I was on one of those clickbait sites with old photos of famous celebrities and one of them was of Sophia Loren. The commentary–which struck me as kind of gratuitous, since they didn’t say it about any of the others–mentioned that she was “better known for her beauty than her brains.”
Does La Sophia have some reputation for stupidity that I’m unaware of? There are some celebs with reputations for being as dumb as posts, and others for being quite sharp. (It has been said that if you’re ever on a game show where you’re paired with a celebrity, the ones you want on your team are David Duchovny and Cheech Marin; the ones you don’t want are Gillian Anderson and Tommy Chong.) Is it well-known one way or the other where Sophia Loren fits on this scale?
She is better known for her beauty than her brains, but I’ve never heard her described as unintelligent in any way, quite the opposite. She’s very well spoken, in more than one language and considered very sophisticated, and known for her insight.
Loren was shown to be a smart woman throughout her career, but to most people she was a sex symbol.* The line is not doubting her intelligence; it was talking about her image.
All beautiful actresses are better known for their beauty than their brains. They are not paid to be smart. If they are, they are smart enough to keep it to themselves.
Marilyn did some brainy stuff, like marry Arthur Miller, lean on the Copa to book Ella Fitzgerald when they were not accustomed to booking black singers, and buy subscriptions to The Nation for every member of Congress. These are not the actions of a cartoon ditz.
Yeah, but he (or she) didn’t make comparable comments about the other women in the series, including Sharon Tate, Jayne Mansfield and Cher. Just wondering why Sophia got singled out.
Yeah, I’ve clicked though a few of those clickbait sites out of boredom, and they are terribly written. It’s clear the writers will come up with just about any bs to pad out a paragraph or two per page.