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Couldn't they have found someone more BLONDE...

posted 13 years ago by Eric-1226
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...to play an Arabian princess?? I guess Jean Harlow was out of the question. lol

“That reminds me of a story that's so dirty, I'm ashamed to think of it myself.” — Groucho Marx

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 12 years ago

They could have dug up her mummified corpse.

Reference is inscrutable because there is nothing to scrute.

[–] gribfritz2 12 years ago

If you're looking for any accuracy after Phil Silvers shows up wearing glasses and using '40's slang, I don't know what to tell you.

[–] mam13143 9 years ago

Lol. I thought maybe a little too over the top for this film. But I always love Silvers in anything.

[–] redbrioche 9 years ago

The designers couldn't tell the difference between Bagdad and Bombay !!!! Why so many Arab movies in the 40s?? So exotic !!!

[–] redbrioche 9 years ago

The designers couldn't tell the difference between Bagdad and Bombay !!!! Why so many Arab movies in the 40s?? So exotic !!!

[–] HarveyManfredSinJohn 8 years ago

Yes, seeing as she died in 1937. I'd safely say she was 'out of the question'. 

Plus, don't you get, this is a 'fantasy', and a 'fantasy comedy' at that. The casting doesn't have to be accurate.

And since SJWs like talking about 'white privilege' so much (and I don't deny that it exists), wouldn't it make sense for the aristocracy/royalty, who represent the pinnacle of privilege, to be blonde and blue-eyed whites?