Do you and your loved one have a song? Ours is The Street Where You Live from My Fair Lady. It's the show Bruce took me to see on the night he first kissed me. Ahhh.
We laugh at the line in Sleepless in Seattle: "You don't want to be in love. You want to be in love in a movie." Well, who doesn't? Swelling music. Carefully crafted words. Beautiful scenery. Gorgeous costumes. And people who look like Audrey Hepburn. Ah, Audrey. If I could look like anyone at all besides myself it would be Audrey.
Last night we went to see My Fair Lady at the Gillioz. I was a little concerned because during the overture the man down the row from me was whistling along and humming and going "bomp, bomp, bomp" along with the tunes. But, as Audrey always does, she worked her magic from the screen and he hushed, swallowed up by beauty.
I think that perhaps my favorite Audrey movie is Roman Holiday. She even looks terrific with short short hair. Then, there's Breakfast at Tiffany's which, I have to admit, I did not like at all the first time I saw it. But, I tried it again and also saw it at an outdoor theater in Eureka Springs where they had an Audrey lookalike contest (okay, the entrants were mostly men, but when you're trying to be Audrey you can carry it off - maybe).
I read once that her son said Audrey always took an afternoon nap and when she awoke ate one small piece of chocolate. How lovely. How genteel. How Audrey.
The movie last night got me thinking about how there's not really a clear definition or universally accepted image of feminine anymore. We're very casual. I am very casual. But, when you see those old movies, doesn't something in you just yearn to put on a string of pearls and a dress? To walk like you're carrying a teacup on top of your head? To laugh politely and say things like "charming"? Not that I want to give up all the advances we've earned as women, but once in a while it would be nice to feel like Audrey looks. Utterly feminine. Dewey, sweet, romantic. I think it would be charming.
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