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20913. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 1/22/2007 12:40:45 AM

Oh, and another thing, Anna Magnani's "tits" weren't small an definitely part of her persona and "the act."

20914. judithathome - 1/22/2007 1:52:33 AM

I may be drugged but I'm not confusing the two...Anna was in The Rose Tattoo and she was great.

I realized after I posted that she DID have a rack but unlike Loren, wasn't know for that alone. ;-)

20915. judithathome - 1/22/2007 1:54:50 AM

I would say until she made Two Women Loren wasn't taken seriously as an A list actress at all. More of a novelty.

She's a beautiful woman and nothing to sneeze at but not in the same league as Magnani as a dramatic actress. In my opinion, anyhow.

20916. judithathome - 1/22/2007 1:56:01 AM

Sorry, Magos, for dragging this into your cafe and not directing it to the movie thread. But it's slow this weekend so maybe it's okay. ;-)

20917. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 1/22/2007 6:13:38 AM

Wonkers wasn't talking about Anna, he was referring to Sylvanna. Reread above.

20918. wonkers2 - 1/22/2007 4:34:20 PM

Thanks Wiz. I'm not sure how I neglected to mention Anna Magnani. Of course she was a greater actress than Sofia Loren. The "Rose Tattoo" is a classic. Silvana Mangano had one thing in common with Loren--they both married movie moguls-Dino de Laurentis and Carlo Ponti.

20919. Magoseph - 1/22/2007 5:01:01 PM

It's okay, Judith, of course--here we talk about everything.

Hello, Wiz, Wonk--snow where you are?

20920. alistairconnor - 1/22/2007 5:16:44 PM

Looking like snow over here. First serious snow of the winter, starting tonight most likely.

20921. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 1/22/2007 5:42:18 PM

Hi Mago–no snow in Connecticut.

20922. judithathome - 1/22/2007 6:48:57 PM

Ooops. Sorry...I thought Anna was in the movie he mentioned.

20923. judithathome - 1/22/2007 6:49:57 PM

So what's going on with WC? I wonder when people are going to get tired of the outages over there.

maybe it's working for some but not for me. I can't even get the Home page to come up anymore.

20924. wonkers2 - 1/22/2007 11:30:27 PM

That movie, "Bitter Rice," was before your time, Judith! Sylvana Mangano didn't make very many movies. She married Dino de Laurentis and apparently settled down as a housewife.

20925. arkymalarky - 1/23/2007 5:05:23 AM

My satellite internet is put off until March, which may be good, since we'll be pretty busy until then and I don't need the diversion. When it comes in I'll probably check out WC again and a couple of other places.

Bob got me Sirius for Christmas and hooked it up this weekend. I'm really going to like it on my commute. It works the whole way, which sort of surprised me.

20926. Magoseph - 1/23/2007 6:17:05 PM

I swore that after the last election I would NEVER invest any of my emotions in another, ever again. But then, after reading “Harpy, Hero, Heretic: Hillary”, (posted by Jex in American Politics), I got fired-up again and let me tell you, Clinton definitely has my vote and let me tell you too, not for the reasons that someone like me would be expected to have—no, N O, period! It is because Hillary was never accused of shoplifting-- I HATE shoplifting because long ago I was a naive victim of this most dastardly crime.

My friend, the elegant Hildegard will vote for Hillary because as a betrayed wife, she has not committed adultery—I mean, we’d know if she had, where, when, with whom and how many times. My other friend, the much put-upon wife with five unruly kids and an alcoholic ex-husband will vote for the first time ever and for Hillary. My sons will vote for her too because they would not be mine anymore if they were Republicans. One daughter-in-law will too for some murky reasons I couldn’t understand. The other will because her folks won’t.
The forty-year-old couple building a house next to us will also vote for Hillary because they voted for her husband as will for the same reason the sixty-year old couple in the one lot over already built. The kitty-corner neighbor will vote for her because her late husband hated Hillary with neo-con passion. Overall, let me tell you, everyone I know these days including three cashiers at three different stores, all say they will vote for her, except for my brother who luckily can’t vote, given he’s a neighbor of Alistair.

We live in a sick world and IT IS all Hillary’s fault, says Flexy, but you know me, I feel for the biggest minority in this country, oppressed girls and women, little white-hair ladies, even you and Judith and that’s hard to do—-so Hillary has my vote.

The only voters I know who make sense are my friend John and his wife Jan who say they’ll vote for her because she’s experienced, knows how the game is played and they know she’ll send Bill abroad to mend the international broken fences.

20927. alistairconnor - 1/23/2007 6:29:14 PM

Mago I love you! What a brilliant rant.

I think it has potential as a short story...

except for my brother who luckily can’t vote, given he’s a neighbor of Alistair.

Yes, but sadly he'll vote for Sarko. Or worse.

20928. judithathome - 1/23/2007 6:49:06 PM

Magos, we should send your post to Hillary as a recomendation for you to work on her campaign! You'd be hired in a flash!

20929. thoughtful - 1/23/2007 7:38:53 PM

Nice rant, mags, but I would never vote for Hillary. Why? Because she doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning. Who won't vote for her?

-those with a virulent hatred for anything clinton (remember starr? scaife?) who will stop at nothing to keep her out of office

-those with a virulent hatred of bill who will do anything to keep him and his out of the lincoln bedroom again

-those who think a woman has no business being president, of which there are many

-those who find her personally repulsive (include me in that bunch)

-those who think that 8 years in office is enough for anyone

-those who think that the last thing the country needs is a wimpy woman fighting the war on terror

-imus who spends every morning referring to her as 'satan' and any of his fans who take his political view as gospel

She would be just the lightning rod the rwers hanker for to stir their masses to get out and vote against hillary, making who ever they put up, even jeb, be a shoo-in.

And when we are sorely in need of new leadership, and we can't afford to let this country suffer under another 4 years of a goper administration, we have no choice but to vote for the dem that will be most electable to both the left and the right. And that ain't hillary.

20930. judithathome - 1/23/2007 10:26:08 PM

Agree 100%, thoughtful...the Republicans are frothing at the mouth hoping we're stupid enough to put her up for election.

20931. thoughtful - 1/23/2007 11:33:19 PM

I got really turned off by hillary when they started talking about adopting a child because it would be politically popular. At some point, even politicians should draw the line and that includes not using/abusing children for political gain. I mean it's bad enough to let the polls decide where you should go on vacation, but that was over the top. And I could never abide a family that would dump their own cat. Poor socks.

20932. judithathome - 1/23/2007 11:54:54 PM

The picture I posted a few weeks ago was of an Alexander Caulder sculpture which was the subject of an article in my paper today:

The Eagle

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