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A symbol of rebellious youth and beauty, Brigitte Bardot helped usher
in the sexual revolution in the movies with her sensual, uninhibited performances in films like Jean-Luc GodardrCOs rCLContempt.rCY Then in the second half of her life, she carved an unconventional path as a fierce advocate for animal rights.
The legendary French actress died at 91, according to a statement from
her foundation provided to CNN on Sunday.
rCLThe Brigitte Bardot Foundation pays tribute to the memory of an exceptional woman who gave everything and gave up everything for a world more respectful of animals,rCY the foundation said. rCLHer legacy lives on
through the actions and struggles the Foundation continues with the same passion and the same fidelity to her ideals.rCY
Known in France merely by her initials B.B., Bardot tantalized audiences and scandalized moral authorities with her raw display of sexuality in
the 1950s and rCy60s. She became a box-office phenomenon in the United
States and helped to popularize foreign films with Americans at a time
when censorship in Hollywood movies forbade frank discussions of sex,
much less nudity.
Describing her impact, Life magazine said in 1961, rCLEverywhere girls
walk, dress, wear their hair like Bardot and wish they were free souls
like her.rCY
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Guilty Bastard <ididit@getaway.car> wrote:

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A symbol of rebellious youth and beauty, Brigitte Bardot helped usher
in the sexual revolution in the movies with her sensual, uninhibited >performances in films like Jean-Luc Godard's "Contempt." Then in the
second half of her life, she carved an unconventional path as a fierce >advocate for animal rights.

The legendary French actress died at 91, according to a statement from
her foundation provided to CNN on Sunday.

"The Brigitte Bardot Foundation pays tribute to the memory of an
exceptional woman who gave everything and gave up everything for a world
more respectful of animals," the foundation said. "Her legacy lives on >through the actions and struggles the Foundation continues with the same >passion and the same fidelity to her ideals."

Known in France merely by her initials B.B., Bardot tantalized audiences
and scandalized moral authorities with her raw display of sexuality in
the 1950s and '60s. She became a box-office phenomenon in the United
States and helped to popularize foreign films with Americans at a time
when censorship in Hollywood movies forbade frank discussions of sex,
much less nudity.

Her characters rebelled against moral authorities in the movies
themselves.

I certainly first saw her in And God Created Woman. It's not that good a
movie but you could not take your eyes off the 19 year old character she played, always barefoot, with a body designed for sex. She was curvy, a
proper hourglass figure.

What a woman.

Describing her impact, Life magazine said in 1961, "Everywhere girls
walk, dress, wear their hair like Bardot and wish they were free souls
like her."

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Guilty Bastard <ididit@getaway.car> wrote:

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A symbol of rebellious youth and beauty, Brigitte Bardot helped usher
in the sexual revolution in the movies with her sensual, uninhibited performances in films like Jean-Luc GodardrCOs rCLContempt.rCY Then in the second half of her life, she carved an unconventional path as a fierce advocate for animal rights.

In her later years Bardot and her last husband were sympathizers of
Jean Marie Le Pen,the French far-rightist...her contemporary sex symbol
Mamie Van Doren,still alive at 94,was posting on a blog until about
two years ago,expressing merited disgust toward Donald Trump.

Bardot had been a great-grandmother for years.

When a woman makes her mark with her sex appeal,which has a faster
expiration date than life itself,it places her in an awkward position
in old age,where she needs to pivot to other passions to not be seen
as herself "expired" at an earlier age than men seem to be subjected
to by the fickle finger of fame.

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at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
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Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:

In her later years Bardot and her last husband were sympathizers of
Jean Marie Le Pen,the French far-rightist...her contemporary sex symbol
Mamie Van Doren,still alive at 94,was posting on a blog until about
two years ago,expressing merited disgust toward Donald Trump.

Bardot had been a great-grandmother for years.

When a woman makes her mark with her sex appeal,which has a faster
expiration date than life itself,it places her in an awkward position
in old age,where she needs to pivot to other passions to not be seen
as herself "expired" at an earlier age than men seem to be subjected
to by the fickle finger of fame.

I cannot agree, for she was Bardot. She's immortal.

Why forgo greatness just because fame is fleeting and nothing lasts?

Seriously, did you want to be 19 your whole life?
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Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:

In her later years Bardot and her last husband were sympathizers of
Jean Marie Le Pen,the French far-rightist...her contemporary sex symbol >>Mamie Van Doren,still alive at 94,was posting on a blog until about
two years ago,expressing merited disgust toward Donald Trump.

Bardot had been a great-grandmother for years.

When a woman makes her mark with her sex appeal,which has a faster >>expiration date than life itself,it places her in an awkward position
in old age,where she needs to pivot to other passions to not be seen
as herself "expired" at an earlier age than men seem to be subjected
to by the fickle finger of fame.

I cannot agree, for she was Bardot. She's immortal.

Why forgo greatness just because fame is fleeting and nothing lasts?

Seriously, did you want to be 19 your whole life?

Not sure what you're getting at.
I am referring to the fact that she stopped trading
on her looks at 40 and switched to her political
activities...she said herself that she was and
remained a lousy actress.

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at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
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Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:

Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:

In her later years Bardot and her last husband were sympathizers of
Jean Marie Le Pen,the French far-rightist...her contemporary sex symbol >>>Mamie Van Doren,still alive at 94,was posting on a blog until about
two years ago,expressing merited disgust toward Donald Trump.

Bardot had been a great-grandmother for years.

When a woman makes her mark with her sex appeal,which has a faster >>>expiration date than life itself,it places her in an awkward position
in old age,where she needs to pivot to other passions to not be seen
as herself "expired" at an earlier age than men seem to be subjected
to by the fickle finger of fame.

I cannot agree, for she was Bardot. She's immortal.

