![]() ![]() troops during WWII, but I never knew that she risked her life on her second USO tour, or that General Patton taught her how to shoot. For example, I knew that she entertained U.S. Gortner revealed aspects of Marlene's life that I'd never heard about in detail. She is even better known for her principled refusal of the Nazis when they asked her to perform in Germany. She flouted that law and seemed to be daring the police to arrest her. She flaunted her male attire in Paris where transvestism was illegal. She made dressing like a man sexy by being both bold and elegant. I feel that Marlene was also emblematic of an important meme of this blog, Strong is Sexy. ![]() ![]() She always looked for ways to get around rules in order to do as she pleased. Hollywood studios tried to dictate what sort of life she led, but she carved out an existence for herself that was independent of Hollywood expectations. Gortner's vision of Marlene Dietrich, I felt that she represented Weimar Germany's zeitgeist ( a German word that means the spirit of the time), and she never really became part of Hollywood. ![]()
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