#Marci Rodgers

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Ruth Negga as Clare & Tessa Thompson as Irene in Passing (Film, 2021).

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Loontics Unleashed: Tunnel Vision

The latest band climbing up the charts in Acemtropolis, they are one of the first non-human bands to gain recognition (as well as notoriety) in recent years after winning a record label with Acme Records in 2068.

They're technically a rock band, though they tend to explore genres.

They are scheduled to preform at the 2774 Basherball Championship halftime show, despite the more recent threats sent to them.

Lore Below:

Don't mess with any of the band member's equipment ESPECIALLY their instruments. Jax get's particularly nasty when her guitar is touched.

Dakota Frog

performer name: Lily Pad

she/her

lead vocals/bass

Writes most of the songs with Jax

in charge of choreography

Descendant of Michigan J Frog

used to suffer from severe stage fright so she could only sing in front of one person at a time

luckily she's conquered this fear with Tunnel Vision

cool headed though she isn't above getting into mischief

Jesse Rabbit (Rodger/Jessica Rabbit descendant)

Performer name: Dust Bunny

he/him

Speaks several languages-> translates their songs

Drummer/ male vocals

Descendant of Rodger and Jessica Rabbit

clutsiest of the group, he does the least amount of stunts during their shows

smooth talker- he manages their contracts and ensures they get paid fairly

acts dumber than he is so people underestimate him

Marcy the Martian

Performer Name: Asteroid Bebe

she/her

Proper Title: Crown Princess Mihl’ah Tyr'ah,

Keyboardist/ rapper

sound engineer with Jax

Daughter of Empress Tyr'ahnee and Commander X2, cousins with Melvin

though polite and well-meaning, she is regularly impeded by her short temper (this has improved as she has found an outlet through thier music)

initially visited Earth as a culture study

she's perfectly content to chill on earth for the next century or two

tranlsate's their songs into Martian, giving them a LARGE fandom amongst the Martian Empire

Jacqueline “Jax” E Coyote

performer name: Sandy Lane

she/

9 string guitar/ lead vocals

sound engineer with Marcy

Writes most of the songs with Dakota

See Link^^^

protective over her bandmates, she's usually the one to tell people off if they are crossing a line

Tech's sister

Albums:

2769: Sour Candy (the love song/bittersweet album going over the highs and lows of a relationships)

Tug a War

Heart Murmurs

Eat it Too

Mind over Matter

(I love you, Lady!) Buh bye!

Ladies and Gents

Double Blind Date

My Demons are my Angels

rock cover of “Hello my Baby”

2770: Don’t worry, this is Just a Test (experimental album)

No Martian’s were Harmed in the Making of this Song

What is this thing?

Pliers and Wires (the diffusing bomb song)

Murphy’s Law (The Disaster Song)

Self Destruct Button

Never Have I Ever

Never again

Zap!

Gravity (thou art a heartless bitch)

No Sounds in Space

2772: Open Season (the angry album) 

Count the Teeth

Leash Laws (This Bitch Bites)

Playboy Bunnies (Bad Hare Day)

Bring back the Noise (I hope you Croak)

Four Digits are All I Need (to Slap You)

Swallowing Honeybees

Pelt on the Wall

Feather Duster 

Dynamite in my Piano

2773: Insurance won’t Cover This (direct callout to how the comet situation was addressed)

What’s up, Doc?

Second Skin

You wanna put what in my what?

Arm Cast

Scalpel to the Forehead

Surgery won’t fix This

The Bone Doctor

Empty Vase

Blow my Chest Clean Off

Hospital Fees

Freaks

2774: Highlighter Pack (dedicated to the Loonatics)

Comet 

Start your Engines 

Let’s Jet

On my Radar 

Eye of the Storm

TNT’s the New Ibuprofen 

Dodging Bullets, Throwing Stones

Lab Safety

Highlighter Pack

[professorpski]

BlacKKKlansman, or Fashion in the 1970s

This movie is not about fashion, but it has some amazing 1970s fashion in it anyway. It is based on the the incredible yet true story of an African-American cop named Ron Stallworth who instigated an undercover investigation via the phone as a member of the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist group. John David Washington plays the cop who must then recruit a fellow cop who is white to actually make contact with Klan who is played by Adam Driver. Along the way, Stallworth meets and begins dating a young activist played by Laura Harrier who does not know that he is actually a cop.

Directed by Spike Lee, the movie is both funny and suspenseful and ponders important questions about race, identity, law, and loyalties, all of which I appreciated. And I also realized the fashion of the film was part of that conversation.

Notice how Washington and Harrier wore their hair in natural Afros, a new phenomenon that was part of the black-is-beautiful movement that challenged long held assumption that only European-Americans represented physical beauty. The less formal clothing of jeans with flared legs, turtlenecks, and black leather was meant as a challenge to the established order as well and costume designer Marci Rodgers studied the era to get the look right. Platform shoes and ponchos, other trendy, young looks show up as well.

You can find an interview with the Rodgers here: https://www.motionpictures.org/2018/09/blackkklansman-costume-designer-marci-rodgers-on-dressing-the-years-most-urgent-film/

[stlhandyman]

Supreme Court, U.S FILED In The OCT 2 2022 Supreme Court ofthe United States  RALAND J BRUNSON, Petitioner,

