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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Meryl Streep’s Feet - Not Made For Walking, But Crutches

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Like Dame Julie Christie, the legendary Meryl Streep appears to be in the advanced stages of OLFS [old lady’s feet syndrome], but it’s hard to tell with that pair of wildlife refugees she’s got on. A recipient of 14 Academy Award nominations, Streep got her first golden big boy for Kramer vs. Kramer [she was Kramer], a picture originally about Jerry Seinfeld’s neighbor but sacrificed, in concept, at the eleventh hour for way more laughs. Streep, whose real name is Mary Louise, was born in Summit, New Jersey, a city which New Jersey Monthly magazine’s ranked as the 29th best place to live in the state, right behind Hoboken, Paramus and Passaic. You’d think at first glance that Streep would be Ashkenazi, but you’d be quite wrong. [Although she did play Arkadina in Chevkov’s The Seagull with the updated Pismo Beach setting.] Actually, Streep is of Sephardic descent, an ancient lineage saluted in the timeless 3 Stooges comedy short, Sephardic, So Goodic. With a BA from Vassar, Streep got her MA from Yale and her OLFS from tight shoes. Particularly strong in her portrayals of constipated women with a conscience, Streep’s perhaps best known for Sophie’s Choice and least appreciated in Lions for Lambs, the cinematic equivalent of a coffin. You may have seen the infinitely better porno version, Loins for Lambskins. The good news is that Streep and co-star Tom Cruise will try again in a Scientology-backed comedy project titled “Import, Export,” a rollicksome look at Illegal immigration and deportation issues. Anticipating, possibly, a dress rehearsal, Dame Streep gives us an idea what a gussied up Easter Sunday moment at the Paramus Mall might be like. The to-the-ankle look says take us now if that’s what it’s going to be like for the rest of us in 20 years. Those feet? They’re not made for walking, but crutches. And those usually come in “2″’s.

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