Anyone else astounded by the juggling of Trixie Firschke (in the waiting room with Fred)?
This type of exquisite and highly demanding skill is a lost art amongst today's 'entertainers'....
For those who love exploring these brief but fascinating moments in film, see the following for an insightful bio of Trixie:
http://www.juggling.org/jw/90/2/trixie.html
Are you serious? Gee -- you are either severely out-of-touch or are simply sneering at today's entertainers on general principles. Check the Web. Juggling is huge.
Have you heard of Cirque du Soleil? They do a little of it.
Actually, I was thinking when I watched her that Ms. Firschke was excellent, especially with the contact juggling, but that she'd be slack-jawed with wonder at Michael Moschen.
Here are a couple of URLs for you:
http://www.juggling.org/
http://www.michaelmoschen.com/index.html
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I am serious. I went to the sites you mentioned. The 'modern videos' are all about guys, whoopty do :)
I'm sure many women are slack-jawed at the performance of Usain Bolt too...
Plus, I was not limiting my comments to merely other jugglers. The time and finesse it takes to do what Trixie did are not something most young aspiring entertainers are willing to subscribe to today -- I think it's the video game syndrome (instant gratification/success or no deal).
I'm not disputing there are great entertainers today, I just don't happen to see them with such regularity as I did 50 years ago....
?? I checked some of those videos expecting to be blown away. They're good, but what struck me is that there's virtually nothing being done that she didn't do in Broadway Melody. It's largely the same moves. So I doubt she'd be "slack-jawed", although she would appreciate the work of fellow performers.
"Be wary of Wenk -- I want to warn you!"
She was amazing. Great fun.
"Be wary of Wenk -- I want to warn you!"
It is a brilliant and funny scene between Fred and Trixie.
She also comes across as remarkably modern as she is moving about in a way ladies didnt generally do back then!
She used to do her juggling act on ice just to make it even more difficult!!
It was some of the finest juggling I've ever seen. My sister bores easy with old movies, but when she saw her performing those juggling tricks, she actually sat down to watch that scene with me.
"Eva Longoria must be a lesbian cause she married a woman."
It was the best part of an otherwise boring, cookie-cutter plot theme for Astaire. She was excellent.
Remember When Movies Didn't Have To Be Politically Correct?
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Aaah yes, that was such a great scene. I thought it was one of the best parts of the film.
As to today's 'entertainers', well, (tongue in cheek) I think there are some who could emulate Trixie's talents but most are probably in 'other' non legitimate forms of entertainment ;D
I think this scene would have been perfect in a Marx Brothers Film as I am certain Groucho would have had a great comment on her "skills".
I was impressed by her juggling & tricks - it was a highlight of the film and it was humorous the way she played off Astaire in that scene.
It was cooler than anything I've seen in real life circuses to include cirque de soleil - I just don't see what the big deal is about cirque....one of the bigger dissappointments I've paid for!
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I agree with you, actually. I'm glad skills like juggling endure in today's world, but think about it--you won't see it in a popular film. And they don't even really make films like this one anymore. I mean what would we see...glum rappers stalking around in ugly, ill-fitting clothing, b*tching ceaselessly in dumb rhyming prattle that doesn't hold a candle to 40's jive talk?
Anyway--Trixie was GREAT! And I agree about the modernism--she was fearless for a woman of her era, as well as incredibly talented and cute. Did y'all notice that, as per IMDB, she appears to still be alive? She must be around 92 if so?