tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post8778808797266604037..comments2023-12-08T03:56:59.376-05:00Comments on An Aesthete's Lament: Well Said: Gina LollobrigidaAn Aesthete's Lamenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09620941811191294750noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-25656912073774047032011-03-01T14:51:06.049-05:002011-03-01T14:51:06.049-05:00The story, as recounted, has Lollobrigida making t...The story, as recounted, has Lollobrigida making the comment (which surely was meant to be funny), after a Moroccan diplomat praised her beauty. She was wearing a turban at the time, with an emerald brooch attached to it, and apparently rolled her eyes in its direction, then uttered those words.An Aesthete's Lamenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620941811191294750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-11481386805830629772011-02-28T22:46:25.602-05:002011-02-28T22:46:25.602-05:00AL --
I know this is all a joke, and it's a g...AL --<br /><br />I know this is all a joke, and it's a good joke, but isn't it <i>ferociously</i> anti-female?<br /><br />Obviously, I'm in no position to answer, but in diligently searching through fifty years of pictures, I could only find one picture of Gina in emeralds that were plausibly her own, and even then they seemed palpably fake.<br /><br />(And in that picture, I'm sorry to say, she looked like a somewhat younger, more attractive version of a certain old bat who attends "society functions" in Manhattan -- but in famously real emeralds, which make her look -- perversely -- even more ridiculous.)<br /><br />Your faithful fan,<br /><br />A<br /><br />P.S. That said, I'm a big fan of GL, who bagged out of the movie business at just the right time, reinvented herself as a photographer, and is still a much beloved icon in Italy.The Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-88348412031960289572011-02-24T20:36:34.261-05:002011-02-24T20:36:34.261-05:00I am in complete agreement with La Lollobrigida!I am in complete agreement with La Lollobrigida!Belle de Villehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14045827018848979761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-40074052356791889272011-02-23T14:08:05.218-05:002011-02-23T14:08:05.218-05:00And I really appreciate that about you, Aesthete, ...And I really appreciate that about you, Aesthete, that we can find things here that are sure to be entertaining, edifying and unique.Topazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15514508159702613771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-25394414138247945202011-02-22T10:44:26.203-05:002011-02-22T10:44:26.203-05:00Agreed, the memoirs of Gladys Pini de Miniato are ...Agreed, the memoirs of Gladys Pini de Miniato are not especially riveting. Her cavalierness and sense of entitlement are astounding. It's really a Grade D or F book, along the lines of Princess Marie Louise's "My Memories of Six Reigns" or Mrs Hwfa Williams's "It Was Such Fun!" Which, I hasten to add, I strangely enjoy, firsthand historical memoirs by entirely forgotten society figures who, at least, paid a bit of attention to what was going on around them.An Aesthete's Lamenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620941811191294750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-64019382787680966742011-02-22T01:43:54.188-05:002011-02-22T01:43:54.188-05:00Ha ha...love that!!Ha ha...love that!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062516795074731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-87142636762823334772011-02-21T23:03:38.389-05:002011-02-21T23:03:38.389-05:00You can say that again!You can say that again!Hollywood forever, Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16608998958466509181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-53970687518451933492011-02-21T09:51:40.438-05:002011-02-21T09:51:40.438-05:00I would venture to guess that "Memoirs of a C...I would venture to guess that "Memoirs of a Canadian Duchess" is not a title that had 'em rushing to the bookstore but obviously there was plenty of interest inside the book itself.Topazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15514508159702613771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-628225898048716332011-02-20T22:44:38.654-05:002011-02-20T22:44:38.654-05:00brilliant. what legs, what wit!brilliant. what legs, what wit!Lynne Rutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03861049506323014982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-18252554278472678052011-02-20T08:12:30.828-05:002011-02-20T08:12:30.828-05:00or diamonds, or rubies, or (enormous) aquamarines,...or diamonds, or rubies, or (enormous) aquamarines, etc.HOBAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354831628721898035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-52790616178543505862011-02-20T03:19:41.311-05:002011-02-20T03:19:41.311-05:00I forgot to ask......and what did HE say??? When ...I forgot to ask......and what did HE say??? When she said that?<br /><br />That is the real question???Penelope Bianchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07044698051543677637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-47978898186789425402011-02-20T03:17:37.878-05:002011-02-20T03:17:37.878-05:00Of course; she is correct! I am sure she is stil...Of course; she is correct! I am sure she is still beautiful; and I hope someone is buying her emeralds and diamonds and sapphires....and anything else her heart desires!<br /><br />She is exquisite and has worked very hard all her life!Penelope Bianchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07044698051543677637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-18557066751978719322011-02-19T20:36:36.761-05:002011-02-19T20:36:36.761-05:00I couldn't have put it better myself!I couldn't have put it better myself!Thombeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610129742797260253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-21242025930011672082011-02-19T16:18:27.588-05:002011-02-19T16:18:27.588-05:00i had forgotten that la lollobrigida was elegant a...i had forgotten that la lollobrigida was elegant and beautiful as well as sexy!littlebadwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05418476178074288550noreply@blogger.com