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24 • THE ARTISAN FALL 2021 I t was a rainy South Florida a ernoon. I'd just fi nished a lecture at South Florida Fashion Academy and I was heading to my car, trying to dodge the heavy downpour. No sooner did I fasten my seatbelt when my cell rang. It was my longtime friend and former agency client, Angie Wells. She asked if I was still doing make-up because she had just passed my name and number on to a director friend of hers who was going to reach out to me. I had barely hung the phone up with Angie when it quickly rang again. I didn't even get a chance to pull out of the parking lot. B Y M A R I E T T A C A R T E R - N A R C I S S E M O T H E R W I F E D A U G H T E R G L O B A L E D U C A T O R D E P A R T M E N T H E A D M A K E U P P R O D U C E R A U T H O R With the rain beating down on my car roof, I listened care- fully to the gentle voice on the other end, director Anthony Hemingway. e conversation went something like this: I just got your name from Angie Wells. What is your availability? I told him I was available. We spoke as though we had known each other for years. We had so many mutual friends in common, it was more like one degree of separation instead of six. He gave me a synopsis of the project, written by the incomparable Pulitzer Prize winner and show runner, Suzan-Lori Parker. Genius: Aretha, the third install- ment of the Ron Howard/Brian Grazer award-winning Genius MORE THAN A POWDER PUFF AND A LIPSTICK …