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So, it's not looking good for Dana.
Helena's found Dylan, but will it last?
Would Bette and Tina be divorced by now if they were straight?
The answers to all these taxing questions and more CANNOT be found in the
following recap.....
Shame really, eh? ;-)
Fade up on:
PREVIOUSLY ON THE L WORD:
Tina reminds Bette she was on a men-only diet before she met her.
Tina fesses up to Josh being the guy she likes.
MANgus admits HE went after KIT.
Billie tells Moira he can hook her up, hormone-wise.
Dylan tells Helena 'they' wont happen again.
Helena and Dylan promptly 'happen again'.
Jenny is told her book will be published and she's getting an editor to
help.
Carmen yells at Shane for sleeping with Cherie Jaffe.
Alice finally gets rid of her Dana standee.
Lara phones Alice and admits Dana is really sick.
All the gang come to visit Dana post-op.
Fade up on:
This week's flashback 'Chart' scene.
(btw, I forgot to mention about last week's that Coleman was linked to Bette
via that white line on the screen, as per usual)
We open up on some beautiful music - a piece of opera - which just happens
to be the Flower Duet from Lakmé by Delibes.
WHICH just happens to be one of my favourite pieces of classical music.
EVER. :-)
btw, for those of you who avoid classical music/opera like the plague,
here's a potted history of this piece for you:
Lakmé was the last opera written by French composer Léo Delibes.
Delibes was a composer of some note during the 1800's and influenced such
classical luminaries as Saint-Saëns (another favourite of mine *g*)
The Flower Duet from Lakmé has been used many times in TV and movies, most
notably on a British Airways TV ad in the 90's and in cult vampire flick The
Hunger in the early 80's.
The piece has lesbian connotations due to the scene which it graced in The
Hunger (the Catherine Deneuve/Susan Sarandon love scene) and the fact that
the duet is sung between two women; Lakmé - an Indian girl, and Mallika, a
slave girl.
If you've seen The Hunger, I'm sure you'll remember Catherine Deneuve
explaining the piece to Susan Saradon in that incredibly sexy accent of
hers.
Mmmmmmm.......
Anyhoo, it's a really beautiful piece of music and if you've not heard it, I
urge you to check it out!
Your life will be considerably enhanced if you do :-)
BACK to the recap!:
A stage is bathed in blue light as two female opera singers walk slowly
together, circling and following each other, singing the Flower Duet, whilst
behind them on a large screen, the words of the opera are translated into
English so everyone in the audience can understand what's being sung.
Los Angeles Opera - 1996
Ah, so it's a relatively recent flashback then. Cool!
The camera pans up from the women on the stage, up into the boxes on the
theatre wall.
A mature lady uses her theatre glasses to see the singers on the stage and
then we see Bette, looking rather smug.
'The Chart' white line crawls onto the screen, to "Bette", as we see her
hiking up the dress of the woman sitting next to her.
And believe me, Bette ISN'T simply looking for her theatre program! ;-)
We see the ladies on the stage, the words on the screen behind, Bette's
companion's dress moving as Bette's hand does it's work and then the camera
pans up and we see the woman Bette is fingering is actually.............
ALICE!
And so the white line crawls onward till it reaches "Alice", just as Alice
herself is making an 'O' of pleasure with her lips as Bette hits the spot!
Don't forget folks, we've been told before in the show that Alice and Bette
dated a while back, before Bette and Tina got together.
"Come, let us go down together....." it says on the screen, as the women
singing get down on their knees before each other.
And by the looks of it, Alice is doing a big of cumming all of her own ;-)
The women sing to each other, working up to the end of the duet.
Petals begin to fall in the theatre.
The women sing.
Alice pants.
Bette smiles smugly over at Alice.
The mature lady with the theatre glasses doesn't seem to be watching the
women on the stage AT ALL, and in fact seems to be riveted at what's
happening in Bette's box.
Or rather, shall I say, Alice's?
;-) ;-) ;-)
The editing cuts get quicker, insinuating a sense of urgency.
Alice's breathing gets heavier and quicker.
The women sing even more beautifully..........
Until they fall towards each other on the stage in a gentle embrace, as
Alice sighs loudly, opening her eyes, panting.
The mature woman with the theatre glasses moves them down from her eyes with
a satisfied smile on her face.
WAS she watching the women perform on the stage?
OR the women 'performing' in the box down from her?
Bette finally removes her hand from it's snug resting place and starts the
applause for the real performers.
Alice looks sideways at Bette's amazing composure, considering what's she's
just done, and then starts applauding along with her.
Heheh ;-)
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