# So I saw Ms. Rajskub in "Firewall"...

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 12, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-saw-ms-rajskub-in-firewall/360361 "2006-06-12T01:03:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-saw-ms-rajskub-in-firewall/360361/1 "2006-06-12T01:03:51Z")

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So I rented _Firewall_ this weekend. After about an hour, I said to myself, “Dang, Mary Lynn Rajskub is darned good-looking!” I couldn’t figure out exactly why, though.

I know I’m not the only doper who feels that way. So, how is it that a fairly plain looking woman can be so attractive?

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-saw-ms-rajskub-in-firewall/360361/2 "2006-06-12T01:19:31Z")

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I’ve always thought she looked kind of frumpy, but attractive. That’s probably because Chloe on _24_ is always making faces.

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**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-saw-ms-rajskub-in-firewall/360361/3 "2006-06-12T01:28:42Z")

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I don’t watch _24_ but I loved her on _Mr. Show_ and thought she was cool in _Punch Drunk Love_, but I’ve seen her perform live more than anything else.

Yes, she falls into that “strangly attractive” category.

Often someone who, by physical features alone, would never make it onto a magazine cover can have the effect of being very sexy on the basis of a personal energy, talent, or just by being intriguing or “cool”.

This goes for people in my personal life as well as celebrities.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-saw-ms-rajskub-in-firewall/360361/4 "2006-06-12T01:29:04Z")

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That face/That face!/That contemptuous face!..

As far as _24_ goes, I think there really is something attractive about her endless disdain for everybody. You feel different about Chloe once you realize she’s just like that all the time. And about the faces she makes- another Doper once suggested that there’s something a little bit sexual about them.

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**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-saw-ms-rajskub-in-firewall/360361/5 "2006-06-12T05:06:50Z")

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[Maya Rudolph](http://www.born-today.com/Today/pix/rudolph_maya.jpg) falls into the same category, imo.

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**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-saw-ms-rajskub-in-firewall/360361/6 "2006-06-12T07:31:48Z")

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_Mr. Show_ made me hot for her. 24? What’s that?