Banshees Scream 110 Posted December 6, 2008 Former model Bettie Page has just suffered a massive heart attack and is reported "critically ill". She was involved with the sexual revolution of the 1960's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted December 6, 2008 Former model Bettie Page has just suffered a massive heart attack and is reported "critically ill". She was involved with the sexual revolution of the 1960's. No she wasn't. She was a 1950s pin up model who earned some notoriety posing in bondage shots. By the 1960s she had put that behind her and had become a devout Christian. The 1960s sexual revolution probably had more to do with the contraceptive pill first introduced in the US in 1960. In fashion and film the biggest influences were European - Bridget Bardot, Mary Quant, Twiggy - although its roots were in the US with the Kinsey and Masters and Johnson's reports of the 40s and 50s and the Beat writers had an influence too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted December 6, 2008 Former model Bettie Page has just suffered a massive heart attack and is reported "critically ill". She was involved with the sexual revolution of the 1960's. No she wasn't. She was a 1950s pin up model who earned some notoriety posing in bondage shots. By the 1960s she had put that behind her and had become a devout Christian. The 1960s sexual revolution probably had more to do with the contraceptive pill first introduced in the US in 1960. In fashion and film the biggest influences were European - Bridget Bardot, Mary Quant, Twiggy - although its roots were in the US with the Kinsey and Masters and Johnson's reports of the 40s and 50s and the Beat poets had an influence too. One to watch, if she stumbles on with her life in the balance to Jan 1st, deffo obit-worthy. She'll get coverage, if only for the excuse for papers to run her pictures one more time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 6, 2008 Former model Bettie Page has just suffered a massive heart attack and is reported "critically ill". She was involved with the sexual revolution of the 1960's. No she wasn't. She was a 1950s pin up model who earned some notoriety posing in bondage shots. By the 1960s she had put that behind her and had become a devout Christian. The 1960s sexual revolution probably had more to do with the contraceptive pill first introduced in the US in 1960. In fashion and film the biggest influences were European - Bridget Bardot, Mary Quant, Twiggy - although its roots were in the US with the Kinsey and Masters and Johnson's reports of the 40s and 50s and the Beat poets had an influence too. One to watch, if she stumbles on with her life in the balance to Jan 1st, deffo obit-worthy. She'll get coverage, if only for the excuse for papers to run her pictures one more time. Could be a 'Shelley Winters' late year pick...Couldn't we have 25 names in the DDP? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted December 6, 2008 Former model Bettie Page has just suffered a massive heart attack and is reported "critically ill". She was involved with the sexual revolution of the 1960's. One to watch, if she stumbles on with her life in the balance to Jan 1st, deffo obit-worthy. She'll get coverage, if only for the excuse for papers to run her pictures one more time. Yeah, it's outrageous the way they do that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anubis the Jackal 77 Posted December 6, 2008 Agreed, Mr G. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted December 6, 2008 Anubis was that the real Bettie Page or was it this woman who played her in the film biography? Just wondered out of interest, like. It's difficult to tell them apart. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted December 6, 2008 I bet she was "fearless" back in the day. I guess we all get old. I was about to ask a certain member if they had a wife on the style of Bettie Page several years ago. I soon reminded myself that proposing such a question would be considered very rude. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,235 Posted December 6, 2008 Speaking as a straight female here, I think she's lovely. There's a kind of "just having a laugh" vibe to her pics. She seems really sweet and a fun person to have around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,803 Posted December 6, 2008 I feel this thread has gone off-topic somewhat. Please can some mod or another remove all the offending irrelevancies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 6, 2008 I quite agree. It's shameful, sexist and just plain wrong and I for one, will not stand for it..... ..er is it me or has it got hot in here! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,043 Posted December 12, 2008 Didn't last long, now dead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Typhoid Harry 23 Posted December 12, 2008 Yep, cross confirmed, time to turn the page. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 12, 2008 Ah well, can't win them all. Welcome to the list Ronnie Biggs! BBC link Banshees will feel particularly justified with the 4th paragraph... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,217 Posted December 12, 2008 Oh bollocks. This is the cue for a nervous breakdown by me. I'd just about kept the 2009 DDP entries on track & had only a small delay for 2008. Now I've got bucketloads of teams to change for 2009, and plenty to update for 2008. Bollocky bollocks. It was all going so well, as well. I'll have to update the DDP 2008 on Monday now, sorry for the delay. My only saving grace is that she died on the 11th, and not the 31st. