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Gnomon Pillar's avatar

Gosselin is one of the more ridiculous "parts" of "this ridiculous comment section," which should be thought of, really, as more of a theatre of the absurd. Trenchantly absurd. Gosselin goes the extra mile, though, providing hot winds of grandiosity with a thick lathering of absurd profundity that would be comfortably at home flowing from one of Pinter's more technicolor satires. Goldberg, perhaps, in "The Birthday Party."

"...All my life I’ve said the same. Play up, play up, and play the game. Honour thy father and thy Mother. All along the line. Follow the line, the line, McCann, and you can’t go wrong. What do you think, I’m a self-made man? No! I sat where I was told to sit. I kept my eye on the ball. School? Don’t talk to me about school. Top in all subjects. And for why? Because I’m telling you, I’m telling you, follow my line? Follow my mental? Learn by heart. Never write down a thing. No. And don’t go too near the water. And you’ll find—that what I say is true. Because I believe that the world…(Vacant.) … Because I believe that the world…(Desperate.) … BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE WORLD…(Lost. He sits in armchair.)..."

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Atma's avatar

@aunt martha

Damn, "old girl", sit down and take a *load off !

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