{"id":14569,"date":"2011-05-18T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=14569"},"modified":"2011-05-12T11:03:34","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T15:03:34","slug":"high-on-j-lo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=14569","title":{"rendered":"High on J.Lo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer_lopez_anaconda_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14578\" title=\"jennifer lopez anaconda\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer_lopez_anaconda_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer_lopez_anaconda_001.jpg 271w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer_lopez_anaconda_001-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a>A great many\u00a0actresses try their best to come across as \u201chot\u201d in the movies. A staggering number of them, to put it charitably, often come up short in all but the most superficial of ways. Now, that\u2019s not a problem for a guy looking to satisfy the most superficial of pleasures, but we need more than just good looks, too\u2026don\u2019t we?<\/p>\n<p>Sure we do. And that\u2019s why it sure can hurt when a gal with the all-encompassing, old-fashioned star wattage of <a title=\"Jennifer Lopez\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Jennifer+Lopez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jennifer Lopez<\/a> appears to sacrifice what could have been a long and glorious career as a full-time, big-screen leading lady for\u2026well, for the girl\u2019s spot on the <a title=\"American Idol\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_title.asp?search=American+Idol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">American Idol<\/a> panel.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not usually that simple, obviously. Unless a working actor goes out of his or her way to actually announce a vocation-altering decision\u2014<em><a title=\"Amanda Bynes Retires and Un-retires!\" href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/gossip\/2010\/07\/amanda-bynes-returns-to-acting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">hey, I\u2019m so over this acting stuff<\/a><\/em>\u2014it\u2019s just so much career quarterbacking from the sidelines to natter on and on about how one of your favorites \u201cshould\u201d be doing this type of movie, that level of project, and so on. The movie business has a funny way of evolving every performer\u2019s career, with a dizzying number of variables coming into play that don\u2019t always have to do with exactly what the actor may or may not desire.<\/p>\n<p>That means I\u2019m not here to say <em>J.Lo, how dare you<\/em>. Or, <em>J.Lo, you are letting us down<\/em>. Or even <em>J.Lo, please please pretty please, let <\/em><a title=\"Quentin Tarantino\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Quentin+Tarantino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Quentin Tarantino<\/a><em> work his Travolta Voodoo on you and launch you back to big-screen superstardom where you belong<\/em>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m just here to say: J.Lo, if you never come back to the art house or multiplex, it sure was fun while it lasted. But do come back. Make them make room for you.<\/p>\n<p>Who knew that Lopez, who got started as one of the Fly Girls from <a title=\"In Living Color\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_title.asp?search=In+Living+Color\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">In Living Color<\/a>, would have such a\u00a0steamy impact on the movies, only to kiss them goodbye for the most part to more fully embrace music, fashion, philanthropy, and the chair once occupied by <a title=\"Paula Abdul\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_title.asp?search=Paula+Abdul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Paula Abdul<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Typically, an actor works his or her way up to the challenge of playing a real person on the big screen. No doubt J.Lo thought to herself, <a title=\"Peter O\u2019Toole\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Peter+O%e2%80%99Toole\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Peter O\u2019Toole<\/a><em> did it, why can\u2019t I?<\/em> So should it be any surprise that the Bronx-born Lopez made such a smashing debut as a leading star in the 1997 biopic of Tejano singing sensation <a title=\"Selena\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D93064&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Selena<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Rather than\u00a0provide a straightforward filmography, though, I\u2019m going to instead offer up three pictures I feel more than adequately demonstrate the <em>impresionante de Lopez<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-blood-and-wine-jack-nicholson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14573\" title=\"jennifer-lopez-blood-and-wine-jack-nicholson\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-blood-and-wine-jack-nicholson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-blood-and-wine-jack-nicholson.jpg 500w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-blood-and-wine-jack-nicholson-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Blood &amp; Wine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D63847&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Blood &amp; Wine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The year before she exploded into the public consciousness via Selena, the creator of <a title=\"J.Lo's Official Site for Scents!