That performance is chilling. No one can say she didn’t understand the blues.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CpS5aPlgWa8
It feels obvious to me that she and Groucho Marx, then Bob Hope a little later, had styles that presaged the much more naturalistic acting traditions that are thought to have begun with Marlon Brando and James Dean.
Don’t know of any dramatic actors who figured it out that early.
Myra Breckinridge (1970) <https://youtu.be/ywcr3lYuVo0> and Sextette (1978) <https://youtu.be/as6Iv5R1G0M>.
"Come up and see me sometime" https://youtu.be/xY9QxFDwiL0?t=40
