To: pml1@yahoogroups.com
From: Mark Tomlonson
Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 15:28:03 -0400
Subject: [PML1] CC: Kelly Monaco

In Kelly Monaco's centerfold (April 1997) we interrupt a lifeguard in 
the process of changing clothes. (Hey! It could happen!) In Kelly's 
case, that would be a good thing indeed.

Besides Kelly, the second thing I notice about this picture is its use 
of red. It's much different than 40 years earlier when red was smeared 
over a centerfold with a broad brush. Here it's applied with finesse: 
'light touches all around the frame, tying the picture together rather 
than being its foundation. A much better use of the color, I think. The 
other accents are white and blue. This gives a light, summer feeling to 
the picture, very appropriate for a lifeguard.

We know Kelly's a lifeguard: it says so on her shirt. It's difficult to 
have a model wear a shirt pushed up like this without making her breasts 
look odd, but this time it works.

Kelly's got her legs in what I'll call the "1990 Fig Leaf" pattern. It's 
there, but it's not open for business now. The leaf works well here, 
avoiding the "time to potty" look that is, sad to say, also common in 
the '90's.

A simple, direct centerfold that fits the model well.

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

Overall: 3.0

Cyber Club Portfolio Photo I like better than the Centerfold: # 8

http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1997/04/centerfold.html
http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1997/04/08-lrg.html

New favorite: #50 A better iteration of the same theme as #8.

http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1997/04/50-lrg.html

Mark Tomlonson
Kalamazoo MI