Sunday, September 12, 2010
Newport, R.I.: ‘Momsie, Popsie, Biff is here!’
Imagine if Al Czervik, the nouveau riche loud-mouth played by Rodney Dangerfield in the movie Caddyshack, bought a mansion in one of the most exclusive all-time snobbiest neighborhoods in America.
It happened. It’s a great story. Enjoy.
P.S. – There’s even a special appearance by a hangers-on architect/designer who inadvertently does a great imitation of Otho from the movie Beetlejuice.
P.S.P.S. - Come to think of it, Gloria Nagy and Richard Saul Wurman are kind of like Beetlejuice’s Charles and Delia Deetz in reverse. The word ‘campy’ never appears once in the NYT article – a curious ommission considering that's the essence of Gloria and Richard's reverse-snobbery persona. Maybe the joke is on Gloria and Richard -- or on readers like yours truly who too easily buy into unspoken kitsch/camp narratives. But it’s still a good piece.
Imagine if Al Czervik, the nouveau riche loud-mouth played by Rodney Dangerfield in the movie Caddyshack, bought a mansion in one of the most exclusive all-time snobbiest neighborhoods in America.
It happened. It’s a great story. Enjoy.
P.S. – There’s even a special appearance by a hangers-on architect/designer who inadvertently does a great imitation of Otho from the movie Beetlejuice.
P.S.P.S. - Come to think of it, Gloria Nagy and Richard Saul Wurman are kind of like Beetlejuice’s Charles and Delia Deetz in reverse. The word ‘campy’ never appears once in the NYT article – a curious ommission considering that's the essence of Gloria and Richard's reverse-snobbery persona. Maybe the joke is on Gloria and Richard -- or on readers like yours truly who too easily buy into unspoken kitsch/camp narratives. But it’s still a good piece.
