017 - Moulin Rouge!

Maybe it was the full moon last week, or maybe Mercury is in retrograde, but something about all things French that make Mary and Alexis swoon. Or speak like cavemen, or something. We definitely had a “W” in 2021 when we were able to go to France, so we kinda talk about it a lot (and the associated mom-guilt around traveling sans kids), because we can can can. And (of course) we talk about Elton John. And Double Switch (watch it here!). Elton, if you’re listening . . . we’re going to be best friends, and we’re gonna go shopping!

 

Because we love France, and we love musicals, Mary took Lexy and Dave to see Moulin Rouge! (the musical) at the Eccles Theatre as a Christmas gift. The musical is based on the spectacular, spectacular 2001 film by avant-garde director/producer/screenwriter/auteur Baz Luhrman, who Mary particularly loves for his song “Everybody’s Free to Wear Sunscreen,” which is based on an article written for the Chicago Tribune by Mary Schmich in 1997. We also talk a little about Lexy’s first love, Elvis, and the 2022 Baz Luhrman film about him, which you can stream on HoBoMax.

 

Moulin Rouge is a good love story, but we believe that at the heart of it all, as well as at the heart of our lives, is the great truth: “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return” (from “Nature Boy” by eden abhez; listen to the Nat King Cole version here, and the David Bowie version from the movie soundtrack here. 

 

Our Better Betty Challenge for this week is to look at your relationship with love. Identify how you give it, how you receive it, and please try to accept the fact that you are deserving of freedom, beauty, truth, and love. Or at least a week in NYC or a fluffy farm in France.

 

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