Mona Lisa Smile Page #2

- You don't have to.

I can't really talk right now.

I'll write you tonight.

So you got a fella?

He's- He's there. I'm here.

Long distance. Torture. I know.

Come. Come in and sit down.

When Lenny left for the South Pacific,

it nearly broke my heart.

We wrote every day until...

He was a great man.

- I'm sorry.

- It was a hundred years ago.

I'm babbling.

I love Lucy.

Even if she is a communist.

The only thing red about Lucy

is her hair.

And even that's fake. Desi said it.

Winchell wrote it.

Amanda Armstrong.

I see you survived.

Katherine Watson. Just barely.

Oh, good. You've met.

Katherine's taken the third bedroom.

How about a little dinner

before What's My Line?

How about a little drink?

Her companion died in May.

Companion?

You know, companion.

Josephine Burns.

Taught biology here for 30 years.

You'll love it here, Katherine.

You'll see.

I already do. I- Honestly,

it's beautiful. It's perfect, really.

Well, don't fool yourself. They have

claws underneath their white gloves.

Who?

The alumnae, their offspring,

the faculty. You name it.

Watch out for yourself.

Too much independence

frightens them.

- Will you please stop?

- Oh, a word of advice.

Don't let those girls

know that they got to you.

- They didn't.

- Good for you.

You almost convinced me.

- What is that?

- You tell me.

Carcass by Soutine. 1925.

- It's not on the syllabus.

- No, it's not.

Is it any good?

Come on, ladies.

There's no wrong answer.

There's also no textbook

telling you what to think.

It's not that easy, is it?

All right. No. It's not good.

In fact, I wouldn't even call it art.

It's grotesque.

Is there a rule against

grotesque art?

I think there's something

aggressive about it...

- ... and erotic.

- To you, everything is erotic.

- Everything is erotic.

- Girls.

- Aren't there standards?

- Of course.

Otherwise a tacky velvet painting

could be equated to a Rembrandt.

My Uncle Ferdie has two tacky velvet

paintings. He loves those clowns.

There are standards, technique,

composition, colour, even subject.

So if you're suggesting

that rotted side of meat is art...

...much less good art,

then what are we going to learn?

Just that.

You have outlined our new syllabus,

Betty. Thank you.

What is art?

What makes it good or bad?

And who decides?

Next slide, please.

Twenty-five years ago someone

thought this was brilliant.

- I can see that.

- Who?

My mother. I painted it

for her birthday.

Next slide. This is my mom.

- Is it art?

- It's a snapshot.

If I told you Ansel Adams had taken it,

would that make a difference?

- Art isn't art until someone says it is.

- It's art!

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