Glenn Weldon
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5,101 appearances
50 recordings
10 series
first heard Sep 2022
last heard 10 Sep
Glenn Weldon’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Not pity, but like just basic human kindness, like seeing these people as they are tinged with exploitation.
Because why not both, right?
Yeah.
And that's why I know this is not a competition, but I think my pick best exemplifies
Every aspect of the American dream.
It's not a contest, but I'm going to win because another thing this film touches on is something else about this country, which is that in American life, there is this weird escape hatch, Z-axis, ejector seat, ripcord.
I don't know what to call it, but like a weird workaround to hard work and determination, which is fame.
The kind of fame that...
That was completely rare back in, you know, when this film came out, but that this film helped to create, to Linda's point, which is celebrity.
And it's celebrity not based on anything you make or that you do or you produce, not based in skill, not based in any craft or even expertise, just personality.
Not what you do, but who you are.
And that was rare back then.
And now with the below decks of it all and the reality TV and the Real Housewives and influencer culture, it's kind of ubiquitous.
And it's that kind of fame that Andy Warhol talked about, 15 minutes of fame.
It's that kind of fame, which is very apt because it's the kind of fame that Little Edie achieved.
This film comes out.
She gets embraced by people like Andy Warhol and Truman Capote.
Contain your shock.
Big Edie then dies and little Edie sells Grey Gardens.
She starts doing cabaret at Reno Sweeney at a gay supper club in the village.
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