, wait-- you're the guy who wrote the wonderful piece on Deborah Kerr last month! Now I remember! (: Anyway, fabulous Fosse-thon! Oh, wait– you’re the guy who wrote the wonderful piece on Deborah Kerr last month! Now I remember! (: Anyway, fabulous Fosse-thon!

]]> By: cinephile http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/11/11/my-fortnight-of-bobnowadays/#comment-20200 cinephile Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:56:13 +0000 http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/11/11/my-fortnight-of-bobnowadays/#comment-20200 Great post-- I just discovered your blog through a link at self-styled siren, but I'm enjoying it a lot! Interesting comments on the gottfried book-- I haven't read it, but it sounds like his disappointing sondheim book, which is full of the kinds of odd, condescending moments you note in the Fosse bio. Great post– I just discovered your blog through a link at self-styled siren, but I’m enjoying it a lot! Interesting comments on the gottfried book– I haven’t read it, but it sounds like his disappointing sondheim book, which is full of the kinds of odd, condescending moments you note in the Fosse bio.

]]> By: bob http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/11/11/my-fortnight-of-bobnowadays/#comment-20142 bob Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:30:51 +0000 http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/11/11/my-fortnight-of-bobnowadays/#comment-20142 I hear what you're saying. And that's the guy I really wanted to meet in Gottfried's book -- even he stated several times that the dancers loved him and he loved them. I'm sure if Fosse was like a lot/most people, he was hardest on those closest to him. I really do think that Gottfried was skeetering on the edge of a hachet job, though it's hard to be sure without knowing more about it -- and that one ridiculous mistake I spotted kind of throws everything into doubt. Like I said, definitely time for a new book. I hear what you’re saying. And that’s the guy I really wanted to meet in Gottfried’s book — even he stated several times that the dancers loved him and he loved them. I’m sure if Fosse was like a lot/most people, he was hardest on those closest to him.

I really do think that Gottfried was skeetering on the edge of a hachet job, though it’s hard to be sure without knowing more about it — and that one ridiculous mistake I spotted kind of throws everything into doubt.

Like I said, definitely time for a new book.

]]> By: maurinsky http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/11/11/my-fortnight-of-bobnowadays/#comment-20133 maurinsky Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:04:20 +0000 http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/11/11/my-fortnight-of-bobnowadays/#comment-20133 Also, shortly after his death, PBS ran a "Great Performances" tribute to him, and everyone they interviewed seemed to be well aware of his flaws as a human being, but still found him a character full of charm and wit. Also, shortly after his death, PBS ran a “Great Performances” tribute to him, and everyone they interviewed seemed to be well aware of his flaws as a human being, but still found him a character full of charm and wit.

]]> By: maurinsky http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/11/11/my-fortnight-of-bobnowadays/#comment-20132 maurinsky Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:03:08 +0000 http://forwardtoyesterday.com/2007/11/11/my-fortnight-of-bobnowadays/#comment-20132 I have a friend who was in the chorus of Pippin, and he had only positive remembrances of working with Fosse - he considered him a very special man who treated the chorus dancers like human beings, something they were not used to. I have a friend who was in the chorus of Pippin, and he had only positive remembrances of working with Fosse - he considered him a very special man who treated the chorus dancers like human beings, something they were not used to.

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