(a love story)
Feb. 10th, 2011 10:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
butterflyI'm currently reading Dean & Me (a love story), by Jerry Lewis. It is fantastic so far. Jerry's report of the first time he saw Dean Martin is great -
Jerry Lewis is honest (even when it's not a very pretty picture of himself) and his affection for Dean really saturates the pages. It's probably going to get very painful when it gets to the part where their partnership begins to break up (he gets the actual break-up out of the way in the prologue, which I think is an excellent choice).
Suddenly, at Broadway and Fifty-fourth, Sonny spotted someone across the street: a tall, dark, and incredibly handsome man in a camel's hair coat. His name, Sonny said, was Dean Martin. Just looking at him intimidated me: How does anybody get that handsome?
...this guy, I knew, was the real deal. He was standing with a shorter, older fellow, and when he saw Sonny, he waved us over. We crossed the street. I was amazed all over again when I saw how good-looking he was - long, rugged face; great profile; thick, dark brows and eyelashes. And a suntan in March! How'd he manage that? I could see he had kind of a twinkle as he talked to the older guy. Charisma is a word that I would learn later. All I knew that was that I couldn't take my eyes off Sonny's pal.
Jerry Lewis is honest (even when it's not a very pretty picture of himself) and his affection for Dean really saturates the pages. It's probably going to get very painful when it gets to the part where their partnership begins to break up (he gets the actual break-up out of the way in the prologue, which I think is an excellent choice).