Named persons in their capacities as United States House Representatives: ALMA S. ADAMS; PETE AGUILAR; COLIN Z. ALLRED; MARK E. AMODEI; KELLY ARMSTRONG; JAKE AUCHINCLOSS; CYNTHIA AXNE; DON BACON; TROY BALDERSON; ANDY BARR; NANETTE DIAZ BARRAGAN; KAREN BASS; JOYCE BEATTY; AMI BERA; DONALD S. BEYER JR.; GUS M. ILIRAKIS; SANFORD D. BISHOP JR.; EARL BLUMENAUER; LISA BLUNT ROCHESTER; SUZANNE BONAMICI; CAROLYN BOURDEAUX; JAMAAL BOWMAN; BRENDAN F. BOYLE; KEVIN BRADY; ANTHONY G. BROWN; JULIA BROWNLEY; VERN BUCHANAN; KEN BUCK; LARRY BUCSHON; CORI BUSH; CHERI BUSTOS; G. K. BUTTERFIELD; SALUD 0. CARBAJAL; TONY CARDENAS; ANDRE CARSON; MATT CARTWRIGHT; ED CASE; SEAN CASTEN; KATHY CASTOR; JOAQUIN CASTRO; LIZ CHENEY; JUDY CHU; DAVID N. CICILLINE; KATHERINE M. CLARK; YVETTE D. CLARKE; EMANUEL CLEAVER; JAMES E. CLYBURN; STEVE COHEN; JAMES COMER; GERALD E. CONNOLLY; JIM COOPER; J. LUIS CORREA; JIM COSTA; JOE COURTNEY; ANGIE CRAIG; DAN CRENSHAW; CHARLIE CRIST; JASON CROW; HENRY CUELLAR; JOHN R. CURTIS; SHARICE DAVIDS; DANNY K. DAVIS; RODNEY DAVIS; MADELEINE DEAN; PETER A. DEFAZIO; DIANA DEGETTE; ROSAL DELAURO; SUZAN K. DELBENE; Ill ANTONIO DELGADO; VAL BUTLER DEMINGS; MARK DESAULNIER; THEODORE E. DEUTCH; DEBBIE DINGELL; LLOYD DOGGETT; MICHAEL F. DOYLE; TOM EMMER; VERONICA ESCOBAR; ANNA G. ESHOO; ADRIANO ESPAILLAT; DWIGHT EVANS; RANDY FEENSTRA; A. DREW FERGUSON IV; BRIAN K. FITZPATRICK; LIZZIE LETCHER; JEFF FORTENBERRY; BILL FOSTER; LOIS FRANKEL; MARCIA L. FUDGE; MIKE GALLAGHER; RUBEN GALLEGO; JOHN GARAMENDI; ANDREW R. GARBARINO; SYLVIA R. GARCIA; JESUS G. GARCIA; JARED F. GOLDEN; JIMMY GOMEZ; TONY GONZALES; ANTHONY GONZALEZ; VICENTE GONZALEZ; JOSH GOTTHEIMER; KAY GRANGER; AL GREEN; RAUL M. GRIJALVA; GLENN GROTHMAN; BRETT GUTHRIE; DEBRA A. HAALAND; JOSH HARDER; ALCEE L. HASTINGS; JAHANA HAYES; JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER; BRIAN HIGGINS; J. FRENCH HILL; JAMES A. HIMES; ASHLEY HINSON; TREY HOLLINGSWORTH; STEVEN HORSFORD; CHRISSY HOULAHAN; STENY H. HOYER; JARED HUFFMAN; BILL HUIZENGA; SHEILA JACKSON LEE; SARA JACOBS; PRAMILA JAYAPAL; HAKEEM S. JEFFRIES; DUSTY JOHNSON; EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON; HENRY C. JOHNSON JR.; MONDAIRE JONES; DAVID P. JOYCE; KAIALPI KAHELE; MARCY KAPTUR; JOHN KATKO; WILLIAM R. KEATING; RO KHANNA; DANIEL T. KILDEE; DEREK KILMER; ANDY KIM; YOUNG KIM; RON KIND; ADAM KINZINGER; ANN KIRKPATRICK; RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI; ANN M. KUSTER; DARIN LAHOOD; CONOR LAMB; JAMES R. LANGEVIN; RICK LARSEN; JOHN B. LARSON; ROBERT E. LATTA; JAKE LATURNER; BRENDA L. LAWRENCE; AL LAWSON JR.; BARBARA LEE; SUSIE LEE; TERESA LEGER FERNANDEZ; ANDY LEVIN; MIKE LEVIN; TED LIEU; IV ZOE LOFGREN; ALAN S.LOWENTHAL; ELAINE G. LURIA; STEPHEN F. LYNCH; NANCY MACE; TOM MALINOWSKI; CAROLYN B. MALONEY; SEAN PATRICK MALONEY; KATHY E. MANNING; THOMAS MASSIE; DORIS 0. MATSUI; LUCY MCBATH; MICHAEL T. MCCAUL; TOM MCCLINTOCK; BETTY MCCOLLUM; A. ADONALD MCEACHIN; JAMES P. MCGOVERN; PATRICK T. MCHENRY; DAVID B. MCKINLEY; JERRY MCNERNEY; GREGORY W. MEEKS; PETER MEIJER; GRACE MENG; KWEISI MFUME; MARIANNETTE MILLER-MEEKS; JOHN R. MOOLENAAR; BLAKE D. MOORE; GWEN MOORE; JOSEPH D. MORELLE; SETH MOULTON; FRANK J. MRVAN; STEPHANIE N. MURPHY; JERROLD NADLER; GRACE F. NAPOLITANO; RICHARD E. NEAL; JOE NEGUSE; DAN NEWHOUSE; MARIE NEWMAN; DONALD NORCROSS; ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ; TOM O'HALLERAN; ILHAN OMAR; FRANK PALLONE JR.; JIMMY PANETTA; CHRIS PAPPAS; BILL PASCRELL JR.; DONALD M. PAYNE JR.; NANCY PELOSI; ED PERLMUTTER; SCOTT H. PETERS; DEAN PHILLIPS; CHELLIE PINGREE; MARK POCAN; KATIE PORTER; AYANNA PRESSLEY; DAVID E. PRICE; MIKE QUIGLEY; JAMIE RASKIN; TOM REED; KATHLEEN M. RICE; CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS; DEBORAH K. ROSS; CHIP ROY; LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD; RAUL RUIZ; C. A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER; BOBBY L. RUSH; TIM RYAN; LINDA T. SANCHEZ; JOHN P. SARBANES; MARY GAY SCANLON; JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY; ADAM B. SCHIFF; BRADLEY SCOTT SCHNEIDER; KURT SCHRADER; KIM SCHRIER; AUSTIN SCOTT; DAVID SCOTT; ROBERT C. SCOTT; TERRI A. SEWELL; BRAD SHERMAN; MIKIE SHERRILL; MICHAEL K. SIMPSON; ALBIO SIRES; ELISSA SLOTKIN; ADAM SMITH; CHRISTOPHER H. V SMITH; DARREN SOTO; ABIGAIL DAVIS SPANBERGER; VICTORIA SPARTZ; JACKIE SPEIER; GREG STANTON; PETE STAUBER; MICHELLE STEEL; BRYAN STEIL; HALEY M. STEVENS; STEVE STIVERS; MARILYN STRICKLAND; THOMAS R. SUOZZI; ERIC SWALWELL; MARK TAKANO; VAN TAYLOR; BENNIE G. THOMPSON; MIKE THOMPSON; DINA TITUS; RASHIDA TLAIB; PAUL TONKO; NORMA J. TORRES; RITCHIE TORRES; LORI TRAHAN; DAVID J. TRONE; MICHAEL R. TURNER; LAUREN UNDERWOOD; FRED UPTON; JUAN VARGAS; MARC A. VEASEY; FILEMON VELA; NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ; ANN WAGNER; MICHAEL WALTZ; DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ; MAXINE WATERS; BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN; PETER WELCH; BRAD R. WENSTRUP; BRUCE WESTERMAN; JENNIFER WEXTON; SUSAN WILD; NIKEMA WILLIAMS; FREDERICA S. WILSON; STEVE WOMACK; JOHN A. YARMUTH; DON YOUNG; the following persons named are for their capacities as U.S. Senators; TAMMY BALDWIN; JOHN BARRASSO; MICHAEL F. BENNET; MARSHA BLACKBURN; RICHARD BLUMENTHAL; ROY BLUNT; CORY A. BOOKER; JOHN BOOZMAN; MIKE BRAUN; SHERROD BROWN; RICHARD BURR; MARIA CANTWELL; SHELLEY CAPITO; BENJAMIN L. CARDIN; THOMAS R. CARPER; ROBERT P. CASEY JR.; BILL CASSIDY; SUSAN M. COLLINS; CHRISTOPHER A. COONS; JOHN CORNYN; CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO; TOM COTTON; KEVIN CRAMER; MIKE CRAPO; STEVE DAINES; TAMMY DUCKWORTH; RICHARD J. DURBIN; JONI ERNST; DIANNE FEINSTEIN; DEB FISCHER; KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND; LINDSEY GRAHAM; CHUCK GRASSLEY; BILL HAGERTY; MAGGIE HASSAN; MARTIN HEINRICH; JOHN HICKENLOOPER; MAZIE HIRONO; JOHN HOEVEN; JAMES INHOFE; RON VI JOHNSON; TIM KAINE; MARK KELLY; ANGUS S. KING, JR.; AMY KLOBUCHAR; JAMES LANKFORD; PATRICK LEAHY; MIKE LEE; BEN LUJAN; CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS; JOE MANCHIN III; EDWARD J. MARKEY; MITCH MCCONNELL; ROBERT MENENDEZ; JEFF MERKLEY; JERRY MORAN; LISA MURKOWSKI; CHRISTOPHER MURPHY; PATTY MURRAY; JON OSSOFF; ALEX PADILLA; RAND PAUL; GARY C. PETERS; ROB PORTMAN; JACK REED; JAMES E. RISCH; MITT ROMNEY; JACKY ROSEN; MIKE ROUNDS; MARCO RUBIO; BERNARD SANDERS; BEN SASSE; BRIAN SCHATZ; CHARLES E. SCHUMER; RICK SCOTT; TIM SCOTT; JEANNE SHAHEEN; RICHARD C. SHELBY; KYRSTEN SINEMA; TINA SMITH; DEBBIE STABENOW; DAN SULLIVAN; JON TESTER; JOHN THUNE; THOM TILLIS; PATRICK J. TOOMEY; HOLLEN VAN; MARK R. WARNER; RAPHAEL G. WARNOCK; ELIZABETH WARREN; SHELDON WHITEHOUSE; ROGER F. WICKER; RON WYDEN; TODD YOUNG; JOSEPH ROBINETTE BIDEN JR in his capacity of President of the United States; MICHAEL RICHARD PENCE in his capacity as former Vice President of the United States, and KAMALA HARRIS in her capacity as Vice President of the United States and JOHN and JANE DOES 1-100.  

