There is, to my mind, no better summation of the appeal of Elizabeth Taylor than a statement from the film critic, Molly Haskell. “She was a ‘man’s woman,’” Haskell explains — implying a woman who is, for her beauty, admired by men, but one also so forceful she stands toe-to-toe with them. “She had the ego to survive and become a power.” When pushed to identify which Liz Taylor moment is the defining one, it comes as barely any surprise that the critic picks Giant;…
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