Here's more folks on Fay Wray....

http://www.pressrepublican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060710/OPINION02/607\
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It seems people still can't get Fay Wray off their minds even
after the Jackson movie with Naomi Watts.....


--- In faywray@yahoogroups.com, "Beverly Anne" <isa48_17@...> wrote:
>
> Yesterday, on a boring Sunday afternoon I had a friend's two little
boys to take care of
> while the parents were busy upgrading their new apartment.
>
> Both boys, one seven years old and his older brother, just turned
12, had never
> had the experience of seeing the original K.K. their only exposure
to K.K. was Jackson's
> "King Kong" 2005.
>
> Out of desperation of tending to the two little munckins, I put in
the colorized Turner VHS
> version and simply explained that this was the original K.K.
granddaddy of 'em all!
>
> They sat mesmerized. All of a sudden without warning they both
started to chant, "FAY
> WRAY, FAY WRAY, FAY WRAY!!!" I wondered where this started since
she hadn't come on
> the screen yet.
>
> "Oh, what a pretty lady!" "King Kong loves Fay Wray."
>
> As the movie progressed into the famous log scene, the 12 year old
said, "Gee this movie
> goes a lot faster than the one we saw in the movies.....it was
so-o-o long!" "They'd still be
> on the ship yaking, looking for Kong's island."
>
> AND NOW THE PIECE D'RESISTENCE..."I THINK IT WAS MEAN OF JACKSON TO
MAKE A NEW
> MOVIE OF KING KONG." "HE JUST COPIED THE ORIGINAL, THAT'S ALL!!!"
>
> I tried to explain dramatic privileges, to no avail...
>
> "And Fay Wray is a LOT-T-T prettier than Naomi........", joined in
the seven year old. "And
> screams better too!"
>
> "Out of the mouth of babes cometh truth....." :^)
>