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Originally posted by bilmore
No, I read it, and saw it as saying that you think "universal appeal" means "everybody likes it", while "fundamental appeal" means "it's the icon of beauty", and wondered what the difference would be. I don't know that we have just one icon of beauty. (Well, besides JFF, now that we've seen her pic.)
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No, I meant fundamental appeal in a basic, primal sense; that Marilyn's vulnerability taps into, for some men, a protective urge, which may be mixed with sexual desire.
Like you, I don't think she was the single icon of beauty, just one icon (as in image, symbol, or emblem). Personally, I don't get it.
I'd rather be Lauren Bacall or Audrey Hepburn any day.
