--- In sonsofkong@yahoogroups.com, "ripjagger" <ripjagger@...> wrote:
>
> I'm really taken with the current thread about Kong's portraying a
> man's desire to control a woman. I think it's in there myself. Just
> look at the role of Ann Darrow on the ship, she's a singular
creature,
> a woman who Driscoll firsts dismisses then seeks to win over as his
> attitudes are transformed. Likewise Ann "wins" over Kong, but to
much
> less success for obvious reasons. One place the DeLaurentis remake
> gets clunky is in playing a bit too openly with the sexual
> undercurrent between Dwan and Kong, it's not a theme that needs
much
> comment, but doubtless is there. Kong is an aspect of man, not all
of
> him, and that's why he's unable to fit in the NYC setting. Don't
> forget that "Beauty killed the Beast" after all.
>
> Dean:)

I wasn't thinking that my question would be taken quite so literally,
I meant it more of a size fetish fun idea.
And yes, beauty unwittingly plays a part in killing the beast and I
wouldn't want that to happen to you guys.