The Female Body, Christopher Walken

For any Pulp Fiction veteran out there, think about the scene where Butch and Fabienne are lying on their hotel bed and with that beautiful French accent (I think French women are the most beautiful) Fabienne says very innocently, "Potbellies are sexy ... it's unfortunate what we find pleasing to the touch and pleasing to the eye is seldom the same," and think about how this is the perfect statement about the female body.

For anybody who knows a little history, think about the ideal Ancient Greek female image and how she was proportioned to have some meat in her bones while still remaining graceful, as can be seen in the extremely famous "Venus de Milo" sculpture (I saw it in Paris at the Louvre, so sassy).

For any art buff, think about the way Renaissance painters portrayed beautiful and regal women in their work: full of bellies and hips and curves.

For anyone who saw or read about the Britney Failure at the VMAs, think about how the media and how your girlfriends described Britney's post-two-children body: fat - even though I almost guarantee that everyone who said those things is more endowed in the waist than Britney is, post-two-children or not.

I think the next article I write for The Peak is going to explore these four topics.




***Pulp Fiction reminded me of the Gold Watch scene and how brilliant Christopher Walken is, which let me to think about how money he was whenever he hosted SNL, which led me to Wiki-search him. While doing this I learned that he is an Oscar Winning actor, but more importantly, that he has been married to the same wife since 1969. He has been active in Hollywood for the past fifty years, and has been married to the same woman for almost FOURTY years without failing at what most in Hollywood fail at. This has nothing to do with my Peak article, I just found it immensly interesting and now have even more respect for Christopher Walken.

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http://www.artchive.com/artchive/g/greek/venus_de_milo_louvre.jpg

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Walken