Britain's former deputy PM John Prescott (a Gemini) claims on Twitter that his delightful wife Pauline is now a "gay icon". He says he has been reliably informed of this.
Pauline, who has just turned 70 and at her birthday din at a Hull Chinese restaurant received a silk shawl from guest Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, is certainly the Sphynx of the Lacquered Bouffant: she is a Kate Moss-like mute (and therefore, unsullied) exhibition of a certain brand of feminine aesthetic incorporating its own parody: I can think of a number of entertainers who would kill for such a paradoxical combo. Pauline is There but Not There, Pretty Vacant as a visual, an ornamental, an untouchable, a trophy virgin. Upon such a kohl-edged canvas, many a nancy boy will start to dream of the maquillage (before raiding mummy's vanity case and then graduating to Boots).
I do wish Holly Woodlawn had given me a more substantial interview.
what did you expect from someone whose 15 minutes expired 35 years ago?
ReplyDeleteI love the Prescotts, much more interesting than the Blairs. And of course, John was the fulcrum of the New Labour adventure. The fulcrum.
ReplyDeleteI meant Holly Woodlawn
ReplyDeleteI've aspired to be like Pauline since I saw her dressed up to the nines for a spot of gardening, looking like she was off to a wedding.
ReplyDeleteWhat style! And never a hair out of place. Was it my imagination that on the same TV show Prezza was asked about Pauline dressing down and he replied: "Pauline doesn't do casual".