Get this: my 4yo saw some old Carmen Miranda movie or picture

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

And now she says she wants to dress like that. In fact, she wants her next birthday party to be themed after her.

I'm speechless.

[Texasgal]

1. How cool!

I say embrace it! What a great imagination!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

2. I'm very inclined to do just that

Carnaval is coming, it should be easy to find a kiddy-sized Carmen Miranda costume. And her b-day is two months later.

[fudge stripe cookays]

3. Just make sure she wears underwear....

Carmen Miranda liked natural air conditioning, so I hear. :P

fsc

[Heddi]

4. She also had a little compartment in her platform shoes

for either cocaine or morphine/heroin supplies and accessories.

Oh yeah!

the books Hollywood Babylon and Hollywood Babylon 2 are EXCELLENT. Not sure how TRUTHFUL they are (since according to the author, everyone in Hollywood during the 20's-60's was gay, lesbian, or a beard to a gay/lesbian star). There were photos of Carmen Miranda showing that she did prefer natural a/c, as well as Marilyn Monroe showing the same preference. Oh, and Marilyn was *NOT* a natural blonde :D

[fudge stripe cookays]

6. I've got the first one...

been meaning to pick up the second one.

We need to make sure her mini platforms don't have little compartments, either. :D

[Heddi]

9. I have the first one, my mom has both

and the ones she has are HUGE....like coffee-table book huge. You can really see the individual curls of Marilyn's pubes very well.

The one I have is a normal paperback size and doesn't do justice to the various nipple and cooch shots within :D

[fudge stripe cookays]

11. Well, that's number one in my purchase consideration

for ANY book on Hollywood gossip. "How good are the cooch shots?" :crazy: :P

[Heddi]

14. not very good, I'm afraid

I believe they are much better in Hollywood Babylon 2 Electric Boogaloo

on edit:

did you know that the author, Kenneth Anger is a high preist in the Church of Satan and is generally a whacked-out dude. He was also a child star, I believe....

[fudge stripe cookays]

16. Really?

No, I DIDN'T know that. Thanks for enlightening!

[Heddi]

17. Yeah, he's pretty freaky

He made a movie...name escapes me...I think it's Lucifer Rising (might not be) and he casted his then-roommate Bobby Beausoleil...infamous not for his acting, but rather for being part of the Manson Clan. He was given the death penalty for killing music teacher Bobby Hinman, but when the DP was done away with, it was converted to life in prison. He's married like 10,000 women while in jail, and had all of his pencils taken away when the guards found him drawing erotic pictures of children. He said he was drawing "angels" but the prison people didn't believe him (esp. since many of the 'angels' were obviously children (as in, young) and engaged in various sex acts.

Right now I *SHOULD* be studying for a nursing test that I have tomorrow. But instead, I wax poetic about Bobby Beausoleil. Oh, I am so misguided ha ha ha

[fudge stripe cookays]

23. Holy SHIT!

I've read "Helter Skelter!" I know about Beausoleil! :scared:

GO STUDY!

[Heddi]

24. I was able to get a first-edition of hard-back Helter Skelter a few years

ago for $1 at a book sale! It's great!!! I read my mom's dog-eared copy when I was about, oh, 12. Then again, I love serial killers (the Zodiac is my "favourite", if there can be such a thing).

When I got my own copy of HS, I went online and found un-censored police photos of the scene. Quite fucking grizzly, if I may say so myself.

Another book I like is Ultimate Evil by Maury Terry. It's about the SOn of Sam, and how the Son of Sam and Mason and other murders are connected via this vast satanic group that started out as Scientologists in England in the 60's. Kind of freaky. My mom read the book when it came out, and one of the main players in the book had just moved to our town in SC, and right after that, wierd murders of young girls started happening and even more weird were these cryptic messages in the classifieds of our newspapers. My mom sent all this shit to Maury Terry and he was quite interested.

I've heard people doubt the claims made in teh book, which I have no problem with. Even if it's a grand work of fiction, I think it's a great read and very frightening. It even involves Lamont from Sandford and Son, and how he was at the scene of a ritualistic murder of the director or producer of the Cotton Club who was killed in the 80's in the desert, and after that, the guy that plays Lamont went and was born again and is now a minister and refuses to talk about what he saw or what he knows.

Oh and I made an 85 on my test. Yeehaa!

[WCGreen]

5. Well, it wasn't your son......

So what harm is in playing dress up.....

It's her right, no?

[Fridays Child]

7. She has excellent instincts!

:)

[FarLeftRage]

8. Isn't she the patron saint of Brazil or something???

Inquiring minds want to know...

[Misunderestimator]

10. That would be such a GREAT party!!

:woohoo: :party:

[tigereye]

12. that's so cute!

I think that could be a very fun party. Very colorful...

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. Oh man! That reminds me of when my littlest wanted a Mr Smee Birthday

party. Mr Smee is the sidekick from Peter Pan...sigh...But, it was fun figuring out! :hi:

[Lisa]

15. go with hollow plastic or foam-ball "fruit" if she wants one of those hats

Bananas, oranges, etc. can be surprisingly heavy. I was helping a friend with her Halloween costume, and we had to drastically reduce the number of items on her fruit-bowl hat ... though one advantage to the real stuff is that we could eat it afterwards.

p.s. this sounds like it could be a way cool party! Shouldn't be any problem finding appropriate music!

[Rabrrrrrr]

18. Well, at least she doesn't want to be J-Lo or Beyonce

or one of those xxxxx.

At least Carmen was interesting and authentic. And think of it - if your daughter wears fruit on her head, you'll always have a snack handy!

[Beausoir]

19. That's hilarious! And so very cool.

What a blast of a party!

[CBHagman]

20. I love it that a four-year-old is influenced by classic movies...

Go with it. It should be fun.

But keep the dear child from watching The Blue Angel, will ya?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

21. Actually, I got the details wrong.

She didn't see anything. She was dancing to some kiddy music and Mrs. Dirtbag casually said she was dancing like Carmen Miranda. Tiny Dirtpocket wanted to know more details, and Mrs. proceeded to describe the fruit hat, the dress, and her acting career. Tiny Dirtpocket's answer was "I WANT TO DO JUST THAT!"

[CBHagman]

22. Sounds like you've got a great kid there.

Let the dancing continue!