the first time ever I saw your face....
Scottie Bowman (rbowman@indigo.ie)
Sun, 07 Nov 1999 09:19:22 +0000
Camille,
Since I don't remember any glasses or even a furtive
spectacle-case I think Matt must indeed be not very well
when he likens you to Glenn Close. And knowing him
to be the kindest of men, we can rule out any question
of malice in his invocation of probably the ugliest,
least appealing of contemporary actresses (after Vanessa,
that is.) I only hope the problem isn't in his visual cortex.
On the other hand, you yourself are surely mistaken
in suggesting Rita. For those of us young enough
to remember, that strange, sleepy, half- amused,
half-damaged look about the eyes, framed by that
bell of hair could never be repeated.
No. From now on, I shall be saying - not that
Camille Scaybrook is a bit like Gloria Swanson,
or Audrey Hepburn or whomever, but rather -
to the next lovely girl I wish to soften up:
'You know? There's something about you that
reminds me of Camille ...'
All the great beauties are like no one except
themselves. A principle exemplified by yourself.
As Leo REALLY wished he'd said:
Ugly women are all ugly in the same way.
Each beautiful woman is beautiful in her own
particular way.
Now, if I could just wean you away from all those
Chardonnay socialists ...
Scottie B.