# Flash: Lohan Not as Cute as Monroe (NSFW) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194 "2008-02-19T00:49:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/61 "2008-02-19T18:21:14Z")
As a natural redhead I have to say I find these anti-freckle comments offensive. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/62 "2008-02-19T18:31:27Z")
This is _SO_ not fair. I’m at work and no can lookie… And the whole of the SDMB awaits my input. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/63 "2008-02-19T19:11:37Z")
I’ve always thought Lindsay looked more like Ann Margaret: > **[Charles Deering McCormick Library: Libraries - Northwestern University](https://www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-collections/mccormick-library/)** [http://www.timeout.com/newyork/resizeImage/htdocs/export\_images/618/618.x600.timein.elvis.open.jpg](http://www.timeout.com/newyork/resizeImage/htdocs/export_images/618/618.x600.timein.elvis.open.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/64 "2008-02-19T19:31:52Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] Flash: Lohan not as cute as the checkout girl at the supermarket, the little one who doesn’t smile often but has really great eyes. [/QUOTE] Yeah, the little goth one - she’s sweet. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/65 "2008-02-19T20:05:00Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] And to think less than two weeks ago, when I posted a link to a clip from a G-rated movie in which Julie Andrews “stripped” down to a _corset_, _that_ was declared “not safe for work” and the URL was disabled… 😕 [/QUOTE] Did you report the post? Since we can’t read all the threads, a reported post helps us locate and disable NSFW links. Anyway, I’ve disabled the link in the OP so that one will have to copy-and-paste the full address. I’ve also disabled the direct links to nudity in some of the other posts. Please remember to follow the “two-click” rule: don’t link directly to a NSFW image (movie, sound, etc…); instead, link to an intermediate page that then links to the NSFW image. Or, break the link in the post so it’s not clickable. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/66 "2008-02-19T20:29:52Z")
All this discussion of the pictures, and Lohan’s body, and her trainwreck personal life, but no discussion of the _context?_ The pictures Lohan is aping were taken of Marilyn Monroe mere weeks before her death. They’re the last, and perhaps most famous, record of Monroe’s indelible public image. She posed for those pictures, and then she croaked. And _this_ is how Ms. Lohan chooses to catch the public’s eye at this moment? _Really?_ ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/67 "2008-02-19T21:06:19Z")
I was thinking about context, too…albeit in a different way. Some of the comments about Lindsay’s rack might indeed seem uncharitable, but they must be viewed in context. Imagine if the same set of breasts were found on: A woman you know in real life –\> Great cans. A celebrity who is primarily known for her achievements or talents –\> Great cans. A celebrity who (at this point) is primarily known for trying her damndest to be the ultimate sex kitten –\> Not-so-great cans. I mean, if that set were found on Natalie Portman or Mia Hamm or somebody, we wouldn’t be nearly so critical. I think **astro** hit the nail on the head here: > [@](#): > > I think some of us are surprised that after all the fuss about her and her exploits well… she’s really not _all that_ looks wise. Other than her having large eyes and being somewhat buxom (and dressing provocatively) she’s not really all that pretty in the classical “Hollywood star” sense of the word. There are lots of women you see everyday just as, if not more, attractive than she is. I never stopped to consider whether she was actually all that pretty or not when I was watchng _Freaky Friday_ and _Mean Girls_. She was just so adorable. She was radiant. She lit up the screen. And I would have probably gone right one thinking she was an unusually attractive young woman if I hadn’t had all this evidence to the contrary given to me over the past couple of years. Hell, if we had seen her topless in 2004, we’d be thinking “great cans!” p.s. This whole discussion gives very new meaning to Shop-Rite’s annual Can-Can Sale, and it’s attendant ad jingle: _Shop, Shop-Rite has the cans, cans… Selling lots of brands of… Everything in cans! Cans!_ ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/68 "2008-02-19T21:36:48Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] The pictures Lohan is aping were taken of Marilyn Monroe mere weeks before her death. They’re the last, and perhaps most famous, record of Monroe’s indelible public image. [/QUOTE] They’re not the last, although photographer Bert Stern has always tried to give that impression. They were taken in June 1962. Monroe died in August 1962. They were the last photos _he_ took of her. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/69 "2008-02-19T22:09:12Z")
