Not in Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse's 1964 musical "The Roar of the
Greasepaint and the Smell of the Crowd,'' where everything in life keeps on getting changed.
Julius Henry Marx - whose trademark moustache was painted on with
greasepaint - was 86 when he died in 1977.
If your father smeared black
greasepaint round his eyes, wore his hair long and 'entertained' the neighbours with his pet boa constrictor, would you be embarrassed?
Vivid green and red swirls of
greasepaint decorate his cheeks.
Charmed by its playful costumes and clowning Christ, we are seduced by Godspell's parable and find ourselves lovingly tricked by a jesting God who has snuck beneath our defenses disguised in
greasepaint.
Underneath the
greasepaint and funny wigs are school bus drivers who, as the Williamsport Safety Clowns, teach children basics such as where to stand as a bus pulls up to their stop.
It was like we'd smeared black
greasepaint on our faces.
Alighting on the issue of authenticity, critics and polemicists have scratched away at the
greasepaint of stardom, eager to see what emerged from behind the "black mask.
The 72-year-old
greasepaint funnyman from Erdington - real name Tom Baker - is sickened by the sinister shenanigans.
com Chicago, touring (August 15 - November 26) Jessie Wallace will be slapping on the
greasepaint to play Mama Morton in this touring production of the roaring twenties-set musical.
30 Cheltenham Key trends VVRAN over at least 3m last time out, 10/10 VVRATED within 7lb of RPR top-rated, 9/10 VVAGED seven to nine, 9/10 VVWON over at least 3m, 9/10 VVNO more than 11 runs over fences, 8/10 VVOFFICIALLY rated 134 to 142, 7/10 (the last seven) VVFINISHED in first three in either or both of last two starts, 7/10 VVWON a handicap chase, 7/10 Other factors In 2014, Spring Heeled became the first winner for Ireland since
Greasepaint in 1983.
Greasepaint and one of my favourites Freddie, who each year ran his heart out but never got to the winner's enclosure.
