Sunday's are usually an excellent time for catching up on the news. By this of course I mean skimming the Arts and Leisure section in the New York Times and reading the New York Times Magazine, especially when the cover features one of our all time favorite actors, Mr. Daniel Day-Lewis. LYNN HIRSCHBERG writes a great feature on Lewis, but I think the best bit in the periodical is the interview with historian Patty Limerick. It's easy to be seduced by the bravura and rugged wildness of the West (especially when featuring the bravura of Russell Crowe and the ruggedness of Christian Bale... any "3:10 to Yuma" fans?), but it's interesting to hear why this aesthetic/time/place should be making a comeback now- especially to hear it from a woman's perspective (because we don't usually get much a role in Wild West... maybe an Annie Oakley biopic is in the works?). The interview is short, so read it and let us know what you think.
In regarding other very important and related matters, do you think it's too soon to resurrect the cowgirl hat and boots fashion-wise? How about if this time we do it less Coyote Ugly and more Legendary Markswoman?
4 comments:
Hi guys
I am off to work with hubby so will come back and read the interview.
On the boots,I love them...they need to come back!
I was on your side of town on Saturday and will blog on that
Re the interview, I was entertained by her ideas for John Wayne.
Oooh such a hunk, especially in The Last of the Mohicans. I liked The Crucibles too.
Nice boots, always have loved cowboy hats!
How I miss my Annie Oakley outfit. I had the fringed buckskin skirt with a fringed vest, no rifle but a holster with pistols and of course, boots. Didn't have a horse, had never been out west, pretty much clumped around the bayous feeling very pleased with my 6 year old self.
Let's bring Annie back!
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