She's also a Latina! Ok, well, half. :) posted by redteam at 1:35 AM on August 6, 2007
Rrrrowrrrrr!
That "Orkans" link...still guffawing here. I'd forgotten how delightfully goofy that show was. posted by pax digita at 2:07 AM on August 6, 2007
Raquel was the first pop-culture female icon that registered with me as a young boy. The first image-goddess that I can remember being aware of. Total Woman-ness. And good lordy mercy, she looked damn good to me back then! Haven't actually thought of her in years, though. Thanks for the post! posted by flapjax at midnite at 2:09 AM on August 6, 2007 [1 favorite]
And as Lillian Lust ("the babe with the bust"), Welch was two of the many good reasons to see the original Bedazzled, written by and starring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. posted by rob511 at 2:18 AM on August 6, 2007
OK, when the October "Whadduh I wear for Halloween??" AskMes start flooding in, I'm just going to post that fourth link, over and over and over. That Scorpio-- No, the Libra! Any of Rachel's ensembles! Capricorn! posted by maryh at 2:30 AM on August 6, 2007
Please turn the internet off. posted by pracowity at 4:53 AM on August 6, 2007
Yes, she's always been beautiful. But isn't anyone else disturbed in the slightest that she looks 30 years younger than she is? I'm all for aging gracefully, and this seems just Dorian Gray. Smoke and mirrors. Four hours of MAC makeup.
To me it's more sad than praiseworthy. I'd much rather judge a woman on her contributions to the world than her looks. posted by Stewriffic at 5:18 AM on August 6, 2007
(And I think I win the award for stick-in-the-mud) posted by Stewriffic at 5:20 AM on August 6, 2007
Her performance in Bedazzled is both divine and ridiculous. I suppose that's actually true of the entire movie, which is why I'm such a fan. posted by piratebowling at 5:23 AM on August 6, 2007
I have actually had sex with her. posted by Henry C. Mabuse at 5:33 AM on August 6, 2007
FPPs that have more than 90% of their links pointing at Youtube have got to go. posted by smackwich at 5:40 AM on August 6, 2007 [1 favorite]
Thanks, lynnster, I needed that. posted by hermitosis at 5:44 AM on August 6, 2007
For what it's worth, it's easier to be and stay ugly, trust me. posted by nicolin at 6:23 AM on August 6, 2007
She was one of the titular characters in Mother, Jugs, & Speed, with Bill Cosby and Harvey Keitel. (I think she played Mother. No, wait, it was Jugs.) posted by kirkaracha at 6:39 AM on August 6, 2007
Yes, she's always been beautiful. But isn't anyone else disturbed in the slightest that she looks 30 years younger than she is? I'm all for aging gracefully, and this seems just Dorian Gray.
Go and look at Sofia Loren. Yowza.
Raquel can blast my antibodies with a laser anytime. posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 8:14 AM on August 6, 2007
nooby aba naba. posted by adamrice at 8:18 AM on August 6, 2007
That Aquarius video is surreal (and kinda hot). Everyone was just collectively high as a kite through the '60s, weren't they? There's no way sober people could think up a dance number like that, and certainly not for entertainment purposes. posted by Gamblor at 8:20 AM on August 6, 2007
i remember raquel in a dinosaur movie when i was a kid. i remember the camera shots up her skimpy cavewoman sarong to this day, wish there had been more.
when presenting an academy award, she told the audience "i'm here for special effects. there are two of them."
ok miss lynnster, now do a post on charlotte rampling. posted by bruce at 9:08 AM on August 6, 2007
I'm not sure if it was Raquel or Ann Margaret that first awakened in me the idea that there might be more to do with a beautiful woman than just LOOK at her.
I used to watch a lot of old movies when I was a young impressionable pre-teen. I was getting to know myself thinking of women who were 20 in the movies but older than my mother in real life.
But Raquel certainly was special. There was nothing about her that wasn't divine. I saw pictures of her somewhere when she turned 60 and the woman was still exquisite. posted by Ynoxas at 9:45 AM on August 6, 2007
miss lynnster > smackwich posted by saladin at 9:51 AM on August 6, 2007
[a few comments removed: note: Help maintain a healthy, respectful discussion by focusing comments on the issues, topics, and facts at hand—not at other members of the site.] posted by jessamyn at 10:54 AM on August 6, 2007
now do a post on charlotte rampling.
Warning: posts on Charlotte Rampling will devolve into pictures of Sean Connery wearing a leather diaper and bandolier, or youtube footage of people licking Seannery for his magic sweat. posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 11:19 AM on August 6, 2007
Okay, that's it... I think I need to do a Sean Connery post.
Once I was getting a backrub while watching Dr. No & I fell asleep. I proceeded to dream that Sean Connery was giving me a backrub. That was hands down one of the best dates of my life. posted by miss lynnster at 11:23 AM on August 6, 2007
I can't watch youtube at work, but did you include the fact that she helped Andy Dufresne escape? posted by inigo2 at 12:01 PM on August 6, 2007
Interviewer: Would you like to have a sixteen-ton weight dropped on top of you, Eric? Eric: Don't know. Interviewer: How about you? Michael: I want to have... I want to have Racquel Welch dropped on top of me. Interviewer: Dropped on top of you. Michael: Oh yes, not climbing. Eric: She's got a big bottom. posted by Tim McDonough at 3:57 PM on August 6, 2007
i remember raquel in a dinosaur movie when i was a kid.
posted by miss lynnster at 12:59 AM on August 6, 2007