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-380/243739/20221027152243533_20221027-152110-95757954-00007015.pdf

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Como uma retrospectiva de JAY-Z conquistou a Biblioteca Pública do Brooklyn

Letras de músicas de JAY-Z apareceram misteriosamente na frente da filial principal da Biblioteca Pública do Brooklyn. Amir Hamja/The New York Times No início de Julho, quando trechos de letras de JAY-Z de faixas como “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” e “Justify My Thug” apareceram na fachada curva de calcário em estilo Art Déco da filial principal da Biblioteca Pública do Brooklyn, fãs e os frequentadores só podiam especular sobre a repentina reforma do prédio. Um show surpresa para a cidade natal do rapper? Uma homenagem ao 50º aniversário do hip-hop neste verão?

Descobriu-se que a resposta não era nenhuma das duas coisas - e também um segredo até mesmo do próprio homenageado.

Na noite de quinta-feira (13 Julho), quando Jay-Z entrou na biblioteca para um evento privado cercado por um círculo íntimo de familiares, amigos e parceiros de negócios, ele foi recebido por sua banda ao vivo tocando versões instrumentais de seus sucessos e um arquivo gigantesco de toda a carreira exposição que ele nunca pediu lá dentro.

Jay-Z soube da exposição em um evento privado realizado na biblioteca na noite de abertura. Simbarashe Cha para o New York Times

“Eu sei que ele não nos deixaria fazer isso”, disse Desiree Perez, presidente-executiva do império de entretenimento de JAY-Z, a Roc Nation, sobre esconder planos tão elaborados do chefe. “Isso nunca poderia acontecer se ele estivesse envolvido.”

Para a Rolling Stone, Perez disse que a exposição é uma celebração de um morador do Brooklyn e uma chance de encorajar os jovens a frequentar a biblioteca. 

“A história de JAY-Z é única no Brooklyn, e é um privilégio hospedar esta exposição criada como um trabalho de amor pela Roc Nation e pelas pessoas que o conheceram e trabalharam com ele ao longo dos anos”, acrescenta ela. 

