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Subject: [PML1] CC: Jean Bell
From: Mark Tomlonson
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:09:38 -0500

In Jean Bell's centerfold (October 1969) she's just gotten wet - hard to 
tell if a quick shower or a quick dip in a pool is responsible.

When this centerfold came out, a friend of mine who had barricaded 
himself in his house during the 1967 Detroit Riots for fear of attack by 
roving gangs (Detroit's 136 miles away) saw an African-American woman as 
a possible sexual partner for the very first time. Before that, any 
fantasies involving sex with a Black woman included the exchange of 
cash. I won't say this picture turned him around, but it did challenge 
some of his assumptions.

I think Jean's face does issue a challenge, but it's not to White 
American guilt. It's more basic than that. The held towel, the posture 
that says she could make her next move away from us as well as towards 
us, all point to a seduction in progress. No done deals here. The 
posture also brings out the delightful curve of her breasts, indicating 
that maybe we should get on with that seduction.

The only really down side to this pin-up are the butterflies. I've never 
thought they added anything to the centerfold except confusion.

Photographer: Don Klumpp

Scoring:
Pin-up: 2.0
Erotic: 3.5
Artistic: 1.5

Overall: 2.4 out of 4.0

Cyber Club Portfolio Photo I like better than the Centerfold: #18

http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1969/10/centerfold.html
http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1969/10/18-lrg.html


Mark Tomlonson
Kalamazoo MI