Rubin Museum of Art (Venue Partner)
150 W 17th St
212.620.5000
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Valley of the Dolls
- When
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Friday Feb 6, 2009 (9:30pm)
- Where
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Directions: A, C or E to 14th Street; 1 to 18th Street; 1, 2, 3 to 14th Street; F and M to 14th Street; N, R, Q, 4, 5 and 6 to 14th or the L to 6th Avenue. Bus: B20 to the corner of 7th Avenue and 17th Street.
- Price
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FREE w/ $7 bar minimum
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The Proverbial Picture Show presents classic films that illustrate Bhutanese proverbs. Valley of the Dolls was selected to manifest the proverb, "Medicine, if taken with knowledge; poison, if abused."
Valley of the Dolls opens with Giacometti-esque silhouettes that eventually morph into monolithic tablets, towering in their primary-color glory — a high-art start for 1967. Yet while the cult classic harbors a taste for modernism, its impulse is for beautifully shot and costumed camp. Based on Jacqueline Susann's all-about-backstage-drama bestseller, the titular "dolls" — also a euphemistic term for pills — are three gorgeous dames who swallow pride, the uppers, and the downers of trying to make a name for themselves: the brain (Barbara Parkins), the body (Sharon Tate), and the ultra-talented bitch (Patty Duke). Alan Cumming introduces a pleasure-pleasing film that's tailor-made for tonight's boozy mood.
