Comments on: Fresh Black Girls: Eartha Kitt! http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/fresh-black-girls-eartha-kitt.html Pontifications, coonery, quips, blasphemy, miscegenation, freshness, concern for celebrity life, the beauty of blackness, the sorrow of work-life, the curse of brilliance, and sassy stories. [Pop culture criticism, entertainment reviews, and humor writing by Thembi Ford.] Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:24:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Regina http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/fresh-black-girls-eartha-kitt.html/comment-page-1#comment-3058 Regina Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:28:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/fresh-black-girls-eartha-kitt.html#comment-3058 She will certainly be missed! She was very unique! She will certainly be missed! She was very unique!

]]> By: pjazzypar http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/fresh-black-girls-eartha-kitt.html/comment-page-1#comment-3056 pjazzypar Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:41:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/fresh-black-girls-eartha-kitt.html#comment-3056 A Diva until the end! If you ever get a chance to see the old film "St. Louis Blues" don't pass it up. She plays Ruby Dee's nemesis to perfection. A Diva until the end! If you ever get a chance to see the old film “St. Louis Blues” don’t pass it up. She plays Ruby Dee’s nemesis to perfection.

]]> By: Bonnie http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/fresh-black-girls-eartha-kitt.html/comment-page-1#comment-3055 Bonnie Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:38:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/fresh-black-girls-eartha-kitt.html#comment-3055 The old Batman and Robin series was one of my favorites and she was my favorite Catwoman on the show. To this day, my sister and I imitate her "I don't have on any panties" line and it still cracks us up! RIP, Ms. Kitt, you were truly one of a kind... The old Batman and Robin series was one of my favorites and she was my favorite Catwoman on the show. To this day, my sister and I imitate her “I don’t have on any panties” line and it still cracks us up! RIP, Ms. Kitt, you were truly one of a kind…

]]> By: jazzfan360 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/fresh-black-girls-eartha-kitt.html/comment-page-1#comment-3054 jazzfan360 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:49:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/12/fresh-black-girls-eartha-kitt.html#comment-3054 I am <b>SO</b> sad. One of our greatest entertainers. She lived a truly <i>extraordinary</i> life. Came from absolutely nothing, traveled the whole world, went everywhere, met everybody, did everything, had a million different comebacks even though she never really went away, and had a million amazing stories to tell. She always spoke the truth at any cost--sometimes paying a very high price--and lived full-tilt without falling into addiction or psychological hangups or any of the nasty trappings of fame that befell some of her contemporaries. <i>And</i>, she outlived them all--one of the very last great entertainers of the Golden Age, and even with colon cancer, she performed almost to the very end. Lightning charisma. Rapier wit. Endless sex appeal. A voice seemingly unchanged by the decades. And--of course--that growl. <br/><br/>-My favorite Eartha Kitt moment, slingin' some low-down blues singing <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=756GCv1_ino" REL="nofollow">"Chantez-les Bas"</a> to Nat 'King' Cole in <i>St. Louis Blues</i>, one of the hallmarks of Early Black Cinema<br/>-A <i>sensational</i> benefit performance of <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNvGVVqRJEs" REL="nofollow">"Love For Sale"</a> from recent years--she works that crowd like a pro, and they're eating out of her hand<br/>-A '62 performance of one of her signature songs, <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ5VaBgXzuM" REL="nofollow">"I Want to Be Evil"</a><br/>-<a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6BNzvhRlCk" REL="nofollow">Performing it again</a>, fabulously, some twenty years later for President Reagan...fun to see how her experience and evolved style change the delivery<br/><br/>There's a GREAT remembrance article at <a HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/25/AR2008122500870.html?hpid=moreheadlines" REL="nofollow">The Washington Post</a>.<br/><br/>Man. A real legend. Of <i>course</i> she would go and die on Christmas, with her biggest song playing all over the world; she never did anything halfway.<br/><br/>Purrrrfect. I am SO sad. One of our greatest entertainers. She lived a truly extraordinary life. Came from absolutely nothing, traveled the whole world, went everywhere, met everybody, did everything, had a million different comebacks even though she never really went away, and had a million amazing stories to tell. She always spoke the truth at any cost–sometimes paying a very high price–and lived full-tilt without falling into addiction or psychological hangups or any of the nasty trappings of fame that befell some of her contemporaries. And, she outlived them all–one of the very last great entertainers of the Golden Age, and even with colon cancer, she performed almost to the very end. Lightning charisma. Rapier wit. Endless sex appeal. A voice seemingly unchanged by the decades. And–of course–that growl.

-My favorite Eartha Kitt moment, slingin’ some low-down blues singing “Chantez-les Bas” to Nat ‘King’ Cole in St. Louis Blues, one of the hallmarks of Early Black Cinema
-A sensational benefit performance of “Love For Sale” from recent years–she works that crowd like a pro, and they’re eating out of her hand
-A ‘62 performance of one of her signature songs, “I Want to Be Evil”
-Performing it again, fabulously, some twenty years later for President Reagan…fun to see how her experience and evolved style change the delivery

There’s a GREAT remembrance article at The Washington Post.

Man. A real legend. Of course she would go and die on Christmas, with her biggest song playing all over the world; she never did anything halfway.

Purrrrfect.

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