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[[File:The Lemon Party.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''''The Lemon Party'''''.]] | [[File:The Lemon Party.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''''The Lemon Party'''''.]] | ||
'''''The Lemon Party''''' is a play by Harold Pinter. | '''''The Lemon Party''''' is a 1957 play by Harold Pinter. | ||
== Lemon sessions == | |||
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In the girls’ schools these lemon sessions tended to take place at random on nights when a dozen or so girls might end up in someone’s dormitory room. One girl would become “it,” and the others would light into her personality, pulling it to pieces to analyze every defect … her spitefulness, her awkwardness, her bad breath, embarrassing clothes, ridiculous laugh, her suck-up fawning, latent lesbianism, or whatever. The poor creature might be reduced to tears. She might blurt out the most terrible confessions, hatreds, and primordial fears. But, it was presumed, she would be the stronger for it afterward. She would be on her way toward a new personality. Likewise, in the secret societies: They held lemon sessions for boys. Is masturbation your problem? Out with the truth, you ridiculous weenie! And Thursday night after Thursday night the awful truths would out, as he who was It stood up before them and answered the most horrible questions. Yes! I do it! I whack whack whack it! I’m afraid of women! I’m afraid of you! And I get my shirts at Rosenberg’s instead of Press! (Oh, you dreary turkey, you wet smack, you little shit!) … But out of the fire and the heap of ashes would come a better man, a brother, of good blood and good bone, for the American race guerrière. And what was more … they loved it. No matter how dreary the soap opera, the star was Me. | |||
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—Tom Wolfe, from "[https://nymag.com/news/features/45938/ The “Me” Decade and the Third Great Awakening]" | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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File:Acerbico.jpg|link=Acerbico|'''''[[Acerbico]]''''' is a biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino as a New York City police officer with a sour attitude. | |||
File:The Seventh Strawberries.jpg|link=The Seventh Strawberries|'''''[[The Seventh Strawberries]]''''' is an allegorical drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Max von Sydow and Bibi Andersson. | |||
File:A Donna Summer Night's Dream.jpg|link=A Donna Summer Night's Dream|'''''[[A Donna Summer Night's Dream]]''''' is a lost play by William Shakespeare. | File:A Donna Summer Night's Dream.jpg|link=A Donna Summer Night's Dream|'''''[[A Donna Summer Night's Dream]]''''' is a lost play by William Shakespeare. | ||
File:Ham Omelette.jpg|link=Ham Omelette|'''[[Ham Omelette]]''' is a short order breakfast cafe and Shakespearean playhouse. | |||
File:You spent a lifetime saving urine in bottles, now the lemon machine takes it all away.jpg|link=The lemon machine takes it all away|'''You spent a lifetime saving urine in bottles, now [[the lemon machine takes it all away]]'''. | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* ''[[A Donna Summer Night's Dream]]'' | |||
* ''[[Acerbico]]'' | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
* ''[[ | * [[The lemon machine takes it all away]] | ||
* ''[[The Seventh Strawberries]]'' | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [ Post] @ Twitter (17 February 2023) | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPcvm-gNXV4 Tom Wolfe Collection on Letterman, 1987-98] @ YouTube | ||
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=== Social media === | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1626661562327891971 Post] @ Twitter (17 February 2023) | |||
* https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1540414905484021763 | * https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1540414905484021763 | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:15, 31 January 2024
The Lemon Party is a 1957 play by Harold Pinter.
Lemon sessions
In the girls’ schools these lemon sessions tended to take place at random on nights when a dozen or so girls might end up in someone’s dormitory room. One girl would become “it,” and the others would light into her personality, pulling it to pieces to analyze every defect … her spitefulness, her awkwardness, her bad breath, embarrassing clothes, ridiculous laugh, her suck-up fawning, latent lesbianism, or whatever. The poor creature might be reduced to tears. She might blurt out the most terrible confessions, hatreds, and primordial fears. But, it was presumed, she would be the stronger for it afterward. She would be on her way toward a new personality. Likewise, in the secret societies: They held lemon sessions for boys. Is masturbation your problem? Out with the truth, you ridiculous weenie! And Thursday night after Thursday night the awful truths would out, as he who was It stood up before them and answered the most horrible questions. Yes! I do it! I whack whack whack it! I’m afraid of women! I’m afraid of you! And I get my shirts at Rosenberg’s instead of Press! (Oh, you dreary turkey, you wet smack, you little shit!) … But out of the fire and the heap of ashes would come a better man, a brother, of good blood and good bone, for the American race guerrière. And what was more … they loved it. No matter how dreary the soap opera, the star was Me.
—Tom Wolfe, from "The “Me” Decade and the Third Great Awakening"
In the News
Acerbico is a biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino as a New York City police officer with a sour attitude.
The Seventh Strawberries is an allegorical drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Max von Sydow and Bibi Andersson.
A Donna Summer Night's Dream is a lost play by William Shakespeare.
Ham Omelette is a short order breakfast cafe and Shakespearean playhouse.
You spent a lifetime saving urine in bottles, now the lemon machine takes it all away.
Fiction cross-reference
- A Donna Summer Night's Dream
- Acerbico
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- The lemon machine takes it all away
- The Seventh Strawberries
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- The Birthday Party (play) @ Wikipedia
- The Birthday Party @ YouTube
Social media
- Post @ Twitter (17 February 2023)
- https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1540414905484021763