There can hardly be any more extraordinary story from the Hollywood golden age than that of Hedy Lamarr;
a very beautiful star with a moderate acting talent but an untutored brilliance in science and engineering that should by now be getting her
compared to Nikola Tesla, or maybe even a neglected female scientist like Rosalind Franklin.
Her tragedy was that she was in the wrong business, precisely that
business that promotes beauty over brains – the movie business.
Alexandra Dean’s excellent and important documentary about her is
very instructive – a parable of modern sexual politics and assumptions
about science.
I guess you don't have to be ugly to be brilliant ... but maybe it helps a little?
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