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.