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November 02, 2009 |
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Beyond the Call of Duty
FOUND by Ben
in Schnuck's in Midtown St. Louis, Missouri
Found this on my way into Schnuck's for some groceries after class one night. It seems Danny was helping put on a dance recital.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
I hope if she writes Danny a letter of recommendation she remembers to sign that, since she didn't sign his thank-you card.
"For all the right reasons!" (Not that there's anything wrong with your reasons, Danny...) That phrase, the lack of signature and the quotes around "challenging" make me wonder just how sincere her oh-so-effusive thanks are.
lmost two decades later went to see the Broadway Musical "Danny and the Magical Jazz Hands" and realized that it was based loosely on the guy who had choreogra
This is the most gentle dismissal and furlough letter I've ever seen.
Danny took it hard, though. He went directly from work to Schnuck's where he spent his severance check to pick up a case of that heavily-advertised hometown brew, drove out to Froest Park, and settled down for a long night outside the zoo where he threw the empties over the wall into the animal's enclosures until he was arrested and sent away to the Big House.
"Forest Park" not "Froest Park" .... sheesh!
Ms. XO seems to be a big fan of exclaimation points!!!
Signed - Mrs. Pamela Smart
I have known many theater people, and I like them all, but they tend to use phrases like "I do thee adore" which nobody outside the theater world would say. What's up with that?
There are currently some beer commercials on television in America that show a situation and then give both the "Too light" and "Too heavy" reactions. This is the "Too light" version of the dismissal letter. Perhaps the "Too heavy" version would simply say "I do thee loathe!"
how does one "recite" a dance, Ben?
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
My Danny Amour, lovely as a summer's day
My Danny Amour, distant as the Milky Way
My Danny Amour, pretty little one that I thee adore
You're the only student my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine... from behind
In a school theatre or someday on Broadway
I've been near you, but don't stand so close to me...
My Danny Amour, won't you tell me how could you ignore
That behind that little smile I wore
How I wish that the kids and dance weren't so challenging
Maybe someday you'll see my face among the crowd
Maybe someday I'll share your little distant cloud
Oh, Danny Amour, pretty little one that I thee adore
You're the only student my heart beats for
How I wish that you have a fanatastic career
and not get it in the rear
XO La XO la XO la XO
La la la la la la
Wow, I must be very jaded or suspicious; I seem to be the only one who thinks that this teacher has an inappropriate interest in Danny.
On second thought, I guess Hiplainsdrifter thought that too. That is comforting.
I think the note was in fact signed, but the image of the back side has been cropped. It's smaller than the image of the front, and there appears to be a little of the signature visible at the bottom.
@ Librarian - Nice bit of local color. Are you or have you ever been a St Louisan? Perhaps employed at a secondary school where you also served as theater advisor?
The sentiments are very sweet. In writing though, they make me want to read between the lines.
@professor . . . Me too. It seems like the whole tenor of this note is "off" if the writer is in a position of writing a letter of recommendation for the recipient. If the note was written to some curmudgeonly old man who had to put up with a bunch of challenging kids, well, that's one thing. But it wasn't.
@ Geek and Nightingale and Journalist -- I agree -- the writer doth protest too much. 'I thee adore' indeed! Pah.
The whole thing sounds as if he /she (?? my first guess was 'he'??) is trying to be complimentary but can't quite manage it sincerely.
I'm reminded of the famous theatrical putdown --
'My dear, fabulous is NOT the word!!'