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|    Re: "Some Like it Hot"    |
|    11 Dec 22 23:06:09    |
      From: ggggg9271@gmail.com              On Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 6:15:27 PM UTC-7, gggg gggg wrote:       > On Thursday, July 29, 2004 at 12:33:47 PM UTC-7, Denise noe wrote:       > > This is one of the most brilliant film comedies ever and even one of the       most       > > brilliant movies. It seems significant that it was made in 1959 and set in       > > 1929 -- a lot about it seemed to be like ushering in a new era.       > > Part of what made it so funny was that Marilyn Monroe, that ultimate symbol       > > of utter femininity, was juxtaposed with the outlandish faux femininity of       Tony       > > Curtis and Jack Lemmon's abolutely non-passable drag.       > > I read in Lena Pepitone's "Confidential" that Marilyn Monroe didn't want to       > > make this film. When she heard about the drag plot device, she supposedly       > > exclaimed, "I've been stupid before but never that stupid. How could I not       > > know they were men?" She was also said to be displeased with the finished       > > product, thinking it made her look "like a fat, funny pig." She was, in       fact,       > > at the height of her allure and "Sugar"-y sweetness.       > >       > > ****************************       > > Denise Noe       > > Koko the Signing Gorilla says: "Fine animal gorilla."       > (Youtube upload):       >       > ""Nobody's Perfect" - The Making of 'Some Like It Hot' with Monroe, Curtis &       Lemmon"              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHssNokcBTc              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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