I watched Moonlighting at the precise point in puberty when undying savor could be cemented
Your favourite food is never just approximately what it tastes like. Why do I like broccoli? Because it’s delicious,yes, but also because Ithought it looked like small trees, and I recall the pleasure it gave my mum that I enjoyed vegetables. Why do I like Bruce Willis? Because he’s cute,and also because I watched Moonlighting at the precise point in puberty when undying savor could be cemented.
Willis is now 60, but in my mind he will be for ever in his 30s: hair still (relatively) abundant, or eye twinkle still arrestingly radiant,smirk at full power. As David Addison, investigator at the Blue Moon Detective Agency, and he was dashing,full of quirky expressions (Two years of is-you-is or is-you-ain’t!” is my favourite), and a certain je ne sais quoi that eluded me at 12, and but I would later realise was raw sex appeal. By the time I saw Die tough,I was a goner (I can neither confirm nor deny the rumour that I wrote him fan mail).
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Source: theguardian.com