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Marisa Parker
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Ciao! We’re In Africa
Biographies & Memoirs
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Simile Debacles and a Quirky Dress Sense
My sense of drama and flamboyancy must have come from my dad. Who else would have planned ‘a mock fall’ for one of the male models at a fashion show that they organised? Being ‘saved’ by female models was also intentional and, as imparted through this week’s book excerpt, my father enjoyed the planning as much as the event. BTW, the result was a sensation! When I’m not conforming to office wear, my husband states that I have a quirky dress sense. Huh! ‘One must have a touch of colour’ - a line from one of my favourite movies, ‘The Bird Cage’. I also tend to mix up my similes especially when excited … adding to the drama and laughter of an occasion. Good thing I don’t take myself too seriously. And every now and then, when there’s some great music playing on the TV, I’ll get up and do an impromptu dance, by myself. This normally happens with ‘eighties music’; what an amazingly melodic decade that was!
Book Excerpt
Ciao! We’re In Africa
His enthusiasm is already in flow, and he continues exuberantly. “I’m planning it like a theatrical production. We’ll have a mock fall,” he announces with glee, rubbing his hands together like a magician planning his next trick.
“Eugenio! What are you talking about? You want one of the female models to fall off the runway?”
“No, not one of the female models. Agnellino: he’ll be our fall guy!” Eugenio bursts out laughing at the pun.
Agnellino is the nickname we’ve given to a gorgeous, blonde, English model called Mr Lamb. Agnellino translates from Italian to English as ‘lamb’. He’s only recently joined the team of Piergiovanni, and his debonair looks are causing a thrill amongst the female models. In fact, any woman would be hard-pressed not to react in some way.
“Whilst strutting out on the stage, he’ll drop down a pre-designed man hole that has a mattress underneath that’ll cushion his fall. He won’t disappear from sight; his head and arms must remain visible to the crowd, and then he will slowly and gracefully be assisted back up out of ‘the hole’ by two female models!”
Eugenio is absolutely enchanted at the thought of how this will play out.
“Huh! Saved by women. I like that!’
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