On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:11:02 +0000 (UTC), mchary@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Michael
Alan Chary) wrote:
>>>Women who are so ridiculously attractive, that their physical beauty
>>>becomes a regular plot point for episodes:
>>>
>>>Lynda Carter, Cathy lee Crosby, Mary Tyler Moore, Cheryl Ladd, Suzanne
>>>Sommers (which is how they get away with having Joyce Dewitt in the
second
>>>category), Loni Anderson (which is how Jan Smithers, etc) Stephanie
>>>Powers, Julie Newmar, Diana Riggs, etc....
>>
>>In the case of Lynda Carter, that's something of a cop out as Wonder
>>Woman is *supposed* to be ridiculously beautiful.
>
>Yes, which is why she defines the category. Also, all the women on
>Charlie's Angels (except maybe Kate Jackson). I put an obvious choice
>there so people could immediately see what I meant.
>
>> Cathy Lee Crosby
>>doesn't belong anywhere on these lists, IMO, which naturally explains
>>why she was instantly replaced by Lynda Carter after the horrible
>>reviews she got for the first WW movie.
>>
>
>Well, no, she went on to a movie career. The first movie was based on the
>new look Denny O'Neil Wonder Woman. She's was on "That's Incredible" and
>people were *always* talking about how hot she was and stripping her down
>to nearly ****d.
Ugh. I never liked her. I went crazy for Priscilla Presley on Those
Amazing Animals, though.
>>And how in the hell can you leave Catherine Bach out of this category?
>>;)
>>
I"m just sayin' that even so, not mentioning Catherine Bach is a
terrible omission. Exactly the same thing as leaving Lynda Carter
out. You've just gotta mention both of them.
>Because I was just defining the categories and I don't have the time or
>inclination to list every possible example?
>
>
>>Modern actors:
>>Lauren Graham. Connie Britton. Rachel Bilson. Autumn Reeser. Jewel
>>Staite (on Firefly, at the dance in "Our Mrs. Reynolds.") Rose
>>McGowan. Katherine Heigl. Jennifer Morrison. Olivia Wilde (House
>>specifically cited Cameron's looks in the pilot as why he picked her,
>>intrigued that someone with her looks would go into a field in which
>>she can't get by on her looks alone when so many with her looks would
>>just live off 'em. More or less the same with 13. And the revelation
>>tonight that 13 is bi***ual just punctuates it about this newer
>>character.)
>>
>
>Jewel Staite?
Kaylee on Firefly/Serenity, Dr. Keller on Stargate Atlantis.
>>>Obviously most actresses fall into the first two categories but even
more
>>>are just ludicrously miscast. Erin Gray was a supermodel. Yet, they put
>>>her on Buck Rogers and Silver Spoons, and nobody noticed. Yancy Butler
and
>>>Claudia Black are incredibly beautiful, and if they want to play
soldiers
>>>and so on, that's fine by me, but it makes Daniel Jackson look like a
>>>blind monk.
>>
>>Well, I wouldn't say that Claudia Black is Beautiful (pun not
>>intended, but entirely unavoidable anyway), but she's incredibly
>>intelligent and charismatic and her voice is like buttah. Still I
>
>Well, you're blind.
Nope. And I've even seen Claudia Black in person. She's charismatic
and has a great sense of humor (AAAAND a great body), but she has the
face of a female wrestler, IMO.
>>One more thing: I haven't the slightest idea where Pauley Perrette
>>would go on this scale, so I have the feeling that she gets her own
>>category. ;)
>
>Well, it's easy to tell: on the show, do people treat her like everyone
>else, comment occasionally on her beauty, or do they make a big enough
>deal out of it that plots and storylines turn on the fact that she's
>beautiful?
>
>(One episode of Night Court turned on an arm wrestling match that was won
>when Christine exposed her breasts, distracting the loser. Who said it
was
>worth it, and it was the most glorious thing he'd ever seen, and he would
>not tell anyone, and if he did, no one would believe him anyway. *THOSE*
>are nice breasts, and that is a plot turning on how attractive a
character
>is.)
I do not believe that this is the same thing as saying that a
character is recognized as being beautiful/gorgeous/etc. It just
states that she has what Dan Fielding would probably refer to as
"bodacious ta-ta's."
-- Rob
--
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victim of my own stupid plans. God, I need some coffee.
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