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obamanut2012

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31. LOVE that movie!

Mon Jun 25, 2012, 03:42 PM

Jun 2012

Two interesting facts about Judy Holliday:

1. She had a genius-level IQ, and

2. Used her experience as portraying "Billie Dawn" to "act dumb: when in 1952 she was called to testify before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee to explain why her name had been linked to Communist front organizations. Because of acting like a cliched "ditzy blonde," she escaped the Blacklist (although she was informally blacklisted from television because of the taint of her appearing before SISS).

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Name five favorite feminist/women-oriented movies [View all] obamanut2012 Jun 2012 OP

Thank you hollysmom Jun 2012 #1

Fried Green Tomatoes featured very strong women Skittles Jun 2012 #2

Love that movie... one_voice Jun 2012 #12

Atlas Shrugged? Turbineguy Jun 2012 #3

YOU PLAYED THE AYN RAND CARD!!! obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #4

Exorcise the demons! Neoma Jun 2012 #5

The Alien Quadrilogy thelordofhell Jun 2012 #6

Good one! (well, four) obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #8

Thelma And Louise thelordofhell Jun 2012 #7

Thelma and Louise! kdmorris Jun 2012 #9

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore CurtEastPoint Jun 2012 #10

My fave: Nine to Five, starring Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, and kestrel91316 Jun 2012 #11

Silkwood comes to mind. Norma Rae and Places in the Heart. Reds. And for fun, Kill Bill. Zen Democrat Jun 2012 #13

Stieg Larsson's Millenium Trilogy longship Jun 2012 #14

Good answer! obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #18

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Lucy Jun 2012 #15

I juat watched that recently obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #19

Whale Rider DURHAM D Jun 2012 #16

One of my favorite movies EVER obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #20

The Contender tammywammy Jun 2012 #17

Here's some I like: Whisp Jun 2012 #21

Domino EC Jun 2012 #22

I admit to having a fondness for D.E.B.S. obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #27

Great subject for an OP. Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #23

The Color Purple, Steel Magnolias and The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All... Rowdyboy Jun 2012 #24

The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo, The Color Purple, Personal Velocity, Zorra Jun 2012 #25

Harold and Maude no_hypocrisy Jun 2012 #26

Harold and Maude - classic. Whisp Jun 2012 #32

television- Mrs. Bradley Mysteries tru Jun 2012 #28

Underworld Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2012 #29

Born Yesterday. yesphan Jun 2012 #30

LOVE that movie! obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #31

Not movies, but... rwsanders Jun 2012 #33

Ro Lauren, who also started in TNG obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #35

{proof} Neoma Jun 2012 #34

A few older ones with strong women Tx4obama Jun 2012 #36

I've only seen the first and the last obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #37

The first 'Terminator' The Green Manalishi Jun 2012 #38

The Associate (Whoppi Goldberg & Diane Wiest) Firebrand Gary Jun 2012 #39

Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Inglorious Basterds, Alien masmdu Jun 2012 #40

Norma Rae, Silkwood, Steel Magnolias efilon Jun 2012 #41