Yowza would be the word. I never knew Hayworth could do this! I somewhere got the idea she was just a pinup, so I never made the effort.
How familiar are you with "Flying Down To Rio"? There are several yowzas in there; particularly the whole "Carioca". Eye-popping. I'm riveted every time I see it; and I love to introduce it to people with the eyes to see, but who don't know it. Then we learn that not only was this Rodgers' first movie with Astaire- but she did not know how to dance when this was shot. Once you know that, you can indeed spot several places where she is totally faking it- well, of course. She practiced a lot afterwards!
Rita had this...thing. She was firmly planted in something authentic always. I find her so endearing and wonderful- and the way she danced! She just had this spirit of abandon that carries you away with her!
"Flying Down To Rio" is on my list for my next rainy Sunday!
"Rita had this...thing" Yep. Some women literally radiate a pure "femininity" - or something. Very elusive to quantify or study! Marilyn had it; Jayne Mansfield did not. Ingrid Bergman had it; watch the lower-left window here: http://tinyurl.com/psp7gdk If you strip her personality out- she's not even "pretty"; personality in; she's blinding. There are thousands, literally, of reasonably scientific studies on "beauty"; but I have yet to see one that has any real handle on it. I sometimes wish I were less familiar... one of the few I wrote by request from a friend (whose shoulder I was using.)
Sixty 12/7/96 For Dean
In China they know one woman in a million may not be a woman at all.
Fox spirits they call them
and when he can any sane man flees
inhuman unearthly soul blinding beauty
more destructive than flood less predictable than typhoon more painful than famine
and as powerful as all
a fox spirit may not be actively malicious
may only be not human
no one can say no one knows
All that is known is that sensible solid men may throw
everything
away
trying to follow or capture
such a creature
as you.
I have feared you might be some spirit
remote and enchanting as you are.
But one difference exists that keeps me bound.
I might free myself I think from an inhuman sprite
they have no heart
and never see nor feel the harm they do.
And you have a woman’s heart
so tender
I cannot turn away
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One of my shoulder friends, when I told him grimly "she could be Ingrid Bergman's twin..." immediately, grimly, responded "Oh, that's not good."
Yowza would be the word. I never knew Hayworth could do this! I somewhere got the idea she was just a pinup, so I never made the effort.
ReplyDeleteHow familiar are you with "Flying Down To Rio"? There are several yowzas in there; particularly the whole "Carioca". Eye-popping. I'm riveted every time I see it; and I love to introduce it to people with the eyes to see, but who don't know it. Then we learn that not only was this Rodgers' first movie with Astaire- but she did not know how to dance when this was shot. Once you know that, you can indeed spot several places where she is totally faking it- well, of course. She practiced a lot afterwards!
Rita had this...thing. She was firmly planted in something authentic always. I find her so endearing and wonderful- and the way she danced! She just had this spirit of abandon that carries you away with her!
ReplyDelete"Flying Down To Rio" is on my list for my next rainy Sunday!
"Rita had this...thing" Yep. Some women literally radiate a pure "femininity" - or something. Very elusive to quantify or study! Marilyn had it; Jayne Mansfield did not. Ingrid Bergman had it; watch the lower-left window here: http://tinyurl.com/psp7gdk
ReplyDeleteIf you strip her personality out- she's not even "pretty"; personality in; she's blinding. There are thousands, literally, of reasonably scientific studies on "beauty"; but I have yet to see one that has any real handle on it. I sometimes wish I were less familiar... one of the few I wrote by request from a friend (whose shoulder I was using.)
Sixty 12/7/96 For Dean
In China they know
one woman
in a million
may not be
a woman at all.
Fox spirits
they call them
and when he can
any sane man
flees
inhuman
unearthly
soul blinding beauty
more destructive than flood
less predictable than typhoon
more painful than famine
and as powerful
as all
a fox spirit
may not
be actively malicious
may only be
not human
no one can say
no one knows
All that is known
is that sensible solid men
may throw
everything
away
trying to follow
or capture
such a creature
as you.
I have feared you might be
some spirit
remote and enchanting
as you are.
But one difference exists
that keeps me bound.
I might free myself
I think
from an inhuman sprite
they have no heart
and never see nor feel
the harm they do.
And you
have a woman’s heart
so tender
I cannot turn away
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One of my shoulder friends, when I told him grimly "she could be Ingrid Bergman's twin..." immediately, grimly, responded "Oh, that's not good."
Am I freaking you out here?
ReplyDeleteHopefully not. I just enjoy the interactions of our wavelengths.
:-)
Lol, no.
DeleteBeautiful poem! :)