Midnight Frolic

Just watched a wonderful Biography om Flo Ziegfeld. Not only was there tons of photos and film of the girls and the shows, but this one was lucky enough to boast having some of the girls themselves speak about the man and the follies, what it was like being an American Girl Glorified. I sat here with tears streaming down my face seeing these wonderful ladies, all full-fledged seniors (most of whom are already passed on), some still retaining that glamour and poise, speaking so fondly on the subject, and it just got me thinking, it is so sad, the passing of time, how people age, how things move past. I find the real tragedy to be that its all inevidible, but also, I find this indulible beauty to it all. The thing that saddens me I think is knowing that most people don't recognise the beauty or the fact that its going to happen to everybody. I thought about what it would have been like to have watched this fabulous program when I was in school, or around some other insufferable bores today, knowing the rude comments and snarky remarks they would have made at the juxtapostion to be found in the footage of these girls, truly some of the prettiest out of a time seemingly populated exclusively by beautiful people, contrasted with the wrinkly old ladies, some of whom were still clinging to their faded youth in that unflattering way. I could just imagine the fucking point being lost on them. The point that these woman WERE beautiful, that the tragedy is that age and life takes its toll, and that, moreover, its coming for us all. How can you make fun of or have distain for something that will eventually afflict you, too. Anyways, this rant is all predecated on some imagined bullshit from the mass populus. I really do feel like they put me in the wrong time period. I brought this up, later that night, to Ian at the bar, and he said that we are living in that exact time now, that this time period is in many ways parallel to the 20's and 30's. This may be, but I still feel a deep nostaligia and longing for something I know I can never know.