“The Dark Man rose
from the roiling ocean. Seaweed dangled from his many ears, and in his left
hand he clutched a suffocating fish. All The Dark Man looked upon was grim--
“No, I don’t mean he
was black. If he was black, I’d say he was black. The color of his skin doesn’t
even matter. The guy has a bunch of ears. Listen.
“For you see, The
Dark Man ruined the ground beneath his feet. It was tainted, soured, and all
civilization within the reach of the sound of his footfalls trem--
“He was not Hispanic!
His darkness has nothing to do with ethnicity. This is clearly a spiritual
darkness.
“When the men of the
world at last drew courage to confront The Dark Man, he raised his heinous
gaze, and it fell upon their works, and their works--
“It is not like Black
Comedy. He is neither ‘dark’ as in African nor ‘dark’ as in Coen Brothers
comedy. It’s ‘dark’ as in Satanic! You
know what?
“The Dark Man walked back into the ocean and never came back. Nobody
knew why he came out. The end.
“Oh. Oh, you liked the
ending? Well… thank you. I thought it was clever, too.”
Counter est. March 2, 2008
Thanks for the morning giggles. I totally see this happening at my house.
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Hark! The death knell of an artist's intention, perished under the stampede of audience interpretation.
ReplyDeleteThe ending WAS clever, guy. You're sure to go down in history.
Sheesh, you mean there are still some people out there who don't know Lovecraft and related mythos?
ReplyDeleteExcellent commentary on the (seemingly) growing trend to fixate on a character's ethnic background instead of, you know, how they are as a character. Sort of an unholy marriage of racism and political correctness. And no, I'm not commenting on the various marriage laws that have been in the news lately...
But I do want to hear about why an ocean (demi-) god had so many ears!
Ha ha thanks for the laugh John! Very funny - great dialogue!
ReplyDeleteIf his many ears could hear the dreadful questions of course he went back into the sea. Quickly. Forever.
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