[QUOTE=Green Bean] I was thinking about context, too…albeit in a different way. Some of the comments about Lindsay’s rack might indeed seem uncharitable, but they must be viewed in context. Imagine if the same set of breasts were found on: A woman you know in real life –\> Great cans. A celebrity who is primarily known for her achievements or talents –\> Great cans. A celebrity who (at this point) is primarily known for trying her damndest to be the ultimate sex kitten –\> Not-so-great cans. I mean, if that set were found on Natalie Portman or Mia Hamm or somebody, we wouldn’t be nearly so critical. [/QUOTE] If these were photos of Helen Mirren we’d be talking about how fantastic she looked. Because Lohan looks worn for 21 and Mirren looks fantastic for 60(?). And Marilyn, she looked darn good for the downhill side of 35… ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/70 "2008-02-19T22:28:52Z")
[QUOTE=Dangerosa] I think its far more interesting that 96 posts worth of “I’d hit that.” Frankly, I’m pretty convinced that there are people who’d do Ed the Talking Horse if he was properly posed in bra and panties. [/QUOTE] Of course. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/71 "2008-02-19T22:37:49Z")
[QUOTE=Dangerosa] I think its far more interesting that 96 posts worth of “I’d hit that.” Frankly, I’m pretty convinced that there are people who’d do Ed the Talking Horse if he was properly posed in bra and panties. [/QUOTE] Seriously. Oh, and do you have a link for that horse thing? Just for, you know, posterity and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/72 "2008-02-19T22:44:25Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] All this discussion of the pictures, and Lohan’s body, and her trainwreck personal life, but no discussion of the _context?_ The pictures Lohan is aping were taken of Marilyn Monroe mere weeks before her death. They’re the last, and perhaps most famous, record of Monroe’s indelible public image. She posed for those pictures, and then she croaked. And _this_ is how Ms. Lohan chooses to catch the public’s eye at this moment? _Really?_ [/QUOTE] I think she’s so hard up for cash that she’ll do practically anything. Her last couple of movies have tanked, she’s a risk to hire, nothing but expenses of late. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/73 "2008-02-19T22:49:16Z")
[QUOTE=wring] I think she’s so hard up for cash that she’ll do practically anything. Her last couple of movies have tanked, she’s a risk to hire, nothing but expenses of late. [/QUOTE] If that were true this would have been a less _ahem_ tasteful layout in Playboy. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/74 "2008-02-19T23:06:27Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] If that were true this would have been a less _ahem_ tasteful layout in Playboy. [/QUOTE] nah. She’s still trying to keep a career going. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/75 "2008-02-19T23:15:14Z")
How about [Mae West giving Mr. Ed a bubble bath](http://youtube.com/watch?v=IL0jLn7gbo8)? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/76 "2008-02-19T23:21:42Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] If that were true this would have been a less _ahem_ tasteful layout in Playboy. [/QUOTE] You mispelled Hustler. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/77 "2008-02-20T00:52:06Z")
[QUOTE=SkipMagic] Did you report the post? Since we can’t read all the threads, a reported post helps us locate and disable NSFW links. Anyway, I’ve disabled the link in the OP so that one will have to copy-and-paste the full address. I’ve also disabled the direct links to nudity in some of the other posts. Please remember to follow the “two-click” rule: don’t link directly to a NSFW image (movie, sound, etc…); instead, link to an intermediate page that then links to the NSFW image. Or, break the link in the post so it’s not clickable. [/QUOTE] SkipMagic, I understand breaking the links, and frankly, I’d rather not pop one of those open at work. Now, however I am home, and note that the links broken when thay are under an alias just disappear. I guess it would be a lot more work, but is there a way to just make them not work, but still allow a cut and paste? Should I have asked this in ATMB? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/78 "2008-02-20T00:54:17Z")
Her body is fantastic. And I’m sure if we ever got a look at Scarlet Johanson’s breasts, they wouldn’t pass the “pencil test” either. But her face … good god, I can’t believe they published these photos. She looks like a haggard old woman. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/79 "2008-02-20T01:06:33Z")
[More Lindsay Logan…](http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/lindsay_lohan/index.html) from my favourite fashion critics at [www.gofugyourself.com](http://www.gofugyourself.com) . ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194/80 "2008-02-20T01:10:38Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] You mispelled Hustler. 😉 [/QUOTE] Who was the last A or B-list actress to do this? C-List? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-lohan-not-as-cute-as-monroe-nsfw/438194.md?page=5)