One Dress a Day Challenge

Monochrome July

Some Like It Hot / Marilyn Monroe as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk

Now this is a dress to sing torch songs in!

It's also (sadly) one of only a few costumes to have survived from this movie. Here's the description, from when it was auctioned: "A figure-hugging sheer black and nude embellished cocktail dress worn by Marilyn Monroe while singing 'I’m through with Love' atop a grand piano in Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot (United Artists, 1959). The dress is composed of black souffle and nude silk jersey embellished with columns of jet-like beads and sequins, scattered beaded butterfly appliques, and beaded fringes. The dress has a built-in bra and an illusion of a deep plunging back that was considered extremely daring for its’ day. Hand finishing work is present to the interior. A Western Costume label inscribed 'Marilyn Monroe 1575-1' is attached to the interior of the bra. Legend tells that Monroe had to be lifted to the piano for this scene as the dress was very form fitting."

Another first--this is my first time featuring Marilyn for this project! I actually considered featuring one of the dresses the guys wear when disguised as women, but this dress is just so iconic.

I've been watching Marilyn Monroe movies on the Criterion Channel since they added a bunch. I didn't watch Some Like it Hot, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes or All About Eve since I've already seen them (I also own them) and just wanted to watch things that were new to me and so far I've watched How to Marry a Millionaire (it was okay), The Seven Year Itch (it was okay), Niagara (it was excellent) and The Misfits (also excellent). 

Anyway because of all that Marilyn has been on my mind a lot lately so I decided to draw three of her characters: Sugar Kane from Some Like it Hot, Lorelei Lee from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Rose Loomis from Niagara. Do I have a favorite Marilyn Monroe movie or character? Idk, I'm still trying to pick a favorite.

Your Femme Fatale Persona Based On Moon Sign...

Just for fun, astro observations. Enjoy! This is based on the manifestation of... "they made me do it". So, while I dont agree this is the Femme Fatal "homeostasis" of each moon sign, I believe that, at one's darkest hour, these are the specific persona's each of us would take on...

Aries Moon - Lara Croft (Tomb Raider): Strong, independent, and fearless, the Aries Moon femme fatale is a daring adventurer who isn't afraid to take risks. Like Lara Croft, she's always ready for action and thrives on challenges. Additionally...

The Bride (Kill Bill): Driven, vengeful, and skilled in martial arts.

Aeon Flux (Aeon Flux): Athletic, daring, and rebellious.

Taurus Moon - Satine (Moulin Rouge!): Sensual, alluring, and grounded, the Taurus Moon femme fatale is a master of seduction. Like Satine, she knows how to use her beauty and charm to get what she wants while remaining emotionally steadfast. Additionally...

Sugar Kane Kowalczyk (Some Like It Hot): Sexy, charming, and pleasure-seeking.

Regina George (Mean Girls): Popular, manipulative, and materialistic.

Gemini Moon - Catwoman (Batman Returns): Clever, adaptable, and enigmatic, the Gemini Moon femme fatale is a master of disguise. Like Catwoman, she's quick-witted, elusive, and always keeps others guessing. Additionally...

Jordan Baker (The Great Gatsby): Clever, charming, and unpredictable.

Marion Crane (Psycho): Secretive, impulsive, and multifaceted.

Cancer Moon - Norma Desmond (Sunset Boulevard): Emotionally intense, nostalgic, and manipulative, the Cancer Moon femme fatale is a complex character. Like Norma Desmond, she may cling to the past and use her vulnerability to control others. Additionally...

Annie Wilkes (Misery): Obsessive, nurturing, and unstable.

Alex Forrest (Fatal Attraction): Clingy, possessive, and emotionally demanding.

Leo Moon - Foxxy Cleopatra (Austin Powers in Goldmember): Confident, dramatic, and alluring, the Leo Moon femme fatale knows how to command attention. Like Foxxy Cleopatra, she's bold, charismatic, and always steals the spotlight. Additionally...

Marilyn Monroe (The Seven Year Itch): Charismatic, flirtatious, and attention-seeking.

Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit): Seductive, enigmatic, and theatrical.

Virgo Moon - Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct): Intelligent, calculating, and mysterious, the Virgo Moon femme fatale is a master of manipulation. Like Catherine Tramell, she uses her intellect and attention to detail to outmaneuver others. Additionally...

Tracy Lord (The Philadelphia Story): Perfectionist, analytical, and critical.

Amy Dunne (Gone Girl): Cunning, organized, and vengeful.

Libra Moon - Gilda (Gilda): Charming, sophisticated, and flirtatious, the Libra Moon femme fatale is a social butterfly. Like Gilda, she knows how to use her charm and beauty to captivate and influence others. Additionally...

Madeleine Elster (Vertigo): Elegant, charming, and mysterious.

Daisy Buchanan (The Great Gatsby): Charming, indecisive, and idealistic.

