Simpsons Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
6304
AUTHOR:
Paul Gardner
QUOTATION:
Her eyebrows are clipped parentheses, and she paints her face for the last days of the Weimar Republic. Frizzy orange curls grow in her wild hair like snapdragons pleading for water.
ATTRIBUTION:
On Hollywood debut of Bette Midler, The Divine Miss M NY Times 29 Dec 72
SUBJECTS:
Communications & the Arts: Films: Observers & Critics