Apresentando obras de arte, música, recordações, coisas efêmeras e recriações em grande escala de marcos de uma carreira em expansão, “The Book of Hov”, que foi exibido até 4 de Dezembro, poderia parecer combinar mais para o Museu do Brooklyn, no mesmo quarteirão. Mas ao instalar a vitrine em oito zonas de uma biblioteca em funcionamento, seus arquitetos pretendem trazer a extravagância aspiracional das celebridades para um refúgio público gratuito a poucos quilômetros das Marcy Houses, onde Jay-Z cresceu.

“Jay pertence ao povo”, disse Perez. “É um lugar que parece confortável. Não é intimidante. Muita gente vai ao museu, mas muita gente não vai.”

Mash-up de instrumentos de Nicola Yeoman e Dan Tobin Smith que foi fotografado para a capa do “Blueprint 3."

Uma jaqueta Gucci vinculada ao lançamento do livro de memórias de Jay-Z de 2010, “Decoded”.

Um mural de Jazz Grant feito de imagens cortadas à mão e digitalizadas dos arquivos de Jay-Z.

O DESIGN

Perez vinha tentando há muito tempo descobrir uma maneira de fazer a curadoria de uma galeria com seus souvenirs, mas foi só quando Linda E. Johnson - executiva-chefe da Biblioteca - ligou para ela que elas idealizaram o The Book of HOV, que apresenta rolos de música física, placas, revistas e jornais, setlists de shows, fotos raras e artefatos únicos, como a guitarra que Jay-Z tocou no Glastonbury 2008.

“Eu simplesmente perguntei a ela: 'Qual é o tamanho da biblioteca?'”, lembrou Perez. “E quando ela disse 350.000 metros quadrados, eu não pude acreditar.”

Durante a pandemia, Perez e Roc Nation planejaram exibir artefatos que transmitissem a influência de Jay-Z na música, nos negócios e na cultura mais ampla, incluindo os rolos de gravações master das quais ele havia recuperado a propriedade ao longo dos anos.

“Esse arquivo pertence ao Brooklyn”, disse Johnson, que supervisionou a fusão da Biblioteca Pública do Brooklyn e da Sociedade Histórica do Brooklyn.

Juntas, as equipes começaram a planejar “The Book of Hov” em Janeiro, contando com os designers de produção Bruce e Shelley Rodgers, veteranos vencedores do Emmy no show do intervalo do Super Bowl, bem como com a agência criativa General Idea para conceber e executar o elaborado projeto.

O designer criativo Ian Schatzberg, da General Idea Agency, diz que as seis zonas da exposição são intencionalmente não lineares. “Para nós, adotar uma abordagem cronológica parecia excluir a ideia de um futuro”, diz ele. “A forma como a história se desenrola no espaço é uma abordagem mais temática e investigativa.” 

Ele diz que o início do processo de design consistiu na equipe da Roc Nation conversando com “30 a 35” amigos próximos e colegas de negócios de Jay-Z para obter informações sobre como planejar a exposição. “Nós [obtivemos] isso não apenas de nossa própria percepção, mas da cultura popular e das pessoas que trabalharam com Jay. Eles nos forneceram uma bússola para avaliar e pensar sobre os diferentes temas que iríamos explorar.”

A partir daí, Schatzberg diz que se perguntaram sobre a melhor forma de utilizar a biblioteca. “Como você orquestra e coordena a experiência? O que as pessoas veem quando entram? Como isso é projetado? Como eles interagem com diferentes artefatos em diferentes elementos da história?” ele diz. “Como isso funciona no contexto da biblioteca e do público existente da biblioteca? E também como você desenvolve uma experiência criativa total em termos de direção de arte visual, aparência e comportamento?”

Não era apenas exibir recordações. Além do motivo principal da biblioteca, sob uma enorme colagem de Jay-Z, há uma réplica em escala real da sala principal da Baseline Recording Studios, onde Jay-Z criou algumas de suas canções mais conhecidas. Cada detalhe tinha que estar correto, até o tamanho da TV e o pote de pirulitos no balcão.

Uma recriação em grande escala da sala principal da Baseline Recording Studios, onde Jay-Z criou algumas de suas canções mais famosas.

Uma máquina bobina a bobina na réplica do Baseline Studios.

Uma fita master Betacam da música “99 Problems”

“Eles tinham o sofá errado, a mesa de som errada”, disse Juan Perez, executivo da Roc Nation e amigo de longa data de Jay-Z, que projetou o estúdio original e deu muitas notas para a recriação.

A exposição, que Perez diz ter custado milhões de dólares à Roc Nation, compreende seis zonas com nomes de letras de Jay-Z. “Did It Without A Pen” enche a sala de discos da BPL com 400 livros referenciados por Jay-Z, bem como vinis de músicas das quais seus produtores fizeram samples (todos podem ser emprestados). “Win-Win” destaca os esforços de caridade de Jay-Z, enquanto “Business, Man” documenta o empreendedorismo de Jay-Z. “So Fly” transforma o espaço infantil da biblioteca em um palácio de aviões de papel, com aviões personalizados projetados por mais de 600 jovens do Brooklyn. “HOV Did That” contém um amplo mezanino de fotos raras e uma sala paradisíaca iluminada em azul repleta de clipes retrô de Jay-Z discutindo coisas que mais tarde se manifestaram. “A Work Of Art Aleady” contém telas grandes exibindo clipes da era do Black Album e uma réplica em tamanho real dos estúdios Baseline da Roc-A-Fella.

Uma área da biblioteca apresenta toca-discos jogáveis ​​e vinil representando os samples usados ​​no catálogo de Jay-Z. Bruce Rodgers, o designer de produção que agora trabalha em seu 18º show do intervalo do Super Bowl, chamou o projeto de “provavelmente a instalação mais intensa em que já estive envolvida”, acrescentando: “Não queríamos interromper o funcionamento normal da biblioteca , mas queríamos fazer uma declaração.” 

Uma área da exposição destinada às crianças para fazerem aviões de papel.

O avião de papel é um logotipo da Roc Nation anexado a um lema inspirador.

Parte da exposição é dedicada ao trabalho de filantropia e justiça social de Jay-Z, bem como aos seus diversos negócios.