Vesper Lynd (Casino Royale): Sophisticated, diplomatic, and elusive.

Scorpio Moon - Phyllis Dietrichson (Double Indemnity): Intense, secretive, and seductive, the Scorpio Moon femme fatale is a master of psychological manipulation. Like Phyllis Dietrichson, she uses her sexual allure and emotional depth to ensnare others. Additionally...

Cersei Lannister (Game of Thrones): Power-hungry, manipulative, and intense.

Brigid O'Shaughnessy (The Maltese Falcon): Mysterious, alluring, and deceitful.

Sagittarius Moon - Beatrix Kiddo (Kill Bill): Independent, adventurous, and philosophical, the Sagittarius Moon femme fatale is a free spirit. Like Beatrix Kiddo, she's a skilled warrior who follows her own moral code and seeks justice on her own terms. Additionally...

Nikita (La Femme Nikita): Rebellious, independent, and adventurous.

Lisbeth Salander (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo): Unconventional, daring, and justice-seeking.

Capricorn Moon - Miranda Priestly (The Devil Wears Prada): Ambitious, disciplined, and powerful, the Capricorn Moon femme fatale is a formidable presence. Like Miranda Priestly, she's a master of her craft and expects nothing less than perfection from herself and others. Additionally...

Evelyn Mulwray (Chinatown): Reserved, ambitious, and secretive.

Lady Macbeth (Macbeth): Ambitious, manipulative, and ruthless.

Aquarius Moon - Mia Wallace (Pulp Fiction): Unconventional, independent, and mysterious, the Aquarius Moon femme fatale is a true original. Like Mia Wallace, she marches to the beat of her own drum and isn't afraid to break the rules. Additionally...

Mathilda (Léon: The Professional): Unconventional, intelligent, and rebellious.

Clementine Kruczynski (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind): Eccentric, free-spirited, and unpredictable.

Pisces Moon - Nina Sayers (Black Swan): Imaginative, emotionally vulnerable, and self sacrificing. Like Nina, she uses her damseled distress and emotional depth to draw others into her web of desire and deceit. Additionally...

Melissa Robinson (The Last Seduction): Deceptive, adaptable, and seductive.

Laura Hunt (Laura): Elusive, enigmatic, dreamy, and idealization.

Marilyn Monroe as Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk in Some Like It Hot (1959) dir. Billy Wilder

Marilyn Monroe as Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk

Some Like It Hot, 1959 dir. by Billy Wilder

Yuletide Recs, Batch Five

16 recs for The Queen's Gambit, Red Eye, Sable, Severance, Sherlock Holmes, Silo, Singin' in the Rain, Some Like It Hot, SurrealEstate, Tenet, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Watchmen, and Worlds Beyond Number

something beautiful, Beth Harmon/Jolene

Jolene remembers the first time she looked at Beth and thought her best friend was pretty. No, not pretty. Beautiful.

Sunk Cost Fallacy, Lisa Reisert/Jackson Rippner

The Keefe job gets cancelled. What's a guy to do?

No Straight Roads, Gen, Sable + Original Characters

Five paths taken, six masks cast. Or: On a particularly windswept morning, a young girl comes a-knocking on Sable's door.

O, Lazarus!, Helena Eagan + Helly R.

Losing oxygen slowly as she hangs in the elevator up from the severed floor, Helly’s fractured mind confronts itself.

Double Tongued, Irving Bailiff/Burt Goodman + Burt Goodman/Burt Goodman's Husband + Irving Bailiff & Irving B.

Irving's falling asleep – he almost misses Burt leaving forever. Can his outie make it up to him by reuniting them, one last time? Or, MDR decide to test the Overtime Contigency Protocol on Irving before the Waffle Party, and the code detectors are only equipped to handle certain types of ink.

Indispensable, Gen, Sherlock Holmes + John Watson + Mrs. Hudson

Holmes' gift attempts have fallen through, so he offers a letter instead

her dust was very pretty, Gen, Original Female Character(s)Juliette Nichols

Dore was six when she told Missus Park that she wanted to be her shadow. “You want to work in recycling?” “I don’t want to shadow garbage,” Dore said, nose wrinkling at the thought. “Your art. Art that stays.” Missus Park repeated the words silently, then her mouth dropped open in understanding. “You mean tattoos.”

Working Honeymoon, Cosmo Brown/Don Lockwood/Kathy Selden

If you weren’t getting married, you didn’t get to go on the honeymoon. Wasn't that how it was supposed to go?

That Wondrous Thing, Cosmo Brown/Don Lockwood/Kathy Selden

2 + 2 + 2 = 3. This math works. Really it does.

