I didn't see The Outlaw when it titillated audiences and irritated censors back in 1943. Turner Classics recently ran it for us who wonder (as in Wonder Bra) what all the fuss was about. I was mighty impressed with the cantilevered bra that Howard Hughes designed for Jane Russell.
It gets even better when you know what a cantilever is. It's a beam supported on only one end. It carries the load to the support where it is resisted by shear stress. They use them for buildings, bridges and structures that project horizontally into space.
Why do I keep staring at photos of Jane's horizontal structure and the marvelous appliance that engineer Hughes designed to support it? Why can't I leave 'er?
Bra-vo! Rarely has the matter in question been captured so well. As a fellow ATD sufferer puts it:
ReplyDeleteThere’s a tricky design
of the cantilevered kind
of which canny Mr. Hughes,
made such clever use
that I’ve got “cantaloupes” on my mind.
Darn, I missed Ms. Russell last year, when she played a supporting role here in Wales:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/8311526.stm
The BBC wouldn't let me view the link, Harry. Are they still quarreling with the colonies?
ReplyDeleteLet us hope Jane and the show's stars were equally well supported. I am out of control with awful puns and it's from reading too much of your stuff.