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jenniferlopezbeauty.com\/templates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Glow by J.Lo<\/a> was sparring with none other than <a title=\"Jack Nicholson\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Jack+Nicholson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jack Nicholson<\/a>, acing a challenging supporting role in a bitter and literate film noir from director <a title=\"Bob Rafelson\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Bob+Rafelson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bob Rafelson<\/a>, the man responsible for Jack\u2019s titanic early star turn in <a title=\"Five Easy Pieces\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_title.asp?search=Five+Easy+Pieces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Five Easy Pieces<\/a>. Playing the nanny of a wealthy household who comes between scheming wine dealer Nicholson and his rebellious stepson, Lopez takes what, in a lesser picture, might have been written (or portrayed) as the standard femme fatale role and delivers something much more nuanced and compelling. In a film where nobody has any scruples to speak of, Lopez becomes a lone anchor for our empathy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14571\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-anaconda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14571\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14571\" title=\"jennifer-lopez-anaconda\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-anaconda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-anaconda.jpg 464w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-anaconda-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Lopez in Anaconda (1997)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"Anaconda\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=B21021&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Anaconda<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Surely a candidate for examination by <a title=\"Julian's debut fete of Tuff Turf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/craptastic-cinema\/tuff-turf\/\" target=\"_blank\">Julian Andr\u00e9\u2019s Craptastic Cinema<\/a> if ever there was one, this 1997 creature feature\u00a0showcases\u00a0our Latina Lord Olivier as a documentary film director (a vocation dear to my heart) venturing into the Amazon wilderness with a motley crew that comes to include <a title=\"Jon Voight\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Jon+Voight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jon Voight<\/a>. Voight\u2019s hilariously strange accent in the film represents an underappreciated high point in the Midnight Cowboy\u2019s own screen career, marking his take on the \u201cQuint\u201d character as one of his most entertaining performances before the once-liberal dad to <a title=\"Angelina Jolie\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Angelina+Jolie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Angelina Jolie<\/a> took to the Cinema Conservatives\u2019 campaign trail alongside <a title=\"Chuck Norris\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Chuck+Norris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chuck Norris<\/a> (not literally). But let\u2019s get back to Lopez. We\u2019re in the jungle, she\u2019s sweaty, and she\u2019s doing battle with a hungry snake. Make all the lewd jokes you want, but Lopez is all too frequently left out of the customary lists of great horror flick heroines, and she proved with this crazy thriller that she had the\u00a0skills to wallow in genre filmmaking (as she\u00a0also does\u00a0in\u00a0Tarsem&#8217;s alarmingly weird serial killer opus <a title=\"The Cell\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D19924&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Cell<\/a>) and emerge unscathed (unswallowed?) by its often-lowly reputation.<\/p>\n<p>I steered clear of the Lopez-less sequels, which I\u2019m sure had plenty of the snake, but probably none of the sizzle.<\/p>\n<table class=\"alignLeft\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-out-of-sight-gun.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14577\" title=\"jennifer-lopez-out-of-sight-gun\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-out-of-sight-gun-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-out-of-sight-gun-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-out-of-sight-gun.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-george-clooney-out-of-sight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14574\" title=\"jennifer-lopez-george-clooney-out-of-sight\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-george-clooney-out-of-sight-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-george-clooney-out-of-sight-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-george-clooney-out-of-sight.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a title=\"Out of Sight\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=B71181&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Out of Sight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now we get to it. <a title=\"Steven Soderbergh\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Steven+Soderbergh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steven Soderbergh<\/a>&#8216;s 1998 adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel remains the definitive Lopez picture, and I think I am secure in making that statement not having seen <a title=\"Enough\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D44866&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Enough<\/a>, <a title=\"The Wedding Planner\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D23375&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Wedding Planner<\/a>, or <a title=\"Maid in Manhattan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_title.asp?search=Maid+in+Manhattan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Maid in Manhattan<\/a>. In this rewardingly\u00a0smart caper film, Lopez plays U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco, who gets entangled in the affairs of bank robber <a title=\"George Clooney\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=George+Clooney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">George Clooney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sandra Bullock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Sandra+Bullock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sandra Bullock<\/a> was at one time considered for Lopez\u2019 part. I shudder to think of it, no disrespect intended to the gal who made <a title=\"Speed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=B65026&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Speed<\/a> twice as fun as it had any right to be. Lopez and Clooney create old-school screen fireworks here worthy of unforgettable team-ups like Grant\/Bergman in Hitch\u2019s <a title=\"Notorious\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D15126&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Notorious<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anybody who can pull focus from the very charismatic Clooney is a real player. The movie cost $48 million and did less than twice that worldwide. This is what they call a genuine shame. If I had an unlimited supply of cash to bankroll movies, I\u2019d pony up the checks to produce flop after flop if they turned out like this.