Friday, October 3, 2025

My jottings from The Life of a Showgirl Movie

 Taylor movie notes


Kalaidascope of TLOASG promo pics w/Kalaidascope between. 

Various songs across albums play

… ready for it last song b4 start


Clock is at MIDNIGHT

sarcastic photo shoot of Taylor trying to be a Showgirl (badly) fails. Jokey. 


All eras performers in fate of ophelia vid

Cut by cut inspo

On movie board was… “sequins is forever” as title


Vid goes thru various times: old portrait, Theater, LV Showgirl, painting, pop singer-journey thru time period. 

Mirror trick in 1st prechorus. 

Cover =ophelia painting=ending

Baked bread for music vid*** she talks about this a LOT 

Goal = fill frame w/ many rewatchaBle details



Elizabeth Taylor 

Half cosplay

I cry my eyes VIOLET 1st line she wrote

Parallels b/w swift & Elizabeth 

Both of them are Luxurious fem & tough

Sequin movie poster in back

Like a Chalkboard behind the ropes? Can't read what it says tho there are numbers ...8,9,10...


Opalite

Man MADE opal

Her mom N her loves opal

Metaphor=MAKE your own happiness

Wedding cake shape of stairs

Kalaidascope 

Storm inside a teaCup lyric 👀


Father figure

-His is About being in love w/someone that's also a mentor

Taylor's is a story about power

-Mentor/mentee relationship that changes over time 

Taylor describes it as Who's gonna OUTFOX each other [they are the hunters we are the foxes] 

Turned your rags to gold

Changed dicks bigger to ‘checks’ bigger


Eldest daughter 

Feeling like you have to do it all 

Quest for perfection 

Culture of looking cool/unbothered

Sincerity on the internet = seen as needy/neg

Taylor says she is not cool

Allow soft sincerity 


Ruin the friendship 

About high school 

She Brings up August song here

Everything so intense as teen

-It would have been fine to take chances I didn't take 

She was disciplined 

So What if you told the person you had a thing for them? 

tayors words:

Inspired by several different people! 

Amalgamation of different characters! 

-my take is–It's not necessarily a song about the suicide-it is more losing chances. Not doing it risks never having the chance again. 


Actually romantic 

Write a letter to someone who hates you. 

-She makes fun of all their effort and negative energy spent on her (Taylor is one to talk-no self-awareness here. insert: mean, thank you Amiee, look what you made me do, etc etc etc ) 

Elizabeth Taylor on Pic during mirror trick

Purple flowers behind her

Changed wet to ‘sweat’ [thank God] 


Sea scene in ophelia 

Pass her around like a fish

Theater part


Wish list

Romantic

Accepting of all the things everyone wants 

Taylor says:

Makes her feel like Flying thru clouds

She's talking on old phone in vid

Silver sparkle dress hangs in background showing we're backstage by dressing room. 


Wood

A song about superstition is all she said. 

She said nothing about entandres

Clean version better for me! 


Swim gal scene ophelia 

Flotation devices prevent ophelia from drowning 

Buzzbee Berkley inspo 30s-40s MGM


Cancelled 

Song of social outrage 

SM

Anybody goes thru it

-Taylor's life gets dissected & everyone comes to her during their backlash 

Taylor judges ppl less

My take: Ie Blake & I are cool


Honey

1 of 1st songs for record

New direction for Taylor 

'Honey' only used in sneering way

If it's done sincerely no longer weaponized

-Cynical mean in past then some1 repurposes those same words & it feels great


Ophelia 

Party in hotel 

People thru windows w/cameras ruin it


The life of a Showgirl 

-Fictional Showgirl has moment of realness w/fan-Taylor 

-Song tells story of being inspired by Showgirl, warned by Showgirl & do you listen 

-Sabrina good at moving thru backlash, pivot, use as fuel


The fate of ophelia 

Talks of alllllll her lyric notes

-She drowned bc he messed w/her head til she went crazy. All men were Gaslighting her. 

Taylor Loves Shakespeare tragedies - spin this 1 to a positive ending like her Romeo & Juliat



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