tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post2811905033933056421..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: Miss NovakJaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-16198056648489815072008-08-21T09:02:00.000-04:002008-08-21T09:02:00.000-04:00Thanks for an interesting post, and the link to th...Thanks for an interesting post, and the link to the article. The number of comments to that article alone is remarkable, and the passion with which the readers agree or disagree.<BR/><BR/>I find Miss Novak's work in film compelling for its unusual quality of fighting against being typecast while at the same time being typecast. The often repeated quote "she wore her beauty like a crown of thorns" says it well. No wonder Hitchcock was so successful using her in "Vertigo" with its many double images. She seemed always to convey a double image, another persona hidden beneath the surface. That this quality seemed natural to her and not intentionally played was what made her unusual.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-6335634111754916362008-08-21T07:34:00.000-04:002008-08-21T07:34:00.000-04:00That article is interesting, but your take is bett...That article is interesting, but your take is better, and closer to my own. Novak's a little too heavy-handed for my own tastes, though Hitchcock got a good performance out of her in Vertigo (which I hope will be properly mastered this fall).<BR/><BR/>Pete Emslie wrote about her awhile ago, accompanied with one of his famous caricatures, <A HREF="http://cartooncave.blogspot.com/2007/11/necessary-inspiration.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>As for Monroe knockoffs, Sheree North was probably the worst one, as evidenced in a failure like The Lieutenant Wore Skirts, or the monstrosity, How to Be Very, Very Popular (which ended up being, as Monroe predicted, very, very unpopular... and they say she wasn't bright!).Thadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443425643665474645noreply@blogger.com