Back in Business Everywhere but Here

After being out of the picture awhile, Laetitia Casta seems to be making a quiet comeback — at least in Europe.

Indeed, some European visitors to this site insist that the Laetitia phenomenon never lost its momentum outside the U.S., that she’s as big now as she ever was, that American cultural influence in the world is fading so fast that I would be wise not to base my analyses of foreign celebrities on it, and so on.

Of course, whether or not Laetitia is still the sensation her European internet fans claim, the fact remains that she’s been appearing on more and more magazine covers this year, and is still making movies. Why we haven’t seen more of her here in the states — fading cultural dominance or not, we like our hooters as much as any Frenchman — remains a mystery.