Why forgo greatness just because fame is fleeting and nothing lasts?

Seriously, did you want to be 19 your whole life?

Not sure what you're getting at.
I am referring to the fact that she stopped trading
on her looks at 40 and switched to her political
activities...she said herself that she was and
remained a lousy actress.

She didn't need to become a character actress. It wasn't just her
"looks"; she was an erotic beauty. There was just something about her
when she was a certain age. At some point, she was going to have to
remake her life.

It was worth doing, even though it was only for a little while.
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Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:

When a woman makes her mark with her sex appeal,which has a faster
expiration date than life itself,it places her in an awkward position
in old age,where she needs to pivot to other passions to not be seen
as herself "expired" at an earlier age than men seem to be subjected
to by the fickle finger of fame.

She had an amazing pair of upper incisors, and I imagine that she
kept them throughout her adult life. [1]

[1] When old peoples' teeth go, it tends to be the ones further
back. Ask me how I know.

That said, it's shameful how her native country treated her for
holding Unapproved Opinions.
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Mark Shaw <mshaw@panix.com> wrote:

Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws> wrote:

When a woman makes her mark with her sex appeal,which has a faster >>expiration date than life itself,it places her in an awkward position
in old age,where she needs to pivot to other passions to not be seen
as herself "expired" at an earlier age than men seem to be subjected
to by the fickle finger of fame.

She had an amazing pair of upper incisors, and I imagine that she
kept them throughout her adult life. [1]

[1] When old peoples' teeth go, it tends to be the ones further
back. Ask me how I know.

That said, it's shameful how her native country treated her for
holding Unapproved Opinions.

I guess. Who wants to hear an actor off script?
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Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Mark Shaw <mshaw@panix.com> wrote:

That said, it's shameful how her native country treated her for
holding Unapproved Opinions.

I guess. Who wants to hear an actor off script?

Point, but the disapprobation is properly provided by the public,
not by the heavy boot of government.
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Brigitte Bardot Lashes Out at the "Hypocritical and Ridiculous"
#MeToo Movement
January 18, 2018
A little over a week after 100 prominent French women signed a letter
calling the #MeToo movement a rCLwitch huntrCY against men, actress Brigitte Bardot has decided to weigh in with her own thoughts on the push against sexual harassment.
Rather than join the ranks, Bardot decried the movement, slamming the
women who have come forward to share their stories.
rCLThe vast majority are being hypocritical and ridiculous,rCY she told the French magazine Paris Match, as translated by France 24.
Bardot, who is 83, noted that rCLlots of actresses try to play the tease
with producers to get a role. And then, so we will talk about them, they say they were harassed . . . I was never the victim of sexual
harassment. And I found it charming when men told me that I was
beautiful or I had a nice little backside.rCY
This isnrCOt the first time Bardot has shared a controversial, harmful opinion. In the past, she has been fined for provoking discrimination
and racial hatred against the Muslim community in France.
Over the last few months, many actresses have shared stories about the
unequal power dynamic in the film industry, and several have revolved
around meetings with producers that amounted more or less to an
aggressive flirting session.
Ellen Pompeo summed up the problem well in a recent piece for The
Hollywood Reporter, saying that she once took a meeting with
now-disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein where she largely batted her
eyelashes and tried to charm him.
ItrCOs part of a sordid tradition for aspiring stars, she claimed: rCLYou think, rCyNot only do I have to show that IrCOm a good actress, but that director also has to in some way fall in love with me and at least
become enamored with me.rCO That never felt right or good to me.rCY
In addition, many of the women who have come forward with claims against Weinstein were told he would offer roles in exchange for inappropriate
sexual favors.
He allegedly tried to entice women by sharing which big-name stars he
had supposedly slept with previously.
Through a spokesperson, Weinstein has denied all allegations of
non-consensual acts.
Similarly, two women who have come forward against director and producer Brett Ratner have claimed that Ratner propositioned them in exchange for bit parts on Rush Hour 2.
Ratner, through his attorney Martin Singer, has denied the charges.
BardotrCOs comments arrive just days after 100 French women shared their controversial stance on the #MeToo crowd and its effects on men.
rCLRape is a crime but insistent or clumsy flirting is not, nor is gallantry a macho aggressionrCY, the letter read. rCLMen have been punished
summarily, forced out of their jobs when all they did was touch
someonerCOs knee or try to steal a kiss.rCY
It was signed by prominent French stars, including actress Catherine
Deneuve. However, it seems Deneuve has already had a change of heart.
After the outpour of backlash, in addition to sudden support from people she considers reprehensible, the actress published a letter in the
newspaper Liberation apologizing to victims of sexual harassment.
rCLI fraternally salute all women victims of odious acts who may have felt aggrieved by the letter in Le Monde,rCY she wrote. rCLIt is to them, and
them alone, that I offer my apologies.rCY
The actress acknowledged that, over the course of her long career, she
has witnessed uncomfortable situations and has heard stories of
filmmakers abusing their power, creating rCLtraumatic and untenable situations.rCY
Deneuve also spoke out specifically against French radio host and former porn star Brigitte Lahaie, one of the women who signed the original
letter, who later said that some women can enjoy being raped. (She later apologized, saying, rCLWhat I meant to say,-u because I know matters of
sexuality by heart-u, is that sometimes the body and the mind do not coincide.rCY)
Deneuve said LahaierCOs comments were rCLworse than spitting in the face of all those who have suffered this crime.rCL
She also distanced herself more broadly from some of the supporters of
the original letter: rCLThat is why I would like to say to conservatives, racists, and traditionalists of all shades who decided it was strategic
to give me their support that I am no dupe. They will have neither my gratitude nor my friendship. To the contrary. I am a liberated woman and I will stay that way.rCY
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