[UA] Vin Diesel, avatar of...?

[Greg Stolze]

On Thursday, June 1, 2006, at 09:07 AM, Chris Hall wrote:

> I think that, despite his hyper-masculine persona, I'd put him down as 
> The Mystic Hermaphrodite, because what you're describing is a persona 
> that thrives on ambiguity of all kinds, straddling the usual 
> dichotomies of society. As I understand it, the Hermaphrodite is more 
> about uncertainty and ambiguity in general than simply androgyny, no?

That would be my call too.  (To my own surprise, when I thought about 
it.)  But what could be more ambiguous than the guy from XXX having an 
uncertain sexuality?

-G.

P.S.  My buddy Rob does enough movie reviews that he gets to go on 
press junkets, so he's actually been in Vin Diesel's presence when 
there weren't handlers or prepared statements.  His assessment?  "Nice 
guy, just a genuinely pleasant, friendly human being.  Not too bright, 
but nice."