Will a new "Gentleman" themed dance craze sweep the globe?
In the age that followed Montaigne's, at the beginning of the 17th century, social manners, the cultivation of politeness, and the training of an accomplished gentleman became the theme of many essayists.
With its jockey theme, gentleman receptionist and drinking-cartoon Bar Room, the "21" Club, a former speakeasy on East 52nd Street, is a touchstone for the particularly metropolitan idea of a restaurant with a tacit membership -- the only survivor of a saloon-society heyday that included the Stork Club and El Morocco.
BEER has long been marketed as a sociable beverage, from a campaign for Budweiser that carried the theme "When gentlemen agree" to the Löwenbräu jingle that began, "Here's to good friends".
Gentlemen, this is a glorious theme, and the occasion for a speech, but I am not prepared to make one worthy of the occasion.
However, the place needs plain old boards more than any party with a "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Chairman of the Board" theme.
CBS has its own variation on the theme, "How to Be a Gentleman," which began in September and is already slated for cancellation.
An eclectic tracklist features everything from faithful recreations of pop moves such as Psy's Gentleman to novelties such as the Ghostbusters theme.
A film about a Janeite who visits a Jane Austen theme park in search of the perfect gentleman.
But he held true to his theme, filling the set with tunes like "The Virginia Gentleman," a crisp variation on New Orleans second-line groove, and "A Portrait of a Southern Frame," a sober ballad.