Girl Talk, Gen, Jerry "Daphne" & Sugar Kane Kowalczyk + Jerry "Daphne" & Joe "Josephine" + Jerry "Daphne"/Osgood Fielding III + Joe "Josephine"/Sugar Kane Kowalczyk

Sugar wants to know if she should be saying "Jerry" or "Daphne" and, since Joe and Osgood don't seem to agree and can't be relied on to tell her which is right, she goes to get it right from the horse's mouth. The horse needs to think about this for a bit.

did we get there yet (somehow), Luke Roman/Susan Ireland

It shouldn’t be a surprise, is the thing. Luke’s always been attracted to smart, competent women. It just hadn’t occurred to him to look at Susan that way until now.

Coffee Meeting: 11 o'clock, Gen, Susan Ireland & Zooey L'Enfant

Susan has a mysterious coffee meeting on her schedule.

pull up if i pull up, Neil/The Protagonist

A safe house in the sea of time. (You’re trying to remember if Neil was smiling the last time your eyes met.)

and in the daylight, you're crossing all your wires, John Connor/Cameron Phillips + John Connor & Derek Reese & Kyle Reese + John Connor & Sarah Connor + John Connor & the Specter of His Future Self

No one’s ever died for him, here.

Across Vistas, Dan Dreiberg/Laurie Juspeczyk/Rorschach

Laurie and the boys take a roadtrip across the country to see her mom.

Charted, Gen, Ame & Suvirin "Suvi" Kedberiket & Eursulon Toma + Grandma Wren

All stories started somewhere, even if that somewhere is far from here.

Hamilton - Adrianna Hicks (she/her) as Angelica Schuyler

Birthday: March 14, 1989 (age 33)

Birth Place: McKinney, Texas

Theatre credits: Catherine of Aragon (Six), Sugar “Kane” Kowalczyk (Some Like It Hot), Dorothy Gale (The Wiz), Celie (The Color Purple), Rat Queen (Ratatousical), Joanne Jefferson (Rent), Ensemble (Jesus Christ Superstar)

(Pictured on the right is Ta’Rea Campbell, who is currently playing the role in the Philip Tour production)

Credits: Y.E.C. Creations, Joan Marcus

tagged by my beloved @queerstudiesnatural to list 5 comfort characters and then tag 5 people

Adam Parrish - that's my emotional support boy who shuts out all help due to his deeply ingrained lack of self worth and poverty

Camila Dunne - she's my current fixated blorbo, I'm obsessed with her she means the world to me

Samwise Gamgee - he's a classic and also just the best

Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk - I adore her optimism and her sense of humour

Éowyn of Rohan - she is EVERYTHING to me

Tagging @eskamtrash @naguaraquerandom @femmehepbvrn @emeraldcas @jackredfieldwasmyjacob

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“Some like it hot ”💋

“- Junior: Syncopators. Does that mean you play that very fast music... jazz?

- Sugar Kane Kowalczyk: Yeah, real hot.

- Junior: I guess some like it hot. I personally prefer classical music.”

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Anatomy of a Scene 

The two films I chose from list A and B to write about are Moonlight and Some Like it Hot.

The film "Moonlight" is a 2016 drama film about a young man named Chiron who grows up in Miami and struggles with his identity and sexuality while dealing with the daily challenges of transitioning from childhood to adulthood. The film is divided into three chapters: "Little," "Chiron," and "Black," with every scene focusing on the same individual but transforming from childhood to adulthood. Chiron grew up in a drug and gang-involved neighborhood. While feeling frigid, he finds it difficult to understand who he truly is, but as he grows older, he learns who he is and finds peace. This allows him to open up and embrace himself, rather than keep on rejecting himself as he did in his childhood. Moonlight employs ambient and natural illumination to heighten the seriousness of the subject under discussion. There is a heartwarming moment in the film that made me happy for Chiron when he shared his first queer experience with a friend on a bench.

"Some Like it Hot" is a 1959 comedy film about two Chicago musicians, Joe and Jerry, who want to flee the city and get away from the gang-related, Spats Colombo after experiencing the Saint Valentine's Day massacre. They require an engagement outside of the city, but the only one available is in an all-girl group performing in Florida. Josephine and Daphne, the substitute guitarist and saxophonist, appear at the train station. With the exception of Sugar Kane Kowalczyk, they definitely enjoy being around women. While billionaire Osgood Fielding III pursues Jerry/Daphne, Joe expressly seeks to charm her. The scene is shot in a dimly illuminated hotel room with soft lighting and a warm color palette producing a romantic and intimate setting. Close-up shots highlight Joe and Sugar's chemistry and attraction, with their body language expressing their desire for each other.

