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   gggg gggg to gggg gggg   
   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   
      
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