Dr. Lisa Duffy
@lisawithans.bsky.social
Not Liza with a Z | Doctor of Hollywood Musicals
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Dr. Lisa Duffy
@lisawithans.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Lots of new followers over here, so hello! I research classical Hollywood musicals, fantasy spaces in media, and stars like John Travolta & Barbra Streisand. I’m a recovered Disney Cast Member & am currently hyperfixated on Dropout. But mostly, I wax poetic about Gene Kelly’s thighs.
That’s a wrap for me at the inaugural Hollywood Conference. A rejuvenating experience that I hope will be repeated in the coming years!
July 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
That’s a wrap for me at the inaugural Hollywood Conference. A rejuvenating experience that I hope will be repeated in the coming years!
Muting the words "Sinners" and "musical" so I don't start fighting with random Internet strangers.
May 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Muting the words "Sinners" and "musical" so I don't start fighting with random Internet strangers.
The morning panel of the last day of #scms25 is rough, but if you missed the Comebacks panel, you can pre-order the edited collection now to learn about the continued popularity of aging stars! wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814350621/
April 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The morning panel of the last day of #scms25 is rough, but if you missed the Comebacks panel, you can pre-order the edited collection now to learn about the continued popularity of aging stars! wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814350621/
#SCMS25 attendees—grab a coffee & come to our panel at 9am on Sunday looking at the comebacks of aging stars! I’ll be talking about John Travolta as an aging dancer & defending his turn as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray! 🕺🪩🎶
April 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#SCMS25 attendees—grab a coffee & come to our panel at 9am on Sunday looking at the comebacks of aging stars! I’ll be talking about John Travolta as an aging dancer & defending his turn as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray! 🕺🪩🎶
See also: "You can't top pigs with pigs."
tapping the memo from Walt Disney whenever folks try to figure out why nobody likes those live-action remakes
Some strange serendipity
March 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
See also: "You can't top pigs with pigs."
Lol, right before the last 2 awards of the night. 🙃
March 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Lol, right before the last 2 awards of the night. 🙃
Jinkx is an absolute star.
February 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Jinkx is an absolute star.
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#SaveThePCC
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
#SaveThePCC
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
My favorite part of tonight was how none of the workers at Madison Square Garden knew what the event was and there’s just no way to explain all this! #dimension20
January 25, 2025 at 6:53 AM
My favorite part of tonight was how none of the workers at Madison Square Garden knew what the event was and there’s just no way to explain all this! #dimension20
I love living on the beach in winter!
January 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I love living on the beach in winter!
I will not know happiness until I can live in the house from which Katharine Hepburn would terrorize neighbor Stephen Sondheim for the racket he would make on his piano.
Who wants to buy Katharine Hepburn's former NYC home for me?
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244 E 49th St, New York, NY 10017 | MLS #S1738754 | Zillow
This 4560 square feet Townhouse home has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. It is located at 244 E 49th St, New York, NY.
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January 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I will not know happiness until I can live in the house from which Katharine Hepburn would terrorize neighbor Stephen Sondheim for the racket he would make on his piano.
I love when TCM programs a season based on my specific interests!
It has been said that movies are like dreams, perhaps the most dreamlike of any art. And people will often say of a particularly intricate and vivid dream, “It was just like a movie.”
Join us Fridays this month for our Spotlight, It Was All A Dream?
Details here: www.tcm.com/articles/Pro...
Join us Fridays this month for our Spotlight, It Was All A Dream?
Details here: www.tcm.com/articles/Pro...
January 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I love when TCM programs a season based on my specific interests!
Spending Christmas looking for Harry Lime.
December 25, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Spending Christmas looking for Harry Lime.
The only words I could make out from the German couple sitting next to me at brunch is “Lincoln Lawyer”, and I cannot come up with any scenario why they would be discussing this film!!
December 20, 2024 at 11:38 AM
The only words I could make out from the German couple sitting next to me at brunch is “Lincoln Lawyer”, and I cannot come up with any scenario why they would be discussing this film!!
Going to try and finally master this independent scholar thing in 2025–imposter syndrome be gone!!
December 17, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Going to try and finally master this independent scholar thing in 2025–imposter syndrome be gone!!
Sound on to hear the inside of my broken brain. Why is Disney everywhere?
November 27, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Sound on to hear the inside of my broken brain. Why is Disney everywhere?
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too many “best movie musicals” conversations that happen omit Hedwig imo
November 25, 2024 at 2:10 PM
too many “best movie musicals” conversations that happen omit Hedwig imo
First time ever attending SCMS, talking about John Travolta as aging dancer for this (finally!) forthcoming edited collection! See everyone in Chicago!
November 26, 2024 at 8:22 AM
First time ever attending SCMS, talking about John Travolta as aging dancer for this (finally!) forthcoming edited collection! See everyone in Chicago!
“A random lady”, ohhh going to come to blows with this person!
Here’s how things are in Twitterland after I posted the cover of The Oxford Handbook on American Film History where I have an essay. Oh, BTW, the “random woman” on the cover is Academy Award-winner Barbara Streisand…
November 14, 2024 at 2:01 AM
“A random lady”, ohhh going to come to blows with this person!
Lots of new followers over here, so hello! I research classical Hollywood musicals, fantasy spaces in media, and stars like John Travolta & Barbra Streisand. I’m a recovered Disney Cast Member & am currently hyperfixated on Dropout. But mostly, I wax poetic about Gene Kelly’s thighs.
November 13, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Lots of new followers over here, so hello! I research classical Hollywood musicals, fantasy spaces in media, and stars like John Travolta & Barbra Streisand. I’m a recovered Disney Cast Member & am currently hyperfixated on Dropout. But mostly, I wax poetic about Gene Kelly’s thighs.
Finally seeing this after originally having tickets for April 2020!
November 10, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Finally seeing this after originally having tickets for April 2020!
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maybe being MORE online will help my brain
November 6, 2024 at 11:57 PM
maybe being MORE online will help my brain