Starring: - James Quinn
- Don Stitt
- Eileen Blackman
Description:
Powers’s novel also shows the cracks in the Catholic culture. Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, the Catholic system had efficiently turned generations of immigrants into good Catholic Americans. But it was fraying by the time John Powers reached puberty in South Side Chicago. Young Catholics were restless. The church’s teachings seemed to consist of “thou shalt nots.” A sexual revolution got under way. America got bogged down in the Vietnam War. Women started becoming feminists. And the church itself embarked on the massive internal changes set in motion by Vatican Council II. Powers’s generation was fated to be the last to be shaped by the Catholic system. The priests, brothers, and nuns gave them a rough time, but the truly painful times lay in the future. As Eddie Ryan’s Uncle Elmer tells him, “These are your fun years.” Eddie’s tale shows that ordinary life offers opportunities for hope, heroism, friendship, kindness, and love—and, of course, humor. As a conduit for this last virtue, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? will be remembered for many years to come.
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Full Tracklist:
1. Overture
2. Prologue/Get Ready, Eddie
3. The Greatest Gift
4. Little Fat Girls
5. It's The Nuns
6. Cookie Cutters
7. Queen Of The May
8. Patron Saints
9. Private Parts
10. How Far Is Too Far?
11. Patent Leather Shoes Ballet
12. Entr'Acte
13. Doo-Wa, DooWee
14. I Must Be In Love
15. Friends, The Best Of
16. The Greatest Gift (Reprise)
17. Mad Bomber/We're Saving Ourselves For Marriage
18. Late Bloomer & Prom Montage
19. Friends, The Best Of (Reprise)
20. Thank God
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
