Graham Preston wrote: > Apparently JDS spent his time in the early 40s trying to get the > attentions of Oona, only to be dumped for Charlie Chaplin. > > Could his real life expieriences with Oona, be the bases for Seymour and > Muriel's relationship? > > There are very intresting parralels betweeb the relationships. And to think that Eugene never spoke to Oona again after she started to see Charlie. Talk about a zen master NOT being able to recognize a superlative creature. Of course, his gift left him as soon as he dried out so perhaps he wasn't a zen master after all. Malcs