{"id":867,"date":"2009-05-08T16:52:40","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T14:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/?p=867"},"modified":"2009-05-08T16:52:40","modified_gmt":"2009-05-08T14:52:40","slug":"gorgeous-and-inglourious-melanie-laurent-is-a-star-basterd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/2009\/05\/gorgeous-and-inglourious-melanie-laurent-is-a-star-basterd\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorgeous and Inglourious: Melanie Laurent is a star Basterd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you think <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/wiki\/index.php\/Inglourious_Basterds\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Inglourious Basterds<\/strong><\/a> is primarily a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/wiki\/index.php\/Brad_Pitt\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Brad Pitt<\/strong><\/a> movie, think again. While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/wiki\/index.php\/Lt._Aldo_Raine\" target=\"_self\"><em>Aldo Raine<\/em><\/a> is certainly the leader of the pack the Germans call The Basterds, bringing pain and suffering behind enemy lines in Nazi-Occupied France, its not what the movie is all about. This movie is about a revenge of a whole different sort, and it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/wiki\/index.php\/Shosanna\" target=\"_self\"><em>Shosanna<\/em><\/a>&#8216;s revenge. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/wiki\/index.php\/Melanie_Laurent\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Melanie Laurent<\/strong><\/a> is Shosanna, and Shosanna is the central character in <em>Inglourious Basterds<\/em>. I&#8217;m not a big fan of spoiling you, so let me just say this girl doesn&#8217;t think revenge is a dish best served cold&#8230;. <strong>Melanie Laurent\u00a0 is a Basterd<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinematical.com\/2009\/05\/08\/exclusive-inglourious-basterds-character-poster-melanie-lau\/\">brought to you by Cinematical.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinematical.com\/2009\/05\/08\/exclusive-inglourious-basterds-character-poster-melanie-lau\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.cinematical.com\/media\/2009\/05\/final-melanie-basterd-(2).jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"357\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you think Inglourious Basterds is primarily a Brad Pitt movie, think again. 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