Rod Stewart 'Blondes Have More Fun&Camouflage [CD] { } ~54.00.00 50213

БЂњMy mother thought there was something too brazen about БЂIБЂ™m worth it,БЂ™ БЂ«Frick told me. БЂњShe was always concerned with what people around her might think. She could never have come out with that bald-faced an equation between hair color and self-esteem.БЂ«The truth is that PolykoffБЂ™s sensibility БЂ“ which found freedom in assimilation БЂ“ had been overtaken by events. In one of PolykoffБЂ™s БЂњIs it true blondes have more fun?БЂ«commercials for Lady Clairol in the sixties, for example, there is a moment that by 1973 must have been painful to watch. A young woman, radiantly blond, is by a lake, being swung around in the air by a darkly handsome young man. His arms are around her waist. Her arms are around his neck, her shoes off, her face aglow. The voice-over is male, deep and sonorous. БЂњChances are,БЂ«the voice says, БЂњsheБЂ™d have gotten the young man anyhow, but youБЂ™ll never convince her of that.БЂ«Here was the downside to Shirley PolykoffБЂ™s world. You could get what you wanted by faking it, but then you would never know whether it was you or the bit of fakery that made the difference ...»