It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
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Friday, November 11, 2022

Positively 4th Street And Quesadilla Heaven

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Immediately after watching
a 180-minute film
across the street,
Mr. and Mrs. CarPeo
dined at  Lola's
 
We agreed our dinner
was utterly delicious
but we hardly had 
more to say
about it
 
All we really talked about
was what we had
just witnessed
across the street
on 4th Street
 
Our conversation
was so vivid
that people dining
at adjacent tables
listened in
and offered to
buy us drinks
 
Imagine sitting through
a three-hour movie
and not being bored
for more than
three seconds
 
Though deserving of
the maximum 5-stars
YELP allows,
Kelsey
—our server at Lola's—
was asked a question
when I pointed
my finger
directly across the street
 
What do you think
that marquee is referring to?
 

"TAR,"
she quickly responded,
"is the La Brea Tarpits."
 
I could have told her 
she was wrong
and reduced 
 her tip by 50%  
but I did not do so
 
"It's a movie about 
the first female conductor
ever to lead the orchestra
at the Berlin Philharmonic,
one of the world's
most prestigious sites
for classical music
performances.
The woman's name is
Lydia Tar.
 
"Her attitude is such 
  that it is impossible
not to hate her
but you can't take 
your eyes off her
and
(at least ten times)
she says things
that you want to quote.
 
"All the hatred 
you'll have for her
will do battle with 
awe and admiration
for courage 
  in her DNA."
 
"I'd love to see the movie."
 
"Are you working tomorrow?"
 
"No."
 
"Good. It's the last day
TAR is screening
across the street.
I will get
two tickets for you
and a friend.
The manager is
a friend of ours
and he will admit you
to whichever screening
you want to attend."
 
"Thank you.
I'd like to see it
with my mother.
She's been playing violin
for one hundred years,
more or less."  
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© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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3 comments:

  1. Heard of it (love Galadriel aka CB). Will tell A about it but I'd prefer the "stream.":) Glad U 2 enjoyed.

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  2. Stream it...swim in it...fish in it
    By any means necessary:
    PLEASE WATCH THE MOVIE

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  3. Seems the "stream" is futuristic (maybe Peacock/NBC -- I guess they own it). Would love to see it at Art Theater but I believe it's been replaced by the "Irish film" (also being pitched as an award winner), so we'll see it at Marina Pacifica this Sunday. Today is birding (Lapland Longspur, Green-tailed Towhee and Little Blue Egret) and Michigan vs Nebraska. Go Blue!

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