Good point. I'm glad I had my fun times; you're right about how necessary they are.
The Marlene exhibit was fascinating. They were perhaps a bit too easy on the less-savory aspects of her character, but they didn't neglect them. I've read two or three MD biographies over the years, and it was interesting to see elements of those analyses in the commentary.
Here's a link to the gallery's description of the show. Dietrich really was a genius when it came to image. The pictures were beautifully reproduced: sharp and clear with that glowing silver edge that the "silver screen" actually did have back in the dangerous old days of silver nitrate film. I also enjoyed a little kiosk of film clips; they chose ones that really made her screen persona vivid.
The exhibit did a lot with MD's preference for "mannish" or androgynous dress and the way she played with gender and same-sex sexuality on stage and in life. In the slide show on the website, you can see the photo of her visit to Berlin in the 30s, when she wore a man's suit. According to the museum blurb, she had been warned in advance that given German law, she'd be arrested if she showed up in men's clothes. You see how many fucks she gave.
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Good point. I'm glad I had my fun times; you're right about how necessary they are.
The Marlene exhibit was fascinating. They were perhaps a bit too easy on the less-savory aspects of her character, but they didn't neglect them. I've read two or three MD biographies over the years, and it was interesting to see elements of those analyses in the commentary.
Here's a link to the gallery's description of the show. Dietrich really was a genius when it came to image. The pictures were beautifully reproduced: sharp and clear with that glowing silver edge that the "silver screen" actually did have back in the dangerous old days of silver nitrate film. I also enjoyed a little kiosk of film clips; they chose ones that really made her screen persona vivid.
The exhibit did a lot with MD's preference for "mannish" or androgynous dress and the way she played with gender and same-sex sexuality on stage and in life. In the slide show on the website, you can see the photo of her visit to Berlin in the 30s, when she wore a man's suit. According to the museum blurb, she had been warned in advance that given German law, she'd be arrested if she showed up in men's clothes. You see how many fucks she gave.