| "Sure, Sure, Shirley" is an NYT parody piece mocking Shirley Temple Black for her U.N. job. | |
| Posted by: TimDunleavy 08:47 am EDT 08/09/21 | |
| In reply to: Jane Withers, prolific film, TV, and occasional stage actress has passed away at age 95 - BroadwayTonyJ 11:20 pm EDT 08/08/21 | |
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| The author, Frank Giordano, wrote several humor pieces for the Times Arts and Leisure section around then, including one about a nightclub on a jumbo jet. Shirley Temple Black was working for the Nixon administration as a delegate to the United Nations. Giordano was mocking her for what he viewed as her simplistic views on diplomacy. Read these passages: "The show was delightful and Shirley made a very moving post‐curtain speech about world peace and the need for light frothy entertainment as a means of bringing people with divergent views together. The next day most of the newspapers quoted her eloquent plea to “spank Mr. Castro and make bad with old Red China.”" Also... "The first performance was a benefit to aid diabetics, however, and the evening was marred slightly when 76 percent of the audience collapsed during Shirley's candy cane medley at the end of the first act. " If you believe that really happened.... :) |
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| Link | https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/28/archives/sure-sure-shirley-next-sure-sure-shirley.html |
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