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,235 Posted December 12, 2008 time to turn the page. But they're all stuck together ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 12, 2008 Oh bollocks. This is the cue for a nervous breakdown by me. I'd just about kept the 2009 DDP entries on track & had only a small delay for 2008. Now I've got bucketloads of teams to change for 2009, and plenty to update for 2008. Bollocky bollocks. It was all going so well, as well. I'll have to update the DDP 2008 on Monday now, sorry for the delay. My only saving grace is that she died on the 11th, and not the 31st. I wondered why there hasn't been updates. There's been a few deaths, but I realised that you would be prioritising on entries. How many so far, OoO? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,217 Posted December 12, 2008 I wondered why there hasn't been updates. There's been a few deaths, but I realised that you would be prioritising on entries. How many so far, OoO? 90 odd. Which is just about above average for this time. A few front-runners have entered already, but most will enter with a week or less to go. I would normally have updated for von Bulow last Sunday, but I was in Finland last weekend & in London this weekend, and it has thrown things like DDP right out of the window in terms of doing stuff. Then this, and flipping Papadopolous, so.. if I am lucky - and very lucky - I will do it Sunday, but I have a feeling it will be Monday by the time I can sort it out. Besides, there's a little concern from me about the setup for 2009 (the 1st year I'm doing it from scratch) so I'm trying to focus on that right now. But it WILL get done, I can assure you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 12, 2008 I wondered why there hasn't been updates. There's been a few deaths, but I realised that you would be prioritising on entries. How many so far, OoO? 90 odd. Which is just about above average for this time. A few front-runners have entered already, but most will enter with a week or less to go. I would normally have updated for von Bulow last Sunday, but I was in Finland last weekend & in London this weekend, and it has thrown things like DDP right out of the window in terms of doing stuff. Then this, and flipping Papadopolous, so.. if I am lucky - and very lucky - I will do it Sunday, but I have a feeling it will be Monday by the time I can sort it out. Besides, there's a little concern from me about the setup for 2009 (the 1st year I'm doing it from scratch) so I'm trying to focus on that right now. But it WILL get done, I can assure you. Hmmm they're confident! This week has been why I wait till the last possible moment. McCann gone, in goes Page. Page gone in goes...well that'll be telling! Finland and London! You jet -setter! Last two days I've been in bed with flu. Caught up with some video programmes though and a rum bunch they are too: The Naked Civil Servant, Son of Man, Gimme Shelter and a documentary on Marty Feldman! I feel like Marcel Proust... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted December 12, 2008 I wondered why there hasn't been updates. There's been a few deaths, but I realised that you would be prioritising on entries. How many so far, OoO? 90 odd. Which is just about above average for this time. A few front-runners have entered already, but most will enter with a week or less to go. I would normally have updated for von Bulow last Sunday, but I was in Finland last weekend & in London this weekend, and it has thrown things like DDP right out of the window in terms of doing stuff. Then this, and flipping Papadopolous, so.. if I am lucky - and very lucky - I will do it Sunday, but I have a feeling it will be Monday by the time I can sort it out. Besides, there's a little concern from me about the setup for 2009 (the 1st year I'm doing it from scratch) so I'm trying to focus on that right now. But it WILL get done, I can assure you. And now with Van Johnson gone, as Phantom has pointed out in the dead thread, that probably doesn't help things much, eh? Already one or two minor sources covering his death in the UK... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,217 Posted December 12, 2008 And now with Van Johnson gone, as Phantom has pointed out in the dead thread, that probably doesn't help things much, eh? Already one or two minor sources covering his death in the UK... No, it's a pigging disaster. But I've got no chance to do ANYTHING until Sunday - new 2009 entries, replacing Page, Papadopolous & Johnson, 2008 updates anything. Ah well, looks like I'll just have to cram it into one big DDP-fest & get no sleep. If Patrick Swayze dies before the 31st December, I really will have a breakdown.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,235 Posted December 12, 2008 ...Van Johnson... Van who? I'm really not cut out for this deadpool business... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 12, 2008 And now with Van Johnson gone, as Phantom has pointed out in the dead thread, that probably doesn't help things much, eh? Already one or two minor sources covering his death in the UK... No, it's a pigging disaster. But I've got no chance to do ANYTHING until Sunday - new 2009 entries, replacing Page, Papadopolous & Johnson, 2008 updates anything. Ah well, looks like I'll just have to cram it into one big DDP-fest & get no sleep. If Patrick Swayze dies before the 31st December, I really will have a breakdown.... Or if one of the leading contenders gets a DDP-winning hit right at the death! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
