The Primitives: Red Dawn
Chris Roberts, Melody Maker, 8 July 1989
TC: "Poor innocent me. And all this time I thought you were a bona fide blonde."
Marilyn: " I am. But nobody's that natural. And incidentally, f*** you."
TC: "Okay, everybody's cleared out, So up, up."
– Truman Capote, from 'A Beautiful Child' in Music For Chameleons
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