Neil Posted April 15, 2018 Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 The last time I watched Mame with someone who had never seen it before, they pointed out that Mame got over her sorrow about losing Patrick pretty darn quick. It takes her 2 minutes and she's howling at the idea of Vera teaching in a convent. How does Mame know that Patrick isn't down on the street listening to this yok-fest? In my "new and improved" edit of "Mame", I cut this scene out completely. I cut from Vera's line "...an extremely modern operetta" to the "Man in the Moon" show on stage. I don't think this scene works. It's not funny and it's one of those scenes where Lucy's soft-focus shots get in the way (which I sharpened up in this clip). "Mother Cabrini" and "during LENT!" may have worked onstage and the movie makers were obviously expecting a big laugh because they hold on a shot of Mame reacting waiting for laughter to subside...and there was none. And "Eagle-eye Carter" (Harry, that is) is the only other person who noticed that this is the ONE scene where you can see Lucy limp slightly ---as she runs to the door after Patrick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessiLu Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Just came across this interview that Lucy did when she was promoting Mame. Hadn’t seen it before: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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