“As pessoas pensaram que eu estava um pouco maluco”, disse Johnson, o executivo da biblioteca. “Não creio que me arriscaria a dizer que esta é a maior exposição que já fizemos.”

Embora os objetos de valor exijam segurança adicional, a Biblioteca Pública do Brooklyn não pagou por nenhuma produção da exposição, acrescentou ela. “A Roc Nation está fazendo muito por nós financeiramente”, disse Johnson, incluindo uma doação substancial vinculada à noite de gala em Outubro, quando Jay-Z e sua mãe, Gloria Carter, foram homenageados.

A FACHADA

A parede gigante das letras foi o primeiro indício do Brooklyn de que algo relacionado a Jay-Z estava por vir. Embora pareça um adesivo gigante colocado no prédio pelas natureza da vida, O produtor principal, Scott Mirkin, da ESM Productions descreve uma instalação tediosa e gradual. “Você não vai simplesmente colocar um post-it gigante com uma caneta”, ele brinca. “As renderizações [eram] nosso guia e, em seguida, projetamos soluções para alcançá-las.” Mirkin diz que a parede lírica compreende “quase cem” peças 4 x 20 feitas de um material que adere com segurança ao calcário. O material teve que ser aquecido e enrolado “duas ou três vezes” para que o adesivo fizesse efeito total, com Mirkin observando que a chuva de 9 de julho atrasou a operação. 

A PARCERIA

Mirkin teve a distinção de tocar em quase todos os artefatos que passaram pela exposição, ficando na doca de carregamento em nome da Roc Nation para garantir uma cadeia de custódia rígida quando os itens chegavam. “Há uma equipe na Roc Nation que faz a curadoria dessa lista e coleta esses itens, e há uma documentação muito precisa que diz o que é”, diz ele. “Cada vez que [uma peça] se move, há pessoas com ela. Quando chega aqui, verificamos todas essas coisas para ter certeza de que est��o aqui. Nós os inspecionamos e alguém da biblioteca está ali. "

“The Book of Hov e o cartão da biblioteca de edição limitada atrairão novos visitantes às nossas filiais, muitos dos quais poderão não estar familiarizados com a vasta gama de serviços que oferecemos. Os clientes podem emprestar discos de vinil, instrumentos musicais, partituras e até mesmo fazer suas próprias músicas ou podcasts em nosso estúdio de gravação." disse Linda Johnson. 

BPL também anunciou o lançamento de uma edição limitada de cartões de biblioteca comemorando cada um de seus 13 álbuns solo.

E foi um sucesso.

De acordo com a Biblioteca Pública do Brooklyn, o público na Biblioteca Central foi quase cinco vezes a média na primeira semana de inauguração.

Se isso não bastasse, quase 4.000 pessoas assinaram cartões de biblioteca nas localidades Central e Marcy, onde cartões dos albuns do Jay-Z de edição limitada estão sendo oferecidos atualmente.

Eles também afirmam que o número de itens verificados na semana aumentou 10%.

O que pode não ser nenhuma surpresa, a semana de abertura da exposição testemunhou um aumento no número de visitantes na Biblioteca Central, com mais de 39.000 pessoas presentes entre o dia de abertura, sexta-feira, 14 de julho, e quinta-feira, 20 de julho.

Ao todo, foram  600.000 mil visitantes.

Esquerda: Walter Bolainez viajou de Yonkers para ver a exposição.

A exposição, que não foi aberta ao público até 14 de Julho, para um grupo exclusivo de convidados ter a oportunidade de dar uma olhada antecipada , incluindo Fat Joe , Yo Gotti , Lil Uzi Vert , Rakim , DJ Khaled , Questlove e muito mais, também impressionou as pessoas que cresceram em Bed-Stuy com Jay-Z, como o segurança da biblioteca Darnell King.

“É incrível para mim porque vi sua jornada de rapper a empresário”, disse King, em uma quinta-feira recente na biblioteca principal. “Aprendi a ter ótimas pessoas ao seu redor que compartilham sua visão. Porque ele derrotou todas as probabilidades para chegar onde está. Ele mostrou que com as pessoas certas por perto você pode mudar suas probabilidades.”

King ao lado de seu álbum favorito de Jay-Z: The Black Album. Reece Taylor Williams/Gothamist

Os benefícios para a biblioteca também vão além da exposição: Johnson disse que a Roc Nation também está apoiando uma iniciativa fundamental de biblioteca chamada "Books Unbanned", que visa garantir o acesso digital de jovens leitores de todo o país a livros que são frequentemente suprimidos, especialmente aqueles que tocam sobre raça e temas LGBTQ.

“Nossos esforços só estão se expandindo como resultado da participação da Roc Nation em tudo isso”, disse Johnson.

O próximo desafio da biblioteca é fazer com que os fãs de Jay-Z voltem sempre.

“Queremos ter certeza de que todos que têm inclinação, que têm aquela centelha intelectual ou que gostam de ler um bom livro, sabem que estamos aqui para ajudá-los, independentemente de onde estejam em sua jornada.”

"The Book Of HOV” encerrou em 4 de dezembro de 2023 após quase 5 meses.

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56/? costume design: BlacKkKlansman by Marci Rodgers

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21st Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards Nominations

Excellence in Period Film

BlacKkKlansman - Marci Rodgers

Bohemian Rhapsody - Julian Day

The Favourite - Sandy Powell

Mary Poppins Returns - Sandy Powell

Mary Queen of Scots - Alexandra Byrne

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The top film and TV noms each are split into three categories — contemporary, period and sci-fi/fantasy. A number of awards-season regulars made the cut on the film side, with noms going to the costumers behind A Star Is Born, Crazy Rich Asians, BlackKklansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Favourite and 2018’s top-grossing domestic release, Black Panther. The No. 1 film of last year worldwide, Avengers, Infinity War, also scooped a nomination.

“I would like to congratulate all of the nominees of the 2019 Costume Designers Guild Awards,” said Salvador Perez, President of CDG Local 892. “This year, we are especially thrilled to include the nominees for our brand-new Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television category. We look forward to celebrating the art of Costume Design and our honorees at our 21st awards gala.”

The evening’s host and additional honorees, including the Distinguished Service and Spotlight awards, will be announced in the coming weeks, the guild said.

