Slog - Comments on Da Butt: With a 'Z' http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z I have watched Liza Minnelli's 1972 performance of "I Gotcha" (from Liza with a 'Z', choreographed by Bob Fosse) more times than I care to enumerate, but on a recent viewing I noticed a few things I hadn't seen before. Almost two minutes into the clip, I found myself asking, "Wait, did Liza just do the Tootsie Roll?" The answer is yes. Then she does The Matrix, Da Butt, and the most spastic Crank Dat Soulja Boy one could hope to see. I know Fosse gets plenty of big ups already, but damn, y'all. Check it out: Tootsie Roll (1:53/... Copyright 2008 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:19:38 -0800 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:49:31 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Interesting -- this just changed from an Amy Kate to a Chelsea post.

And right as I was wondering, "Where is that hopelessly dull Chelsea at today?"

Chelz, you oughts try "The Bump"...as in "yourself off."

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043083 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043083 Theater Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:28:14 -0800 Comment by Hartiepie So Liza did dance moves before they were invented by later generations??? Maybe the current crop is really just rehashing 40 year-old steps without recognizing the source? Of course Fosse stole, too....... Tain't much new under the sun.

]]> Hartiepie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043118 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043118 Theater Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:40:34 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave the similarity for some of them is really reaching.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043125 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043125 Theater Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:43:06 -0800 Comment by Bub For the record, I LOVE these kind of posts analyzing classic performances. You could be the Seth Rudetsky of the Pacific Northwest! Keep 'em coming, Chelsea.

]]> Bub http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043148 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043148 Theater Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:54:27 -0800 Comment by pgreyy I'd hit it.

Oh, wait. This isn't Fark.

Sorry.

]]> pgreyy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043204 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043204 Theater Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:17:20 -0800 Comment by COMTE Chelsea, this really isn't an improvement over your previous work.

I'm giving you a straight "C" for this one, but you've got to show more initiative and imagination on your next assignment.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043208 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043208 Theater Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:19:41 -0800 Comment by Rachael F. I'm assuming you already YouTubed "Walk It Out Fosse".

]]> Rachael F. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043409 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043409 Theater Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:06:20 -0800 Comment by Ecclesiastes The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

]]> Ecclesiastes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043548 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043548 Theater Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:49:38 -0800 Comment by Eric F Best Slog post ever. Servicey, too.

]]> Eric F http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043610 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043610 Theater Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:33:55 -0800 Comment by monkey And if you haven't looked up "walk it out fosse" on youtube you really really should.

IT ROCKS!

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043630 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/da_butt_with_a_z#c1043630 Theater Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:49:31 -0800