Now that is simply unforgiveable. Cary Grant couldn't do Shakespeare, but he had great comic timing, which they say is something that can never be taught. You either have it or you don't. Cary Grant had it. And Marlon Brando didn't. Cary Grant also had a great persona he invented himself. Archibald Leach, the kid who had the poor, tough upbringing, became in real life, his screen persona, Cary Grant, and he didn't make any secret about it. Brando could have done that, if he had known what the hell he wanted to be.
" Brando could have done that, if he had known what the hell he wanted to be."
I disagree - Brando did become what he wanted. He was a symbol of the irrational, self-indulgent, deconstruction of American civilization so loudly trumpted by Hollyweird.
From Last Tango in Paris (primarily memorable for making Hollyweird's first sodomy/grocery scene) to his advocacy for some sort of Native American "rights" by supporting the anarchism of AIM and Russel Means, there was always an undercurrent of perversion.
And the fact that the Indians were very acceptant of homosexuals did have a bearing on how (and why) Hollyweird flocked to their "cause".
Steyn was actually rather understated in his critique of both Hollyweird and Brando.