"I don't act this way to change the world. I act this way so that the world won't change me."-- Patricia Charbonneau in 'Desert Hearts'

Singing
Dancing
Trying
Crying
as The Act
is but an act.

Intangible at that.

She may be silent,
but She is strident
in action.

Later,
She is given a voice.

But,
The Lady thespian,
assaulted by
The Gaze,
is subjected
as the objected
by the subjected
and the objected.

Greta Garbo dominates
the Pre-Codes.

Betty Davis hesitates
but follows the new ones.

Miss Monroe,
the ideal ***,
erases Her history,
creating a new toxic one:
"Look and touch
as you please,
Mr. President."

Singing
Dancing
Trying
Crying
"Blame the woman for everything"
say 'Ordinary People'
and the Academy
salutes you.

Look Lady,
shoot to '**** Bill'
for a manly thrill
to be
remembered
still...

Still waiting for change...

Legally,
a Blonde has brains, too.

But who knew
that twists
and turns
and changes
can happen
to you?

All from Her:

Singing
Dancing
Trying
Crying
on the big screen.

You
just

can't

touch

Her.