{"id":146764,"date":"2019-05-14T07:53:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T11:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=146764"},"modified":"2019-05-14T08:05:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T12:05:32","slug":"r-i-p-doris-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=146764","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Doris Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nRanked one of the greatest female stars of all time, Doris Day has died at the age of 97. I “got into it” (in a very mild way) with a guy on Twitter who said she was symbolic of “1950s conservative ideology” but this is a mistake, it’s incorrect, it’s not right, and all you have to do is watch her movies to understand that the image passed down to us of the perpetual virgin is wrong<\/i>. Doris Day was NOT Sandra Dee. It’s a category error. It does her – and the women who were trying to live\/date\/navigate in the 1950s and 60s – pre-birth-control-pill – a great disservice. <\/p>\n

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\nI was going to write something about this but I woke up to this FANTASTIC piece by A.O. Scott in The New York Times<\/i> which says it all, sums up what I was trying to say on Twitter. I love this piece so much: Doris Day: A Hip Sex Goddess Disguised as the Girl Next Door<\/a>. If your image of Doris Day is a 1950s goody-goody, then I highly recommend you go back and watch her films. You are in for a huge treat. Received assumptions is not a good way to respond to culture. You’ve gotta actually watch the films. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause there is always a connection to Elvis, have a listen to her absolutely dreamy cover of one of his greatest hits. <\/p>\n

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