Tuesday, March 16, 2010

OOOH! I love that masked man! My Fixation with Masked, or Disfigured Men

When I was a little girl, all the little boys wanted to be Speed Racer. Me.... I wanted to marry Racer X.

I mean really... a brave man who saves the day...is tall and mysterious...what could be better?

My fascination with the idea of the masked or disfigured man was continued when I started reading the comic strip Brenda Starr. Basil St. John always showed at the right time to save Brenda.

As Vincent Parry in Dark Passage Bogart spends a good part of the movie with his face covered in bandages. He has his face altered so he can find who really killed his wife.









Henri de toulouse lautrec... well, he was talented, disabled a
nd successful. What could be better?
I know from experience that being physically different makes me stronger and more unique. I can ....with effort survive just about anything. I like my fantasy and real men to be strong, brave survivors.
I guess I grew up to see the different and the mysterious to be the spice of life.


3 comments:

Debbie said...

When I ws a kid I was in love whit Humphry Bogart.
What did we know back then?

Laura Bartlett said...

men who look like men are the best....that's what we knew.:)

Artesia said...

Hi! I nominated you for the Sunshine Award over on my blog:

http://myartesia.blogspot.com/

:o)
Marie