D. Armenta
PlagmanOne of the sexiest women in history (hint: she never posed in Playboy)
Now, let me preface this post with: I've been working hard on my next "Legend of Orble", but hey--you try and find an act to follow David, the Black Knight! I can't think of anyone else I can feature who could elicit such a wide spectrum of comments, from offended to hero-worship and everything in between.
My goal this time is to feature someone completely different from David , so as not to be anticlimactic. It's narrowed down to two; one still posts here, the other does not.
But soon, my lovelies!! Verrrry soon.
In the meantime, I happened across an excellent post of Cibbuano's that inspired me to share this related clip with you all.
If you think Cyd Charisse is smokin' hot in Cibby's short, go get yourself a fire extinguisher right now before you watch this...even a confirmed hetero like me can't take my eyes off of her.
Cyd had it. Today's so-called sex symbols look like skanks alongside the great Charisse.
See for yourself, and enjoy!
My goal this time is to feature someone completely different from David , so as not to be anticlimactic. It's narrowed down to two; one still posts here, the other does not.
But soon, my lovelies!! Verrrry soon.
In the meantime, I happened across an excellent post of Cibbuano's that inspired me to share this related clip with you all.
If you think Cyd Charisse is smokin' hot in Cibby's short, go get yourself a fire extinguisher right now before you watch this...even a confirmed hetero like me can't take my eyes off of her.
Cyd had it. Today's so-called sex symbols look like skanks alongside the great Charisse.
See for yourself, and enjoy!
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Good stuff DA.
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Few sex symbols today capture the (ahem) imagination like some of those old-skool stars.
The celebrity world has yet to produce anyone that comes close to an Audrey Hepburn or Marilyn Monroe.
Instead we get Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. And I;m still not sure why Paris is a celebrity?
I guess to capture the imagination, you need to leave something to the imagination.
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I think Bratiny was famous for once upon a time being hot and she looks like the terror of Mockie Town.
Paris. Not sure. Ugly body, ugly head and tapioca for brains but daddy is rich and so that make being a skank a respectable roll model.
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It's those primary colours, Cyd's bob, and of course the legs ...
I bet Catherine Zeta Jones would kill to do that role!!!
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correction, Zeta-Jones in Chicago is modelled after Cyd.
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Hello DA...had to come by and visit. Hope you are well hon. Still working on the 'charmenta'...
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good to see you posting again!!
I have to use my imagination regarding Cyd Charisse, as my steam driven pooter won't play these new fangled inventions!
But, my memory of her is good, and I agree with the others, the real "star power" seems to have evaporated from Hollywood; Marilyn, Audrey, Bette, Joan and the wonderful Ingrid Bergman and Katheryn Hepburn, then there is Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Peter Lorre (ok, so Peter was 'support power', but I just loved him!), Charles Laughton, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, Marlon Brando had it in spades... sigh... will Hollywood ever regain its mantle?
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Yeah, I gathered that. I was just trying to point out that there are many women today who are just as classy. It's not all Britney and Pamela Anderson. remember Cyd was around at the same time as Jayne Mansfield.
In 50 years time they'll be posting old footage of Angelina Jolie and sighing that they don't make 'em like that any more. Such is the nature of nostalgia.
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There may be other dancers who had or have more technical chops than Charisse (Eleanor Powell, Leslie Caron--maybe. She was pretty damn skilled technically, too.
It's the..you know! That projection of pure sex appeal that makes her, in my opinion, one of the best dancers ever. The legendary Fred Astaire thought so too.
Now, Ruby--I'm sorry but I have to disagree with you about Catherine Zeta-Jones. She's good, no argument there, but she doesn't have the powerful screen appeal of Cyd Charisse. I was glad to see Chicago come out because I love that genre when it's well done--which it was--but cah-mon! There's no comparison!
Classy, sexy modern women on screen? Charlize Theron, and-ummmmm--well, I'm sure there are others. Angelina Jolie? Well, I'll go with the sexy part, I guess. Good face and body, I suppose. Classy? I don't see it myself. I don't see future generations rhapsodizing about her work, but hey--that's just my opinion. Yoda made the point perfectly:
Dusk, if you were on film you'd be one of the modern classy sexy women!!
MNG! How great is it to see your nice face again! Ditto you, Louie! Lord, but it's good to see you all, every one of you. Thanks for stopping by.
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Fog, excellent examples!! Ya know, I may be weird but I always thought Fred Astaire was one sexy MF for the same reason Cyd is---personality, personality, and more personality. Not to mention the fact that he's the greatest dancer ever.
Some modern guys in there too--I think Harrison Ford had it, and George Clooney's got a good bit of it.
I don't think I represent the norm, tho--I think the sexiest guys (screen or otherwise) are the ones who are comfortable in their own skin and don't take themselves too seriously. Looks are so ephemeral and so deceiving that I pretty much leave them out of the equation.
Oooh! Ricardo Montalban in the original Star Trek episode about Khan--and in "The Wrath of Khan"--yow!!
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By the way, Cyd was an unknown when she did this film (yep-"Singin' in the Rain")..talk about uplifting.
No pun intended.
You guys have inspired me for another post--after the Legend one, of course ; D
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But I'm sure there were people in the 1950s who looked at Cyd, shook their collective head, tut-tuted and wondered, Whatever happened to Lillian Gish and Mary Jane Pickford?
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Nonetheless--I still think Cyd is beyond category,and that many others who aspire/aspired to be "sex symbols" couldn't and can't hold a candle to her, no matter what era!
Thanks for comments, all..
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I don't think Marilyn Monroe was sexy either.
I guess it's all in the eye of the beholder...
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I can't even watch the whole thing. It kills me. It's actually piercing my heart and stopping the flow of blood to my brain.
I agree with Ruby that we'll all be sighing in 50 years about the stars of our youth.
Which ones? I don't know. It's so hard to look objectively at our young actors and actresses when YouTube videos of Cyd Charisse and those tassles design to inflame our fragile eggshell minds.
Blood in the streets, up to my thighs.
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Patricia 7, I'm interested then; what women from screen/stage do you think are sexy? I was thinking Cyd had a kind of universal appeal...
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You don't recognise Catwoman from the Batman series?
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Quick thought: I always thought "trying too hard" was not wearing underwear/wearing only butt floss onstage, crotch-grabbing, simulated screwing, etc....
Just realized, Ruby, that I messed up my chronology. Gish would have predated Jolson. So I imagine they held up the Gibson Girls to Lillian G....
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I agree with everyone here.
Who will the stars of today be? I can see Catherine Zeta Jones being one of those but only because she resembles the past I think. She does have exotic eyes and she a very curvy lady just like all those classic ladies (with the exception of Audrey).
And someone mentioned her role in Chicago. Again, that movie is a throw back to yesteryear. We do get captivated by dance and class.
Angelina Jolie, she has all the right features..... but I wonder about longevity.
The only other person I can think of is Cate Blanchett. Not a classic beauty but you just can't take your eyes off her.
But generally women in Playboy etc I don't find sexy. I'm not even sure I find the attractive. Having said that, I haven't looked at a Playboy in years and I do remember them claiming to do stylistic photo shoots.
But there are trashier mags out there that really do nothing for the models.
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Playboy has gone from edgy to conservatively awful. It needs to be revamped. It's nauseating to see the same, surgically enhanced, fake blonds in the same dull poses.
Where's the art?