Epigram #17
culled from conversations, flourishes, performances, essays, & other campy thoughts.
17. The only contemporary maker who skillfully and more importantly artfully plays with/works the baby voice is Playboy Carti. His affect is a beautiful dance of camp and masculine bravado. Jordan Terrell Carter would make a delightful cover of the classic, I Wanna Be Loved by You(1929). The sheer vulnerability would put the storm of baby voice pretenders and Marylin Monroe(Norma Jean) mass consumption, like Blonde(2022) or gauche merchandise, to shame!
But I love Marilyn Monroe.
have you seen any douglas sirk films??? i think you’d love them if you haven’t