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I used to have a friend who said there were guys, there were handsome guys, and then there was Paul Newman. Today in Obit, Judy Bachrach analyzes the late screen legend's sex appeal, "the ironic twist of features that we might reasonably call Newman’s Own." Bachrach makes the point that while Newman was as bedeviled by his good looks as seriously gorgeous actors always claim to be, he managed to make them work for him in a way almost no pretty boy has done since. And most importantly, he always came across as smart. Why can't everybody just look at his career and see that there's nothing sexier than a class act? It's not a tragedy when someone who's settled his scores and lived a good life dies at a ripe age, but that doesn't mean it can't be a loss. More »
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