Module 11 Assignment: Anatomy of a Scene

The movie I choose from list A is Casablanca and the movie from list B is Some Like It Hot. Casablanca will be the film I will be analyzing. In the film Casablanca when the Germans invaded Europe during World War II, they fled to America in search of safety. However, to get there, they would first need to travel to Casablanca, where they would then need to apply for departure permits, which are not very common. The most popular place in all of Casablanca right now is Rick's Cafe, managed by American immigrant Rick Blaine, who is also very cynical and for some reason can't go back there. It now appears that the papers two German messengers were transporting were stolen. Ugarte, a frequent customer of Rick's, gives him some letters that he plans to sell, but before he can, he is arrested for the murder of the couriers. Rick is informed by Captain Renault, the Chief of Police, who has no political allegiances, that Victor Laszlo, a leader of the Czechoslovak resistance, is currently in Casablanca and will stop at nothing to obtain an exit visa, but Renault has been told by Major Strasser of the Gestapo to keep Laszlo there. Since Rick was the person Ugarte intended to sell the letters to, Laszlo visits Rick to meet him. However, since Ugarte has been detained, he needs to take a different path. A few of Rick's old scars resurface when he meets Ilsa Lund, who was with him when he was in Paris. The conversation mixes the weary and the cynical; the initial sequences dance with comedy; and it includes wisecracks and epigrams throughout. The movie is one of the most famous and recognizable in cinematic history. It is a fast-paced, emotionally intense relationship set against the troubled background of World War II. The camera builds up again to emphasize the remarkable dialogue after cutting to Captain Renault; the camera was also from the side. At the very last second, Rick is shown as the camera follows up once more. Then the camera switches to a sequence of reverse angle views, starting with a shot from Rick to Ilsa, then back to Rick, then back to Ilsa, then back to Rick, and ultimately back to Ilsa again. Either the other individual or the talker's face came into view as the camera panned. These camera movements carried a subliminal message. It either meant highlighting the discussion or emphasizing the importance of hearing what is being said. I believed this scene was meant to be dramatic considering the camera is going back and forth during a conversation. The dimness of the scene increases the drama that is happening between Rick and Ilsa. In the movie Some Like It Hot there are two Chicago musicians named Joe and Jerry who want to leave the city and get away from the gangster responsible, Spats Colombo after they witness the Saint. Valentine's Day massacre. They need an engagement outside the city, but the only one they can find is in an all-girl band playing in Florida. As the substitute bass and saxophonist, Josephine, and Daphne, arrive at the train station. Except for Sugar Kane Kowalczyk, who sings and plays the ukulele, they undoubtedly appreciate being around the females. While Osgood Fielding III, a billionaire, woos Jerry/Daphne, Joe specifically sets out to charm her.

The film Casa Blanca opens with an image of a spinning globe and the sounds of "La Marseillaise," the French national anthem. A voice-over explains the significance of the city of Casablanca, in French-ruled Morocco. During World War II, many people wanted to escape Europe for America, and Lisbon, Portugal, became the most popular port of exit. Getting to Lisbon was not easy. A tortuous refugee path brought people to Casablanca, where they would search for an exit visa for Portugal. As the narrator finishes the description, the camera shows Casablanca's bustling market. Over the radio, the French police announce that two German officers were murdered on a train and that the murderer is headed for Casablanca. Shortly thereafter, an important German officer, Major Strasser, arrives at the Casablanca airport and is greeted by the local French commander, Captain Louis Renault. Strasser asks about the couriers, and Louis says that the murderer, like everyone else, will be at Rick's that evening.

In the movie Some Like it Hot , It's the winter of 1929 in Chicago. Friends and roommates Jerry and Joe are band musicians, a string bassist and tenor saxophonist respectively. They are also deep in debt. Womanizing and smooth talking Joe is a glass half full type of guy, who figures they can earn quick money gambling with what little money they earn to pay off their debts, while more conservative Jerry is a half glass empty type of guy. They are in the wrong place at the wrong time when they witness a gangland slaying by bootlegger Spats Colombo and his men, Jerry and Joe managing to make it away from the scene within an inch of their lives. Needing to lay low and get out of town away from Spats, they sense an opportunity when they learn of a local jazz band needing a bassist and a saxophonist for a three week gig at a luxurious tropical seaside resort in Miami, all expenses paid. The problem?: it's an all girl band, but nothing that "Geraldine" and "Josephine" can't overcome, the former who instead chooses Daphne as "her" stage name. Sweet Sue, the band leader, has two basic rules for the band members while on tour: no liquor and no men. Beyond needing to evade Spats and his henchmen, and maintain the front of being women, especially in the most private of situations with the other female band members, Jerry and Joe have two primary problems. First, the more brazen Joe falls for one of the other band members, ukulele player and vocalist Sugar Kane Kowalczyk, although Jerry too is attracted to her. Joe does whatever he can to find time to get out of drag to woo Sugar while in Miami, using all the knowledge Josephine gleans directly from Sugar about what turns her crank in potential husband material. And second, Jerry, as Daphne, catches the eye of wealthy lovestruck Osgood Fielding III, who won't take no for an answer.

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