Scribblings

Gigi

Watched Gigi while making Grandmom Zeccardi’s sweet bread. Sang at the top of my lungs. Scared the birds to death. Dogs hid in office downstairs. I was in my thirties before I watched it and understood that she was being groomed to be a mistress. In my Catholic school youth, I couldn’t ever figure out why she got so mad the first time he asked her out. Now I look at it and think the most relevant and beautiful song in the whole movie is Maurice Chevalier singing “I’m Glad I’m Not Young Anymore”.