I reallly like John’s theory today about using certain characters as coping mechanisms. I think that this may be one of the reasons that most moovies try too have atleast one big name in them even if they look terrible (i.e. Snakes on a Plane). i saw that movie but to be honest all i wanted was to see Samuel L. Jackson get really pissed off. Everyone else in the movie, including the plot, was absolutely terrible.
I held on to SJ for dear life, craving, needing him to see “I’m sick of the muthafucking snakes on this muthafucking plane” the one life for me saved the movie from being only herendous instead of “stab your eyes out before seeing it again” bad.
 I think that the severity of Beth’s acting in the 1949 version of LW, is so bad, that it makes the other actresses look just that much better. Since June Allisoon was the best actor in the movie, people grabbed onto her as a way of saving the movie.