Here are the relevant CDGAs nominees for 2019:

EXCELLENCE IN PERIOD FILM

BlacKkKlansman - Marci Rodgers Bohemian Rhapsody – Julian Day The Favourite – Sandy Powell Mary Poppins Returns – Sandy Powell Mary Queen of Scots – Alexandra Byrne

EXCELLENCE IN SCI-FI / FANTASY FILM

A Wrinkle in Time – Paco Delgado Aquaman – Kym Barrett The Avengers: Infinity War – Judianna Makovsky Black Panther – Ruth E. Carter The Nutcracker and the Four Realms – Jenny Beavan

EXCELLENCE IN SCI-FI / FANTASY TELEVISION

American Horror Story: Apocalypse – Paula Bradley & Lou Eyrich The Handmaid’s Tale – Ane Crabtree Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events – Cynthia Summers Star Trek: Discovery – Gersha Phillips Westworld – Sharen Davis

Congrats to Marci, Ruth, Gersha and Sharen for their nominations!

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2021 Golden Chinchillas

Costume Design

Winner: The Green Knight (Malgosia Turzanska)

The Nominees

Dune (Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan)

The French Dispatch (Milena Canonero)

Passing (Marci Rodgers)

The Power of the Dog (Kirsty Cameron)

The Tragedy of Macbeth (Mary Zophres)

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Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till-Mobley in Till (Film, 2022).

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I’ve seen most of Adam Driver’s movies. But nothing could’ve prepared me when I saw him wearing plaid in BlacKkKlansman 😭😭 plaid has never suited someone this good

I bow down to the costuming department every day for the gift that they gave us in BlacKkKlansman!! Everyone say thank you Ms. Marci Rodgers!

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BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Shortlisted: Azor by Simona Martínez, The Eyes of Tammy Faye by Mitchell Travers, Judas and the Black Messiah by Charlese Antoinette Jones, The Lost Daughter by Edward K. Gibbon, Passing by Marci Rodgers, The Power of the Dog by Kirsty Cameron, and The Tragedy of Macbeth by Mary Zophres

THE NOMINEES ARE:

Dune

Costume Design by Robert Morgan & Jacqueline West

Licorice Pizza

Costume Design by Mark Bridges

This is Not a Burial, it’s a Resurrection

Costume Design by Nao Serati

Zola

Costume Design by Derica Cole Washington

AND THE CRISTAL GOES TO...

Spencer

Costume Design by Jacqueline Durran

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No Sudden Move (2021)

No Sudden Move by #StevenSoderbergh starring #DonCheadle and #BenicioDelToro, today's review on MyOldAddiction.com

STEVEN SODERBERGH Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB USA, 2021. HBO Max, Warner Bros., Warner Max. Screenplay by Ed Solomon. Cinematography by Steven Soderbergh. Produced by Casey Silver. Music by David Holmes. Production Design by Hannah Beachler. Costume Design by Marci Rodgers. Film Editing by Steven Soderbergh. Steven Soderbergh is never less entertaining than when he has a message to impart, and…

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TOO MANY GIRLS

October 8, 1940

Too Many Girls was an RKO film musical based on the stage musical of the same title. It was produced and directed by George Abbott, who had also directed the Broadway production. The music was composed by Richard Rodgers, the lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and the book was by George Marion, Jr. although the screenplay was adapted by John Twist. 

Too Many Girls opened on Broadway on October 18, 1939, at the Imperial Theatre, running to April 21, 1940, and transferred to the Broadway Theatre on April 22, 1940, closing on May 18, 1940. The cast featured Desi Arnaz, Diosa Costello, Marcy Westcott, Eddie Bracken, Richard Kollmar, Van Johnson, and Hal Le Roy. Musical Staging was by Robert Alton, scenery by Jo Mielziner, and costumes by Raoul Pène Du Bois.

The musical takes place in Skowhegan, Maine and Pottawatomie College in Stop Gap, New Mexico.

Synopsis ~ Connie Casey, an energetic celebrity heiress, wants to go to Pottawatomie College in Stop Gap, New Mexico, her father's alma mater, to be near her latest beau, British playwright Beverly Waverly. To protect her, and without her knowledge, her tycoon father sends four Ivy League football players as her bodyguards, Clint Kelly, Jojo Jordan, Manuelito and Al Terwilliger, who sign a contract with an ‘anti-romance’ clause. They also join the college's terrible football team, which immediately becomes one of the best in the country. Clint falls in love with Connie, but when she discovers he is her bodyguard, she decides to go back East. The bodyguards follow her, leaving the team in the lurch. The people of Stop Gap go after them, and they are brought back just in time for the big game. Connie declares her love for Clint, and he leads the team to victory.

PRINCIPAL CAST

Lucille Ball (Consuela ‘Connie’ Casey) was born on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She began her screen career in 1933 and was known in Hollywood as ‘Queen of the B’s’ due to her many appearances in ‘B’ movies. “My Favorite Husband” eventually led to the creation of “I Love Lucy,” a television situation comedy in which she co-starred with her real-life husband, Latin bandleader Desi Arnaz. The program was phenomenally successful, allowing the couple to purchase what was once RKO Studios, re-naming it Desilu. When the show ended in 1960 (in an hour-long format known as “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”) so did Lucy and Desi’s marriage. In 1962, hoping to keep Desilu financially solvent, Lucy returned to the sitcom format with “The Lucy Show,” which lasted six seasons. She followed that with a similar sitcom “Here’s Lucy” co-starring with her real-life children, Lucie and Desi Jr., as well as Gale Gordon, who had joined the cast of “The Lucy Show” during season two. Before her death in 1989, Lucy made one more attempt at a sitcom with “Life With Lucy,” also with Gordon.

Desi Arnaz (Manuelito Lynch) was born in Santiago, Cuba on March 2, 1917. After leaving Cuba, he formed his own Latin band, and literally launched the conga craze in America.  It was on the set of Too Many Girls (1940) that he and Lucille Ball met. They soon married and approximately 10 years later formed Desilu Productions and began the “I Love Lucy” shows in 1951. Desi and Lucille had two children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. At the end of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” in 1960, the two divorced. He was diagnosed with lung cancer and died on December 2, 1986 at age 69.

