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Offline HerrKaiser

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Re: Eartha Kitt, sultry 'Santa Baby' singer, dies
« Reply #20 on: December 30, 2008, 05:48:10 pm »
I recall when Kitt was performing live in San Francisco a few years ago and she was interviewed on a morning radio show. The interviewer/DJ kept trying to jive with her about politically left issues, and she literally put him down on air and told him not to misjudge her positions, particularly as it related to President Bush. She had an intelligent blend of conservative ideals tempered by liberal understandings.

Each Christmas season, the signal that the season is in full swing is her "Santa Baby" over the airwaves. Madonna's version conjures up, in my mind, the response Marlene Dietrich gave to the question about how she felt should Madonna portray her (Dietrich) in a bio drama. The response....."puuuuuulllleeeeeeeesssss.