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And this is even the rich.

Over the last four episodes, we followed Elizabeth Taylor through triumph, tragedy, and all eight of her marriages.

She found love, won an Oscar, fell in love again, had some kids, got divorced, had an affair, fell in love again,

and did it all while draped in diamonds.

And in between it all, Elizabeth still found time to become one of the most prolific screen stars in the generation.

They just don't make stars like her anymore.

There's not a single actress alive who can do what she did.

While we did.

did cover Elizabeth's career in this series, we didn't really get to talk much about the actual

movie she started.

Right, from National Velvet to Giant to Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf, Liz Taylor took on many roles that reflected her strength, skill, and believe it or not, feminist values.

Yeah, so it turns out that lots of old Hollywood movies were actually pretty progressive, but writers and directors had to hide their values in plain sight.

So today we're talking to M. G. Lord about the accidental feminism of Elizabeth Taylor's movies, how the Hayes codes

affected Hollywood's creativity and what we miss when we only focus on Elizabeth's

beauty.

Professor Lord is a cultural critic, associate professor at the University of Southern California,

and the author of several books, including The Accidental Feminist, how Elizabeth Taylor raised

our consciousness and we were too distracted by her beauty to notice.

So basically, she's a Liz Taylor expert. Hi, M.G. Thank you so much for joining us today. We're really excited to chat with you.

Yeah, we're super stoked to get into Elizabeth Taylor's filmography.

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