Celebrity profiles must somehow convey the legitimacy of their star power, some undeniable quality that explains their image over-saturating our screens. With women, that quality is generally defined by sex appeal, and that sex appeal is generally written about by men.
Something’s up.
Cheetah, a chimp who is believed to have played Tarzan's sidekick in the 1930s movies, died on Christmas Eve at the age of 80. In response to his death, Mia Farrow, daughter of actress Maureen O'Sullivan, tweeted, "My mom, Tarzan's Jane, referred to Cheetah-the-chimp as 'that bastard' –- saying he bit her at every…
Brenda Joyce, an actress of the 1940s best known for playing Jane in five "Tarzan" movies, has died at 92. Post-Hollywood, Joyce worked with immigrants, helping them to find jobs and homes. [NYT]
Paris' Quai Branly Museum, which is dedicated to the "primary arts" of Africa, the Pacific, the Americas and Asia, is devoting an exhibit to the iconography of Tarzan,"the King of the Apes, and his mate Jane." [Reuters]