Manuelito: “I'm not conceited. I am the greatest player in fifty years, but I'm not conceited.”

Richard Carlson (Clint Kelly) makes his first and last appearance with Lucy and Desi, although his wife, Mona, was featured as one of Don Loper’s models on “The Fashion Show” (ILL S4;E20) in 1955. 

Ann Miller (Pepe) had appeared with Lucille Ball in three films: Stage Door (1937), Having Wonderful Time (1938), and Room Service (1938). In 1954, she appeared with the Arnazes on “MGM’s 30th Anniversary Tribute”. 

Eddie Bracken (Jojo Jordan) makes his only screen appearance with Lucy and Desi, although he was part of the Broadway cast of Too Many Girls and was friends with the Arnazes off screen as seen in the above photo with Ann Miller and Lucy. 

JOJO: “Well, I'm not exactly wonderful, but I'm awfully attractive in a dynamic sort of way.”

Frances Langford (Eileen Eilers) makes her only appearance with Lucy and Desi. She worked extensively with Bob Hope on his USO tours. 

Hal LeRoy (Al Terwilliger) makes his only screen appearance with Lucy and Desi, although he was part of the Broadway cast of Too Many Girls. 

Libby Bennett (Tallulah Lou) makes her only screen appearance in Too Many Girls. She had also been seen in the Broadway stage production. 

Harry Shannon (Mr. Harvey Casey) appeared with Lucille Ball in 1942′s The Big Street. On “I Love Lucy” he played Jim White the photographer in “Men Are Messy” (ILL S1;E8) in 1951 (above center). Musical fans will remember Shannon as Rosalind Russell’s father in the 1962 musical film Gypsy.

Mrs. Teweksbury says Mr. Casey is one of the richest individuals in the country. He reportedly has $7.50 more than Henry Ford. He is Connie’s father and Chairman of Casey Conglomerated Industries.

Douglas Walton (Beverly Waverly) was a Canadian-born actor making his only appearance with Lucy and Desi. He played poet Percy Shelley in the film The Bride of Frankenstein (1935). He left film acting in 1950, before the advent of television. 

Beverley Waverly is a British playwright.  

Chester Clute (Lister) did four films with Lucille Ball before Too Many Girls and four after it. 

Lister is an alumni of Pottawatomie College, like his boss Mr. Casey.

Ivy Scott (Mrs. Tewksbury) was also in the stage production of Too Many Girls and only did one more film in Hollywood, Higher and Higher in 1943.

Mrs. Tewksbury is the proprietor of The Hunted Stag (or, as Mr. Lister calls it, The Stunted Hag), an Inn where the boys are waiters. 

Byron Shores (Sheriff Andaluz) makes his only screen appearance with Lucy and Desi. He was also seen in the stage production of Too Many Girls. His last film was in 1944. 

UNCREDITED FILM CAST

Iron Eyes Cody (Indian) made a career of playing Native American characters despite the fact that he was of Italian ancestry. He next worked with Lucy and in 1942’s Valley of the Sun, again as an American Indian character. He played an Eskimo in a 1959 episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour,” but is probably best remembered as the Indian that sheds a single tear in the ‘Keep America Beautiful’ ads that ran from 1971 to the 1980s.

Jay Silverheels (Indian) also played a Native American character in Valley of the Sun (1942) with Lucille Ball. He was best known for playing Tonto on “The Lone Ranger”.

Chief John Big Tree (Chief)  

Harry James (Orchestra Leader) also played himself in Lucille Ball’s Best Foot Forward in 1943. With his wife, Betty Grable, he was seen in “Lucy Wins a Racehorse” (LDCH S1;E4) in 1958. 

Van Johnson (Chorus Boy) was also seen with Lucy in the films Easy to Wed (1946) and Yours, Mine and Ours in 1968. He played himself on one of the most popular episodes of “I Love Lucy,” “The Dancing Star” (ILL S4;E27) and played both himself and a look-alike on “Here’s Lucy” in 1968. He was also a member of the Broadway cast of Too Many Girls. 

Johnson has only two lines of dialogue in the film but is often visible in group scenes.

Shep Houghton (Chorus Boy) made two other films with Lucille Ball and was seen in the background of two episodes of “The Lucy Show” and one episode of “Here’s Lucy.”  Houghton was one of the Winkie Guards in 1939’s The Wizard of Oz and a Southern Dandy in Gone With the Wind (1939). 

John Benton (Chorus Boy)

Mildred Law (Coed) appeared on “I Love Lucy” in “Return Home From Europe” (ILL S5;E26) playing a TWA flight attendant who attends to Lucy’s cheesy baby, Chester. This was her penultimate screen credit. 

Pamela Blake (Coed) also appeared uncredited with Lucille Ball in Stage Door (1937).

Amarilla Morris (Coed) was seen with Desi Arnaz in the 1942 film Four Jacks and a Jill as the girl in the revolving door. 

Other Coeds: Janet Lavis, Ellen Johnson, Vera Fern, Peggy Drake, Zita Baca, Anna Mae Tessle

Homer Dickenson (Mr. Casey's Butler) immediately followed this film with A Girl, A Guy, And A Gob (1941) also starring Lucille Ball.

Grady Sutton (Football Coach) from 1935 to 1945, Sutton did five films with Lucille Ball.

Dorothy Vernon (Faculty Extra) also did The Bowery (1933) and Valley of the Sun (1942) with Lucille Ball. 

Dan White (Faculty Extra) had a small role in the 1970 TV special “Swing Out Sweet Land” in which Lucille Ball voiced the Statue of Liberty. 

Others: Sethma Williams (Marie), Tommy Graham (Hawker), Averell Harris (Detective), Michael Alvarez (Joe)

WHEN LUCY MET DIZZY

Lucille Ball met Desi Arnaz for the first time at the RKO studio commissary, while Too Many Girls was in rehearsals. She was in full costume and make-up after performing a fight scene for another film, Dance, Girl, Dance (1940, above): she wore a slinky gold dress slit halfway up the thigh and sported a black eye. Arnaz was seated at the same table as director George Abbott, who introduced the two. Arnaz was not impressed by Ball, thinking she “looked like a two-dollar whore who had been badly beaten by her pimp." After the encounter, he asked Abbott to fire Ball from Too Many Girls, claiming she was “too tough and common for the role."  He also advised that her reputation as Queen of the B movies might negatively impact his much-anticipated film debut, advice Abbott thankfully ignored. 

