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Sometimes I think that I might just be a lesbian that likes sex with men.  Those times include whenever I see Keira Knightley.  I used to think that I hated her, for whatever reason, out of sheer jealousy that she’s so thin and successful maybe.  But every time I see her face, I just can’t look away.  I think she’s so spectacularly beautiful.

So I can’t help but think that these warm feelings for Ms. Knightley colored my opinion of her most recent foray into corset-wearing drama (where you even find a corset in a size 0 is beyond me), The Duchess.  In a “tale as old as time” fashion, Keira, as Georgiana Spencer, finds herself betrothed to the Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes — wtf, how do you pronounce his name anyway?  Rafe?  Ralph?  who knows).  They marry and it’s all very glamorous until she finds out that all he wants from her is a male heir and for her to stay out of the damn way while he does what, and who, he pleases.  This includes him expecting her to warmly welcome and raise a young girl that comes to live with them who he had fathered 6 years before, with another woman.  Georgiana and her headstrong nature do not take too kindly to this setup, but she tries to do her duty as duchess.  Unfortunately she gives birth to a couple of girls first.

Anyway, I’m getting kind of bored writing this synopsis.  It’s all very dramatic and there are affairs and kids and temper tantrums and almost some lesbian sex between Knightly and Hayley Atwell (remember her lusciousness?) Everything is very heavy and detailed and brocade and regal and larger than life and I really enjoyed it.  And I’m in love with Keira Knightley…did I mention that?

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