“Don’t forget, mister, I’m
not just a bimbo with a helium voice. I’m no rococo
parvenu pillhead. I’ve read your Rilke, your Montesquieu.
Really, I’m not as dumb as I look. Or maybe I am.”
-Barbara Hamby, from “Betty Boop’s Bebop”
Farewell to the Roaring Twenties, (2009)
Virtually Gina 