TCM is showing That's Entertainment and its subsequent successes for New Year's Eve. The hosts are sitting around the TCM set (a fake home-like atmosphere) with champagne, in suits. As if they are watching along with us. An illusion upon an illusion, and lots of us (okay, me!) just eat it up. These are like the old fashioned TV clip shows, when the show wanted to show off all the hits of the previous season. These tribute movies were like extended commercials, just like others-especially those commemorating the Beatles and other glories of the 60's. Somehow, I missed that the glorious stars of yesteryear were walking through decrepit and decayed sets of MGM, right before they were turn down. I understood Sunset Boulevard (1950) instinctively. I knew there was a sad quality to this time gone by-but yet, it was captured. Those people LIVED and lasted through time, even though most were probably dead by the time I first saw them. My favorite movie is/was Perils of Pa
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