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Reader: Marie Antoinette is no corset-sploitation flick

Jenn Wohletz first heard of Jeni Britton Bauer's magical, frozen concoctions back in 2006, when Sophia Ford Coppola's Marie Antoinette came out, and Jeni's created a collection of whole-milk yogurt-based, specially-flavored ice creams inspired by the film. The Jeni's flavors were almost as delicious as the movie that inspired them...
By Patricia CalhounSeptember 26, 2012
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Jenn Wohletz first heard of Jeni Britton Bauer’s magical, frozen concoctions back in 2006, when Sophia Ford Coppola’s Marie Antoinette came out, and Jeni’s created a collection of whole-milk yogurt-based, specially-flavored ice creams inspired by the film. The Jeni’s flavors were almost as delicious as the movie that inspired them.

Almost.

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Would you pay $12.99 a pint for ice cream?

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I agree, Jenn– Marie Antoinette just doesn’t get the respect it truly deserves. Something about the casting, the cinematography, and the soundtrack elevates it above your normal corset-sploitation flick.

And ice cream is cool, too, I guess.

Would you pay $12.99 for a pint of ice cream? (That’s what you’ll pay for a pint of jeni’s at Cook’s Fresh Market.) How about to see a movie? Post your thoughts below.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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