Lileks has some thoughts on clueless anti-Christian bigots in entertainment. And the fact that they’d never bravely slander Muslims in the same manner.
Also, a question about movie stars past. I left a heretical comment that Marilyn Monroe was highly overrated. And I think that Hedy Lamar was hot for her brains (she invented frequency hopping).
I, too, thought Monroe was overrated – did nothing for me. Hedley Lamar? Oh, Hedy Lamar – agree.
Monroe was a hottie as a youngster. She wasn’t aging well when she killed herself, but was still quite passable. Her acting I never much cared for, though I haven’t seen much of her work.
IIRC, Lamarr was a hottie as well, and the brains just make her that much more appealing.
Even when she was young, I don’t think that she was a big deal. At least not as big a deal as she’s made out to be.
Different strokes, as they say- I’ll defend Marilyn’s hotness any time. Good actress, too, though too often typecast as the brainless blonde. Her early death gave her a martyr’s status. I can see her a one of the smart ‘Bond girls’, say, in the role of Pussy Galore or Tiffany Case, had she lived a few years longer.