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Date sent: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 14:04:05 EST
Subject: Re: maturation of the voice
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i have a feeling that what we refer to as maturing is actually oxidation. and
i don't think the decline of voices is evenly distributed. i think as women's
voices reach the mid to late 40s, they are not as appreciated the way men's
voices are at the same age. why is a wrinkle on a man's face taken
differently than on a woman's face?
i, for one, however, will take mirella freni at 60, claire bloom in
'brideshead revisited' and grape juice after its had a couple of years to go
bad in an oak barrel.

mike