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Lopez has appeared in movies as currently as 2010 (<a title=\"The Back-Up Plan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_title.asp?search=The+Back-Up+Plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Back-Up Plan<\/a>). I admit, I haven\u2019t kept pace at all with what we could reasonably\u00a0label her competing career arc of chick flick fluff. So, does that invalidate my claim that she\u2019s turned her back on film?<\/p>\n<p>Lopez was absent from big-screen roles for three full years (2007-09). In 2010, she booked an appearance on the television show <a title=\"How I Met Your Mother\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_title.asp?search=How+I+Met+Your+Mother\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How I Met Your Mother<\/a> and starred in the aforementioned Back-Up Plan; <a title=\"Alex O\u2019Loughlin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Alex+O%e2%80%99Loughlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alex O\u2019Loughlin<\/a> was her co-star in that romantic comedy. He may be a fine actor (and writer and producer), but there\u2019s a not-completely-crazy comparison to be made here to the world of boxing, which is to say that Lopez should be stepping into the ring with other heavyweights, and often, to toughen her up and give the world a great, not just a good, show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-gigli.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14575\" title=\"jennifer-lopez-gigli\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-gigli.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-gigli.jpg 431w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-gigli-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a>Was it the highly-publicized train wreck called <strong>Gigli<\/strong>? Come on: <a title=\"Jane Fonda\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Jane+Fonda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jane Fonda<\/a> was in <a title=\"Monster-in-Law\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_title.asp?search=Monster-in-Law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Monster-in-Law<\/a>, too. But every once in a while, let\u2019s balance fare like that out with the occasional <a title=\"China Syndrome\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D61718&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">China Syndrome<\/a>. Or <a title=\"Agnes of God\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D28876&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Agnes of God<\/a>. Or <a title=\"Barbarella\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D14261&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barbarella<\/a>. (Hey, you know, that last one isn\u2019t such a bad idea\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>Think I\u2019m full of it when it comes to my high estimation of <a title=\"People Magazine Celebrates J. Lo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/package\/article\/0,,20360857_20481259,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">People\u2019s Most Beautiful Woman in the World<\/a>? Verifiable fact: When I emerged from an opening night screening of <a title=\"Raising Arizona\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_title.asp?search=Raising+Arizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Raising Arizona<\/a>, I said: <em>She\u2019s (<\/em><a title=\"Holly Hunter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Holly+Hunter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Holly Hunter<\/a><em>) going to win the Oscar.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(I said exactly the same thing about <a title=\"Kate Winslet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Kate+Winslet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kate Winslet<\/a> after watching <strong>Jude<\/strong>. But I must say, <a title=\"The Reader\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=B51234&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Reader<\/a> is not the film I\u2019d have chosen to recognize her prodigious talents.)<\/p>\n<p>Lopez\u00a0could be following the trajectory we saw with <a title=\"Charlize Theron\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Charlize+Theron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Charlize Theron<\/a>, another impossibly beautiful actress who could have coasted on being worshiped only as a sex goddess, but demonstrated she had the chops to be taken very seriously onscreen.<\/p>\n<p>J.Lo, I know <em>como ama una mujer<\/em> is indeed a mystery, and you may have all sorts of reasons for focusing less on movies than your many other pursuits, but it\u2019s an even deeper mystery why cinema\u2019s ever-fickle audiences, cash-hungry corporate behemoths, and visionary artists seeking to reclaim the luminous glories of Hollywood past aren\u2019t supplicating themselves at your feet and clamoring for more. And better.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Lopez is, right now, one of Hollywood\u2019s highest-paid actresses. I guess all I\u2019m really asking is that the folks on the other side of the camera make those paychecks truly worth it, and push the material she deserves to the surface.<\/p>\n<p>J.Lo, let\u2019s tussle!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-out-of-sight-closeup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14576\" title=\"jennifer-lopez-out-of-sight-closeup\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-out-of-sight-closeup.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-out-of-sight-closeup.jpg 500w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/jennifer-lopez-out-of-sight-closeup-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great many\u00a0actresses try their best to come across as \u201chot\u201d in the movies. A staggering number of them, to put it charitably, often come up short in all but the most superficial of ways. 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