Ok, so I’m a bit of a tango nut (kinda lapsed). I’ve been reading about Rudolph Valentino and how popular he was for ages – it’s a stock story in cinema studies: Valentino was so hawt, the chicks dug him, he was the first real male star, chicks really really thought he was hawt, etc etc etc.
I’ve looked at the photos and thought ‘yeah, whatever. dood wears too much makeup for me but whatever floats your boat, 20s chicks’
UNTIL
I went and watched some clips of him to find one for a lecture I’m doing on celebrity.
Check THIS out. They used to call him ‘Tango Legs’ and now I see why. He is one hot dancer. He’s all rough and manly, but he can dance like a mo-fo. He’s all about that good, sweet connection and the smoldering facial expressions.
Valentino is so hawt in this clip I’d totally have him. And spurs! He’s tangoing in spurs! I love the way his partner is so overcome by his hawt dancing body that she almost swoons… and then he grabs her and kisses her and I am so with her.
Dang!
Rudolph Valentino: tango legs
That first guy must have been a lindy hopper. He was bouncing like crazy!
To dance, however clodfootedly, after stabbing one’s rival is a feat to be admired.
However macho males who kill/beat/stab/punch/kick/bankcrupt other males have always been seen as desirable by alpha femmes.
Did you read my review of a Valentino film I saw last year? It’s true. He was hot, hot, hot! And yep, a lot of it is in the way that he moves, and smoulders, and wears nice white shirts.