I was talking cinema with a stranger in the bar downstairs and the subject of Cary Grant came up. My new found friend bemoaned the fact that no one had ever taken Cary's place in the movie world and, inasmuch as my doctor has forbidden me to watch any more Ben Affleck movies, I was in complete agreement with him. I grew up watching Steve McQueen, Richard Boone, Lee Marvin and James Coburn. How can I possibly find any interest in Matt Damon, Ethan Hawke, Jake Gyllenhaal or Mark Wahlberg?
Between the two of us, we concluded that the charm exuded by Cary Grant is no longer a valued commodity in today's society. Charm is wasted on the prostitutionalized women of this era and what need of seduction when the lady in question is listening to "Back that ass up!", the signature lyrics of our time, on her iPod?
Le charme est mort. Viva le charme !
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Dear Sir, I think you'll find my comment regarding Cary Grant, posted at 3/21/2008 2:39 PM - the last one on the page by Anonymous - at: http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2007/06/seth-rogen-todays-cary-grant-well-sort.html to be of some interest to you. You see, I read your blog on Cary Grant, and I agree. The question is, "Now what?" Further, "How can society recover its soul and cultivate new Cary Grants, Frank Sinatras, Gregory Pecks, Gary Coopers, Jimmy Stewarts and Katherine Hepburns?" "Is it too late?" Has the police state of Orwell come true? Will the pigs of Animal Farm parallel "our pigs" of today? As we all know, apathy leads to all ills, and though "we" outnumber those elements that wish to turn society into a surveillance/police/big brother state by a factor of, conservatively, 100,000:1, they'll never know it unless we all vote out the "neocons" and bring forth humanity. N'est pas?
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