"We
know God made trees, and the birds and the bees, and seas for the fishes to
swim in. We are also aware that he had quite a flair for creating exceptional
women. When Eve said to Adam, ‘Stop calling me Madam,’ the world became far
more exciting. Which turns to confusion the modern delusion that sex is a
question of lighting... This glamour it seems is a substance of dreams for the
most imperceptive perceiver. The serpent of Nile could achieve with a smile far
quicker results than Geneva. Now we all might enjoy seeing Helen of Troy as a
gay caberet entertainer, but I doubt that she could be one quarter as good as
our legendary, lovely Marlene."
— Noël Coward, introducing Marlene Dietrich at London’s Café de Paris in 1954.
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