“A Cuban skyrocket burst over my horizon!” ~ Lucy about Desi

“Those damned big beautiful blue eyes!” ~ Desi about Lucy 

That night, Arnaz was rehearsing “She Could Shake the Maracas" when Ball walked in, now wearing a yellow sweater and tight-fitting beige slacks. Not recognizing her, Arnaz turned to the piano player and whispered “Man, that is a honk of woman!"  The pianist reminded Arnaz of his earlier meeting with Ball. Lucille approached them to say hello. "Miss Ball?" Arnaz said, just to make sure that there was no mistake. "Why don't you call me Lucille? And I'll call you Dizzy." 

Lucy and Desi have very little interaction in the film, but when he sees Connie for the first time, he gets weak in the knees and falls to the ground, in awe of her beauty. Despite this, Manuelito’s romance is with Pepe, not Connie. History re-wrote that chapter!

TOO MANY SONGS!

Heroes in the Fall - Male Chorus

You're Nearer - Connie, Pepe, Eileen, and Tallulah Lou

Pottawatomie - Mr. Casey and Chorus

'Cause We Got Cake - Eileen and Chorus

Spic 'n' Spanish - Manuelito and Pepe

Love Never Went to College - Eileen

Look Out! - Eileen and Pepe

I Didn't Know What Time It Was - Connie, Clint, and Jojo

You're Nearer - Connie, Manuelito, Eileen, Pepe, and Tallulah Lou

Conga

Songs cut from the Broadway show: 

Tempt Me Not - Manuelito, Clint, and Chorus

My Prince - Connie

I Like To Recognize the Tune - Jojo, Connie, Eileen, Clint, and Al

The Sweethearts of the Team - Eileen

She Could Shake The Maracas - Pepe and Manuelito

Too Many Girls - Manuelito

Give It Back To The Indians - Eileen 

TOO MANY TRIVIA!

RKO paid $100,000 for the rights to the Broadway musical. 

Filming on Too Many Girls began on June 22, 1940.

Camerman Russell Metty briefly took over shooting for Frank Redman when Redman had to attend a funeral.

Uncredited performers Van Johnson and Harry James would go on to be two of the film’s biggest stars, except for Lucy and Desi, eclipsing many of the film’s principal cast like Hal LeRoy, Douglas Walton, and Libby Bennett. 

Lucille Ball’s vocals were dubbed by Trudy Erwin, one of Kay Kyser’s singers. 

Everyone imported from Broadway (except Hal LeRoy) was making their screen debut with Too Many Girls. 

After making the film, Van Johnson and Mildred Law returned to the Broadway production. Instead of chorus roles, Johnson assumed the role of Jojo (originated by Bracken) and Law now played Tallulah Lou, originated by Leila Ernest. 

On Broadway the character of Connie was originated by Marcy Wescott in her final Broadway stage role. 

TOO MANY REFERENCES!

Each of Connie’s bodyguards plays football for an Ivy League college: Yale, Harvard, and Princeton. Manuelito is still deciding on a college, but is considering Princeton, where Clint goes. There is talk about a contentious game that includes Princeton. In Lucille Ball’s radio show “My Favorite Husband” (1948), George Cugat (later Cooper) hopes his future son will play for Princeton, his alum. Coincidentally, Lucille Ball did two plays at Princeton University’s resident theatre company, McCarter: Hey Diddle Diddle (1937) and Dream Girl (1947).

One of the characters mentions movie star Ginger Rogers, one of the top female box office stars of the time. She was also a good friend of Lucille Ball having done five films together. Rogers’ mother Lela tajght acting classes at RKO, later inspiring Ball to create the Desilu Playhouse at Desilu Studios. Rogers played herself on a 1971 episode of “Here’s Lucy.” 

Mr. Casey compares his daughter Connie with Lucretia Borgia (1480-1519) was the illegitimate daughter of a pope and his mistress,  a famous beauty, notorious for the suspicious deaths and political intrigue that swirled around her. Today her name has become synonymous with a beautiful, but scheming woman who would stop at nothing - including murder - to get what she wants.  In 1949, Lucille Ball’s friend played Lucretia Borgia for Paramount in Bride of Vengeance.

Although Pottawatomie College and the town of Stop Gap are fictional, Pottawatomie is the name of a Native American tribe, although they were mostly found in the Great Lakes region, not in New Mexico. The Pottawatomie Massacre occurred from May 23 to May 26, 1856, resulting in the death of five pro-slavery settlers north of Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County, Kansas. This was one of the many violent episodes in Kansas preceding the American Civil War.

 TOO MANY CRITICS!

Too Many Girls premiered on October 8, 1940 at Loew's Criterion Theatre in New York. Critical reviews were generally positive, although Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote that Too Many Girls was “a pleasant, light-hearted and wholly ingenuous campus film" but that director George Abbott "has permitted it to sag in the middle, at which point the thin spots baldly show. If the intention was to be impressive, it has failed. For 'Too Many Girls' is a simple, conventional rah-rah picture, without any place for pretense. And there is not enough to it, on the whole, for Mr. Abbott to squander dancers recklessly."

TOO FAST FORWARD

This film's earliest documented television presentations began in Los Angeles Tuesday May 8, 1956 on KHJ (Channel 9), much to the chagrin of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz who were embarrassed by it, and objected to its frequent showings to no avail.

In 1977, the music of Too Many Girls was rereleased on vinyl with performers Nancy Andrews, Johnny Desmond, Estelle Parsons, and Anthony Perkins! 

The film is referenced in “Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter” a 1991 TV movie about starring Frances Fisher (above) and Maurice Bernard, as well as “Lucy” (2003), another TV film in which Lucy (Rachel York) and Desi (Danny Pino) meet on the set; Desi in his football uniform and Lucy bruised from the filming of Dance, Girl, Dance.

Clips from the film are featured in Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993).

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68/? costume design: Passing (2021) by Marci Rodgers