622. RAPUNZEL'S DRAWN KISS

RAPUNZEL'S DRAWN KISS
Rapunzel's drawn kiss, some smattering of the
Matterhorn...we are watching a skit on an
old TV show : a Swiss maiden high on some
mountain, yodeling while she bends over as
blossoms fall from her cleavage in a tightly
sewn top. No sense to anything at all, yet
the point is gotten across - these fantasy
Swiss maids are all about sex. Some Jewish
TV madman's idea of it all anyway. You
can tell, even from far back now, how
near this all was to old Vaudeville. You
can take the boy from the city, but
you can't take the city from the boy.
Or something. The old lower eastside
ghetto - beckoning like a Gershwin keen
on a shiny success. What were they thinking?
The backdrop and the scrim, both poorly
drawn and executed, attempting to show some
pathetic Alps scene. Nothing works right.
The maiden has lipstick all over her face.
She looks more like a Gerty Mandelbaum
than anything else. The cow in the pasture
wears a bell two sizes too big.
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Exaggeration, I guess, to get the point across.
Exaggeration to get the point across.