FANDOM NAME: Mame, the musical (but also, the movie?) WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: Look, this is a show/movie about your rich, eccentric, avant-gardist middle-aged aunt who doesn't let anyone step on her toes, has a best friend/Nemesis and whose motto is "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death". Mame ends up being in charge of her nephew, Patrick, and boy is he in for a ride among New York artists. There's wits and sass everywhere, a found family dynamic, extremely catchy songs, older women rocking the boat, and it's so camp I want to die. Also, the musical stars Angela Lansbury in the title role, and Bea Arthur in the role of Vera Charles, her BFF/Nemesis. Need I say more ? Well the Rosalind Russell movie is also absolutely excellent. Besides, this has the potential to be super queer, and I really think it should be explore that way. Mame and Vera are constantly throwing shades, and I'm sure they secretly wish for Patrick to grow up gay. I wanted to nominate both the show and the movie because there are like 2 fics for it anyway, but I don't know what will come of it : it's really the same story anyway. WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): There are several clips available on Youtube, the music is there too. I particularly recommend this monument of bitchy duet, starring Lansbery and Arthur: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaW3YTAzkXA As for the Rosalind Russell movie, here's the excellent, excellent trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gsRMtl70aQ
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WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: Look, this is a show/movie about your rich, eccentric, avant-gardist middle-aged aunt who doesn't let anyone step on her toes, has a best friend/Nemesis and whose motto is "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death".
Mame ends up being in charge of her nephew, Patrick, and boy is he in for a ride among New York artists. There's wits and sass everywhere, a found family dynamic, extremely catchy songs, older women rocking the boat, and it's so camp I want to die.
Also, the musical stars Angela Lansbury in the title role, and Bea Arthur in the role of Vera Charles, her BFF/Nemesis. Need I say more ? Well the Rosalind Russell movie is also absolutely excellent.
Besides, this has the potential to be super queer, and I really think it should be explore that way. Mame and Vera are constantly throwing shades, and I'm sure they secretly wish for Patrick to grow up gay.
I wanted to nominate both the show and the movie because there are like 2 fics for it anyway, but I don't know what will come of it : it's really the same story anyway.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): There are several clips available on Youtube, the music is there too. I particularly recommend this monument of bitchy duet, starring Lansbery and Arthur: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaW3YTAzkXA
As for the Rosalind Russell movie, here's the excellent, excellent trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gsRMtl70aQ