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Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

 If I had to choose a favorite title, I might choose "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." That title! So obnoxious, so shallow--and not untrue.


In the middle of the story, the heroine Lorelei complains to her suitor that she can't control her own social life. She can't tell people to stop paying attention to her. It's just that "gentlemen prefer blondes--like me."

And her suitor has a memorable reply: "What am *I* to do....if they keep on...PREFERRING you?"

This is a sharp, dirty musical. It's famous for "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend." This song is an I AM song--the heroine has a message for us. The message is this: "I am FUCKING SMART. Don't forget it."

Men grow cold--
As girls grow old.
And we all lose our charms in the end.
But...square cut or pear-shaped...
THESE ROCKS don't lose THEIR shape.
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

Diamonds are interesting not because they are beautiful. Diamonds are interesting because their resale value will "help you at the automat."

He's your guy
When stocks are high--
But beware when they start to descend.
It's then that those louses
Go back to their spouses.
DIAMONDS are a girl's best friend.

Carol Channing made this song famous--and Marilyn Monroe repackaged it, and Nicole Kidman also did a well-known version. But my heart belongs to Megan Hilty. Happy Friday.

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