Liza Minelli and Alan Cumming are so deliciously campy and fun and the song just sounds great. I am more than a little obsessed with Liza... Oh so tragic and always so triumphant. As a little girl I loved Judy Garland and I really loved when Liza would appear with her on TV, those big eyes that scream out "I'm screwed" and "I'm alive" all at once.
I think that evidence of God is found everywhere and no I am not saying that in a pantheistic way; I am speaking of evidence of resurrection and hope in all kinds of things. If you can't see signs of redemption and resurrection in Liza then please keep looking! It is all there.
Faith is not about a single triumph alone - although that is what the Cross is. Our faith is about the ongoing Cross and the constancy of birth (Christmas), death and resurrection(Easter) that is found in all life. And amen to that.
God turns up all all kinds of unlikely places, Liza Minelli included.
Anyway, leave it to me to turn a campy-LizawithaZ post into a sermon!
Some good karma brought this video my way and I share it with you this New Year's Eve 2009! Happy 2010!
Bless you for that, Fran! I have a major crush on Alan Cumming and have always loved Liza. I once had the pleasure of seeing her do a one-woman show in New York and I'll always remember how brash and funny she was.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, dear one! May it be your best year ever.
Love,
Doxy
I bought a cassette of "Liza with a Z" back in 73 or 74. The tape finally disappeared some time ago, but not after I'd played it a bazillion times.
ReplyDeleteGreat tune!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Fran!
Happy New Year Fran. Liza is great.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Fran! I've never seen that picture of Judy Garland and Liza together, it's such a beautiful picture.
ReplyDeleteAh, embracing your inner gay man. Love it. And have a lovely New Year.
ReplyDeleteThanks all! I hope you had a great new year one and all!!!
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