Darlings, of course, I am talking about ABC's premiere episode of "Pan-Am", which, this evening, is going to be discussed in gay and lesbian (but especially gay) bars throughout the entire country!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, my God!!!!! From the opening shot, with the pinkest sky I have seen this side of the sunsets in "Gone With The Wind," to the pristine airline terminal signalling brilliant set design and art direction, to the clothes, back in the days, when men, women and children KNEW how to dress!!!!!!! I am telling you, by the time this show was over, I wanted to reach for my Pan-Am bag, my Playtex girdle, and run off to see the world!!!!!!!!!!!!
For this was the Sixties, darlings, which I lived through and even traveled during, loves!!!!!!!!!! When, to be a Pan Am stewardess was the most glamorous thing, what with the blue uniforms, white gloves and seeing the world!!!!!!!!!!! This show is going to do a lot for the Playtex company, because before you know it women AND men across the country are going to start demanding orders on the "I Can't Believe It's A Girdle Girdle"!!!!!!
Darlings, we LOVED Kelli Garner as Katie!!!!!!! How nice to see her playing something else beside a sociopathic bitch; you can tell her she is relieved!!!!!!!!!
The scene where she in the red gown, and Margot Robbie, as her sister Laura, in her bridal dress, break out from the imprisonment of suburban Connecticut domesticity, by running over their parents manicured curbed lawn, and driving off to see the world, symbolized the Sixties rebellion that all us Baby Boomers went through in some form or another!!!!!! And this was SO glamorous!!!!!!!!! You just had to LOVE Katie and Laura, even if Katie did resent her sister being featured on a magazine cover. And what a cover--the future!!!!!!! Oh, darling, remember???????? When we all wanted to wear those blue uniforms, white gloves fly out and see the world????????? Not to mention having sex with hot pilots, and weren't they hot?????? We just loved Karine Vanesse as Colette, with that faux French accent acquired through endless watchings of "Gigi!" And we just adored Veanne Cox in the campy role of lesbian spinster stewardess instructor, Miss Havermeyer!!!! When she slapped those girls butts to make sure they were wearing girdles, you can just tell she LOVED her job!!!!!!! Wish someone here would slap my butt about wearing a girdle!!!!!!! I say bring back girdles!!!!!!!! Well, this show will do it!!!!!!!!!!!
The premiere episode left me breathless. The little boy, Tommy, drawing pictures on the plane; you knew he was going to be gay when he grows up--hell, he wanted to see the pilots in the (wink! wink!) cockpit, already!!!!!!!!! Bet he knew his BARBRA back then!!!! And the final shot of the little girl watching her heroines get on the plane, brought tears to my eyes!!!!!! Their almost choreographed walk, which I so want to do here at MY job, darlings, was one of the best moments in a show of best moments!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But the best thing about this show is what it MIGHT do. It might restore glamour to air travel. It might restore glamour to those who travel, as well as those now working, who cannot hold a candle to these gals!!!!!!! And all of my girls are gonna want to sign up to become these kinds of Pan Am stewardesses!!!!! My blue uniform and white gloves are ready, right now, you better believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, welcome to the world of Gay Television, darlings!!!!!! Buckle up! Adventure calls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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