tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post111385047094739205..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: The strange cult of the WASP manPhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1113897378909198112005-04-19T03:56:00.000-04:002005-04-19T03:56:00.000-04:00I'm assuming Sarsgaard is Scandinavian in ancestry...I'm assuming Sarsgaard is Scandinavian in ancestry, so your open-mindedness is aesthetically correct.<BR/><BR/>As someone who's dated primarily women of Gallic and Semitic genetics, I've also managed to fit in a couple of Norwegians for balance.<BR/><BR/>The key to understanding the popularity of the WASPy generic is to realize that blandness sells in America. Kraft singles outsell manchego by a not insignificant margin in this country, and the reason has much more to do with their lack of flavor than with their price.<BR/><BR/>But other than an acceptable minor fetish for the Nordic, the discerning palette prefers Mediterranean genes. Refer to the chorus of Beck's Nicotine and Gravy for further elaboration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1113869486956872452005-04-18T20:11:00.000-04:002005-04-18T20:11:00.000-04:00As a nice lapsed-Catholic girl whose adolescent cr...As a nice lapsed-Catholic girl whose adolescent crush was David Duchovny, I must agree with you.<BR/><BR/>(But "The Way We Were" isn't so much about unrequited love as it is about love that can't escape social realities--Robert Redford can't keep his screenwriter position with Barbra Streisand's anti-McCarthy activism.)Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299105498066004159noreply@blogger.com