In my musical satire of the films of the early 30s, East of Samoa, we are to
imagine what would have happened had they been able to get away
with the sexuality we can get away with today. The hero (Gary Cooper)
and the heroine (Marlene Dietrich) meet on a seaplane off the China
coast. They are immediately attracted to each other, but this is
the way they express it. Click on the sunset scene below
if you want to learn more.
You Don't Talk MuchShe
You're a peculiar fellow,
So cool and so distant---
What's going on behind
Those gorgeous blue eyes?
Not a sign on your face
As you stare into space---
Can those gorgeous blue eyes
Hide some fabulous surprise?You don't talk too much,
But neither do I;
You don't even mumble
Or murmur or sigh.You don't talk much
Or chuckle or chirp,
You don't even grumble
Or gurgle or burp.I can only imagine
All that's behind
That strong silent mind,
Those thoughts so delicious,
Those thoughts unrefined.But what a letdown
If I discover one day
That you don't talk much,
That you don't talk much,
You don't talk much
Because you've nothing to say.He
I don't talk much,
I like it that way---
It's all in your actions
And not what you say.A lady who talks much
Is one for the birds;
A flick of an eyelash
Is worth ten thousand words.I prefer to imagine
Lips upon lips
And hips against hips,
My head on your shoulder,
My teeth taking nips.But what a letdown
If I discover instead
You not only don't talk much,
Not only don't talk much,
Not only don't talk much,
You don't do much in bed.