Daily Distraction #22

When most kinksters think of Dana Delany, the usually think of her role as the head mistress in 1994's very disappointing Exit to Eden - (FWIW - I personally think expectations for a mainstream FemDom movie were just too high.) But my first thought of her was her role as a villainess in 1985, on Moonlighting.
Aarkeybabble : Dana Delany could dominate me any day!
Her character shows up as Bruce Willis' one true heart breaker ex, and she twists him around her finger and uses him to cover up her murder of her husband. Not only is she just ole fashioned gorgeous, (Oh how I just love that hair style) and have a lovely lithe figure (and some awesome pins!) but as my regular readers might suspect, she smokes. Her style is casual and confident. And as a budding teenage fetishist, her introductory scene on that episode was forever burned into my memory.

It's a simple, focused and probably not "all that" for most smoking fans. There is no exciting french inhale, or anything super tricky. In fact her exhale is barely visible in the low light. But it was just so "there" in the scene for me. Bruce mentions "I thought you quit" - and she says "Oh, yeah..." and then takes another drag. It's not some huge part of the plot. The cigarette doesn't become some part of the evidence, there's no lecturing, nothing gets burned down. It's pretty simple, she chooses to smoke, you just have to deal with it. And that's just hot. And something that you just don't ever see anymore.Aarkeybabble : Dana Delany has always had all the tools for enslaving menYup, Dana Delany - a beautiful dominant character actress? Perhaps she's not acting... well, a guy can dream, can't he? Oh and for the real smoking fetish crowd, you will probably rather watch for the smoking performances of her (and chain smoking Marg Helgenberger) on the China Beach series. Either way - the "Knowing Her" episode was on disc 4 of the season 1/2 Moonlighting sets ;)

8 comments:

Tom Allen said...

Damn, I could look at Dana all day. Even now, in fact.

Of course, at the time the movie EtE came out, I was probably even interested in looking at this.

I've matured a bit since then.

Aarkey said...

She's definitely a beautiful woman.

And Rosie was the strongest character in that movie IMO. Talk about a budding domina coming into her own! "Paint my house!" ;)

advochasty said...

I've always thought Dana is totally hot and dommy!

Aarkey said...

Advo: That's because she is! :D Great pic btw, I love the boots.

I have always chalked it up to her eyes. There's an intensity and intelligence in there that I am immediately attracted to.

Her Majesty's Plaything said...

I agree that Dana is totally hot! Nice picture Advo! I also agree that the movie "Exit To Eden" was terribly disappointing. The book was actually pretty good. It was written (as if you didn't know) by Anne Rice who is one genuinely kinky lady. Unfortunately Hollywood did what it always seems to do with D/s; turn it into stupid slap stick comedy. I guess that's better than the other thing they usually do which is to turn it into deeply disturbing non-consensual torture. *Sigh!* Oh tinsel town! Is there nothing you can't turn into bland, mass produced garbage for the unwashed masses? ;-)

Aarkey said...

HMP: Ain't that the truth. I've railed more than a few times at how frustrating it is that Hollywood finds it nearly impossible to portray kink in any light other than campy or psycho.

Of course, that's what made the "Mistress Denna" episode from Legend of the Seeker all that much more incredible link

Lets hope season 2 of LotS brings more :)

Her Majesty's Plaything said...

Her Majesty finally saw that Legend Of The Seeker episode! She was staring at the screen with her mouth wide open and actually laughed with glee at several points! That was soooo hot!!! :-p

Let's hope they put out more episodes like that! ;-)

Aarkey said...

Glad you liked it HMP. And there aren't any nearly that hot or focused so far, but there are definitely a few teaser ones.

And plenty of Mord'Sith to go around :)