this is a theatre
this is where community
people come together to share a film
if you didnt want to share a
movie you could stay home and catch it on DVD or via some personal online access
catching it opening night to later
boast about wasnt something he did or respected
Yeah, I caught it opening night.
So wha fuck you
he hadnt been in a theatre where
he didnt rub elbows with people to either side of him the thrust thrust parry parry Excuse me Sorry
their arms dancing in the dark the shared bemusement embarrassment
these were plush seats recliners frankly buttons embedded in the arms operated how far back
you wished to leanhow high to raise your legs on incorporated footstools he would have to have weighed fourhundred pounds to fill the arms and still he wouldnt have rubbed elbows with
his neighbours unless they also weighed fourhundred pounds
he
was alone on a fucking island
there wasnt
anything communal about this theatre this experience
he remembered catching the Exorcist at the Ramova of South Halsted with friends
the floor under their feet was
slick reflecting the muted overheard lighting before it went down for the
previews still moist from vomit mopped up its smell still emanating
he remembered rounding the corner
part of the line they stood in finally able to eyeball the marque COMING
SOON! EARTHQUAKE BILLY JACK its face swept by the flashing
lights of an ambulance before they bought their tickets knew they made the
cut for that showing the attendants wheeled out an older man who suffered
a heart attack
he remembered when Regans head
turned onehundred an eighty degreesspooked he rocked back hard in his seat his
arms went out openhanded he slammed his friends to either side of him (he would
have jammed anyone who sat to his sides) he dumped Jane on his left into her boyfriends
lap she almost went hysterical nuts with fright his sudden violence FUCK! barked at
the top of his lungs
sitting in this obese chair he wasnt sure he could even reach the people who sat beside him VICE however wasnt going to frighten him he wasnt going to shove anyone despite their distance it wasnt going to save them from his snake hiss his Fuucker
he tried to keep his voice down
unfortunately he remembered American political history more than he might care to admit
he could suppose when something offends youmakes you feel a victim you dont forget for a long time America had offended him asif a fat man sitting beside him at a banquet dinner helped themselves to the food on his plate eating it with their greasy fingers their bodyguards seizing him by the arm when he went for his fork to stab him the second time foregoing the warning Excuse me fatso
unfortunately he remembered American political history more than he might care to admit
he could suppose when something offends youmakes you feel a victim you dont forget for a long time America had offended him asif a fat man sitting beside him at a banquet dinner helped themselves to the food on his plate eating it with their greasy fingers their bodyguards seizing him by the arm when he went for his fork to stab him the second time foregoing the warning Excuse me fatso
at the end of VICE he startled
several of the moviegoers with his applause didnt people applaud a good movie any more he appreciated the
actors art the films vision the subject though he wished would have died when he suffered his first heart attack
the entire world would have been better off
the entire world would have been better off
2335, Twosday,
29 1. 19
1539, Sunday,
17 2. 19
Leonard Cohen Chelsea Hotel #2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhaPHtVUaX4
