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Posted: Monday, June 22, 2009, 1:37 PM | 10 comments |

Megan Fox: A Theory

Carrie Rickey, Inquirer Film Critic

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Via e-mail and voicemail and watercooler, the pressure is on. The (predominantly) male friends of Flickgrrl want to talk Megan Fox, fetching co-star of Transformers II. What can I say but that in Transformers and Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen she struck me as very pretty? What can I say but that in the tabloids, she gives saucy quote? What can I say but that her right shoulderblade is inscribed with a quote from King Lear (Act V, Scene III): "We will all laugh at gilded butterflies" -- a line from Cordelia's soliloquy?

I can say that green-eyed brunette possesses coloring that is a distinct asset. As legendary cinematographer Nestor Almendros observed, actors with dark hair and light eyes -- or the reverse -- are uniquely cinegenic. Almendros called this his "Theory of complementary contrasts" and his proofs were brown-eyed blonde Catherine Deneuve and blue-eyed brunet Mel Gibson. Vanessa Williams is another excellent example. Consider this an open thread to discuss Fox, cinegenic coloring and stars with names that describe their personalities.

Posted by Carrie Rickey @ 1:37 PM Permalink | 10 comments

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:16 PM, 06/22/2009

meh. Very overrated.

— pmyersjr

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:20 PM, 06/22/2009

She aight. I like Zoe Saldana better, but she aight too though.

— XmarksTheSpot

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 5:07 PM, 06/22/2009

My 6 yr old son and I have watched Transformers a dozen times for completely different reasons. To paraphrase a contemporary Canadian thespian, if Fox were a president, she'd be Babraham Lincoln.

— A Friend

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 5:26 PM, 06/22/2009

She is sexy!!! hands down, no question!!

— cote32

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:20 PM, 06/22/2009

I think the dude is trying to give the Philly version of "all right", which comes out sounding like "awe-ite"

— RAS

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:02 PM, 06/22/2009

i'd walk 10 miles, in a blizzard, barefoot, with a broken leg, just to do her laundry.

— scorpio27

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:21 AM, 01/10/2011

I agree with Cote32 in regard to their view on Megan Fox which should give people a lot to gossip about and I wanted to say something else people are talking about where you can make new friends any time of day or night while using your skills / luck at http://www.GameOn247.com in a free Black Jack Tournament to declare a Daily BJ Champion.

— morrisblue

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