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From: Mark Tomlonson
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:00:52 -0400
Subject: [PML1] CC: Colleen Farrington

In Colleen Farrington's centerfold (October 1957) she wants us to help 
with that one spot on her back she can't quite reach. Line forms behind me!

There's a lot to like in this centerfold. Working form the bottom up, I 
like the way the edge of the tub works so seamlessly into the 
composition. It's almost an extension, graphically, of Colleen's legs. I 
like how the soapy water seems so even over Colleen, and how it smoothes 
out the minor imperfections in Colleen's (or anyone's) skin. I love how 
this pose is as modest as it needed to be but still gives Colleen's 
figure such a fine display.

Above all I like Colleen's expression. It doesn't look like we started 
the bath with her (although we might have) but it seems like we'll be 
there at the end and for some time beyond.

The only thing that gives me any pause at all is the blank area above 
her head, but that's probably the kind of thing only a critic like 
myself would even think about.

Some centerfolds from the fifties are already showing their age. They 
seem as remote to us as Shakespeare. Colleen's is one happy exception.

Photographer: Peter Basch

Scoring:
Pin-up: 4.0
Erotic: 3.0
Artistic: 2.0

Overall: 3.4 out of 4.0

Cyber Club Portfolio Photo I like better than the Centerfold: none

http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1957/10/centerfold.html

Mark Tomlonson
Kalamazoo MI