It is difficult to exaggerate the level of critical praise that American solo performer Ruth Draper received during her long career, which stretched from 1920 until her death in 1956. As one critic notes: “Very few people have ever talked very coherently about Ruth Draper. There are no standards by which to gauge her. The magic she conveys is as inexplicable as air or light or love.” Indeed, after reading the myriad panegyrics that collected during her career, words like “magic,” “genius,” “powerful,” and “consummate” begin to lose their meaning. Her critics were so adoring that by 1956, one admitted, “London has long ago worn its most extravagant adjectives, clichés, and superlatives to tatters in its attempt to cope with her achievement.”

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“那不是演戏”：露丝·德雷珀独奏中的女权主义模仿

美国独唱演员露丝·德雷珀（Ruth Draper）从 1920 年到 1956 年去世，在她漫长的职业生涯中所获得的好评程度怎么夸大都不为过。正如一位评论家所指出的：没有衡量她的标准。她所传达的魔力就像空气、光或爱一样莫名其妙。” 的确，在阅读了她职业生涯中收集的无数赞美诗之后，“魔法”、“天才”、“强大”和“完美”等词开始失去意义。她的批评者如此崇拜她，以至于到 1956 年，一位承认，“伦敦很久以前就已经把它最奢侈的形容词、陈词滥调和最高级的东西撕成碎片，以应对她的成就。”