From Boot Licker, To Boot Licking Nazi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                      Darlings, I am sure those of you out there who have been faithful to yours truly will not forget the posting on the now classic 'SVU' episode, "Shadow."  That is where Sarah Paulson played everyone's favorite villainous sociopath, Ann Gillette, who knows how to look glamorous when planning a museum heist, murder, or four star luncheon.

                                          But this was also the episode that featured Edward Hibbert, in an uproariously hilarious performance, as one of Anne's museum cronies, who, if you recall, is married and belongs to some kinky downtown S and M club.  I mean, where else would such recreation go on, darlings??????

                                           The highlight of the entire episode was him licking Mariska Hargitay's boot!!!!!! She posed as a dominatrix, threatening to expose his secret, and, to keep it quiet, he helped her nail Ann!!!!!
There was so much buzz about this sequence that I recall Hibbert being interviewed about it. He said the two of them (he and Mariska) were cracking up during the shooting.  And I will never forget his response, when asked about the boot licking: "It was an honor, really."

                                             Well, now, Mr. Hibbert, whom we all love as an actor, is going to be playing another boot licker, of sorts--the politically wafting Max Detwiler in Paper Mill Playhouse's upcoming revival of "The Sound Of Music."  Stepping into shoes once occupied by Kurt Kasznar and Richard Haydyn, Max, along, with the Baroness, has to be one of the two most thankless roles in this show, if not the theater.  Though Max does have the edge on the Baroness; he is not an out and out bitch.  So, I must applaud Mr. Hibbert for taking on a role that, given the chance, I would not be interested in.

                                                 I am looking forward to seeing this production, because it is always interesting to see this show in its original form, which was the stage, after years of exposure to the now classic film.  And one does not get the chance to see it on stage so often.

                                                 So, girls, there is much to anticipate about this production. But, like I said, I have no interest in playing Max. You know me, lambs!!!!!!!!!!  I would have held out for the role of Brigittta!!!!!!!!!