KING KONG
To tell the truth, the most shorthand way for me to paint a word picture of King Kong in your mind is to say that he looks almost exactly like Ken Davitian, the guy who naked wrestled with Sacha Baron Cohen in the Borat movie — which means that, shirtless, he displays varieties of male cleavage that you previously could never have imagined possible. This resemblance furthermore has the unwelcome result of me feeling, whenever I see King Kong on screen — and he is a fairly ubiquitous presence in Dara Singh’s movies — that I have a pretty good idea of what he looks like naked. Of course, this doesn’t take much imagination, since these movies, following the peplum model, tend to dress their male stars in as little as possible. This practice offers little trouble in the case of the handsome and well sculpted Dara Singh, who spends much of King Kong in an outfit that consists of little more than some furry leopard print hot pants and what look to be Ugg boots, but when it forces one to contemplate the hairy and mountainous topography of Emile Czaja’s torso in all its fleshy reality, it can be a bit of a challenge.
Keith Allison is the ruthless overlord of Teleport City.
#1 by lyzard on March 16th, 2009
Ah, Mary Evans! The account of her initial language difficulties is one of the highlights of “Mondo Macabro”. In light of later events in her life, do we assume that she got over them, or (ahem) that the future Mr Fearless Nadia simply took her at her word?
#2 by Todd on March 17th, 2009
Well, she was an action star, after all. I guess, in this case, action really did speak louder than words. Thanks for giving me an excuse to crack open “Mondo Macabro” again, BTW. And, man, would I ever like to see some of those Fearless Nadia movies. I fear it’s not to be, though.
#3 by Braineater on March 24th, 2009
What in the world is that glorious object in the screenshots — not the bargain-basement Barugon; I know what that is — the thing that looks like a Tabonga designed by Frank Lloyd Wright?
Please tell me that thing gets up and dances.
#4 by Todd on March 24th, 2009
I want to tell you that, believe me. So badly. Unfortunately, it’s just a stationary idol. It really looks like it’s taking part in that musical number in the screen cap, doesn’t it?
#5 by Hokefugi on May 15th, 2009
#6 by Huwadaqtehiye on May 24th, 2009