![]() I was good at it, but the work was spiteful. It was my job to arrange these elements and season them with detail and context (exotic locales, convoluted plots, various sizes and shapes of tit), such that they seemed new and different and exciting and dangerous and sexy and wild and wonderful. His “spying” largely consisted of sleeping with beautiful women and shooting guns at faceless bad guys, broken up by car chases, boat chases, and/or ski chases. ![]() Not a spy for any particular organization or cause, just “a spy,” a pastiche of a pastiche, a memory of a memory of a bunch of bad movies and stale paperbacks. I was working on his weekly dream package. He quickly falls in love with any female character who shows him affection, but his love is never requited, for he seeks, in all things, to possess rather than to feel this is very funny. ![]() He is fond of speaking, but says very little of substance. Although wealthy and ostensibly high class, his status amongst the other characters is low unless they seek his favor for plot purposes. He seeks to take up as much space on the stage as possible, but is filled with profound loneliness when he has done so. He is identified by his ill-fitting dress and clumsy manner. Behold, the Compton, an American variant of the Pierrot, first popularized in New York City. Compton very clearly, read him as if he were a Commedia dell’Arte character. Truth is molded by the real lies are shaped like our souls. These were all lies, but lies are much more revealing than the truth. He told me that his favorite film was Breathless. He told me that he loved “hot jazz.” He told me that he had never truly been in love. ![]() Compton once, but he was easy: fifty years old, twice divorced, thin black hair with gray roots, expensive off-the-rack suit, office shoes with rubber soles, an expensive gold watch on one wrist and an expensive smartwatch on the other, sunglasses inside, a smile on the outside.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |