TOTW 15/08: Confetti Quiz

[Brown Eyes]

Brooklyn is correct.  However, I thought I read somewhere that Brooklyn Proulx was no relation to Annie.  Do you have the real skinny?

A:  Just a guess, based on my own sorority experience:  Tri Delt (Delta Delta Delta) most likely had the "party girls" and Kappa Phi the more well-to-do girls who liked to lay claim to a bit more sophistication.  Depending on your priorities, both were good houses to be a member of.  Lureen most likely had the edge in the competition, though.  It's very likely not an accident that those two sororities were chosen by our detail-conscious screenwriters and director.

Q:  Who supplied Alma's wedding dress?

A:  Alma's dress was homemade.

B:  Who supplied Ennis's wedding suit?

[optom3]

Brooklyn is correct.  However, I thought I read somewhere that Brooklyn Proulx was no relation to Annie.  Do you have the real skinny?

A:  Just a guess, based on my own sorority experience:  Tri Delt (Delta Delta Delta) most likely had the "party girls" and Kappa Phi the more well-to-do girls who liked to lay claim to a bit more sophistication.  Depending on your priorities, both were good houses to be a member of.  Lureen most likely had the edge in the competition, though.  It's very likely not an accident that those two sororities were chosen by our detail-conscious screenwriters and director.

Q:  Who supplied Alma's wedding dress?

J.C Penney supplied the dress.

[Meryl]

Yes, according to the screenplay, Alma's dress was from J. C. Penney.  I've never seen a source for Ennis's suit.  Will be interested to know the answer to that one. 

[Brown Eyes]

Yes, according to the screenplay, Alma's dress was from J. C. Penney.  I've never seen a source for Ennis's suit.  Will be interested to know the answer to that one. 

Oops!!  I hadn't remembered that the dress was actually referenced somewhere.  I thought that was a "creative answer" type of question.

[Shakesthecoffecan]

The suit was a hand-me-down from K.E., who wore it at his wedding. Remember in the wedding scene the best man guy standing next to Ennis- that's him-no suit. 

[optom3]

Yes, according to the screenplay, Alma's dress was from J. C. Penney.  I've never seen a source for Ennis's suit.  Will be interested to know the answer to that one. 

No idea about the suit,it just says Ennis is wearing a new jacket and a bolo tie What the heck is a bolo tie, or is that a misprint in my screenplay.

[Meryl]

No idea about the suit,it just says Ennis is wearing a new jacket and a bolo tie What the heck is a bolo tie, or is that a misprint in my screenplay.

Here's what a bolo tie looks like.  They must have changed their minds about the bolo tie for the wedding, because he's wearing a normal necktie in the screencaps.

[optom3]

Here's what a bolo tie looks like.  They must have changed their minds about the bolo tie for the wedding, because he's wearing a normal necktie in the screencaps.

Thankyou so much for that,I had no idea at all.I go to bed a wiser woman now.

[brokeplex]

Brooklyn is correct.  However, I thought I read somewhere that Brooklyn Proulx was no relation to Annie.  Do you have the real skinny?

A:  Just a guess, based on my own sorority experience:  Tri Delt (Delta Delta Delta) most likely had the "party girls" and Kappa Phi the more well-to-do girls who liked to lay claim to a bit more sophistication.  Depending on your priorities, both were good houses to be a member of.  Lureen most likely had the edge in the competition, though.  It's very likely not an accident that those two sororities were chosen by our detail-conscious screenwriters and director.

Q:  Who supplied Alma's wedding dress?

I read somewhere that Brooklyn is AP's granddaughter, maybe in "Getting Movied"? or one of AP's interviews.

you are exactly correct, Tri Delts were the party girls in the sorority scene in Texas universities n the 1970's and 1980's, maybe they still are! Kappa Phi's were more straight laced, not necessarily better off financially, just prim and proper. You are correct, McMurtry understands the Greek scene at UT and SMU very well, and threw those comments in the dialog to suggest a tension between Lureen and Lashawn.

[southendmd]

A complete OT aside, but there was a recurring skit on Saturday Night Live that took place in a sorority.

When the phone rang, the Tri Delt member answered, "Delta Delta Delta, can I helpya helpya helpya?"