Benny & SHROUD
David Morris
fqmorris at yahoo.com
Sat May 26 17:18:52 CDT 2001
SHROUD talks, but only to Benny. And he tells Benny Wisdom. SHROUD and Benny
together form a psychic tag-team, and SHROUD does all the tagging. Benny is
the straight man, as are most all _ventriloguists_.
The ventriloquist makes the "dead" seem alive in a way that seems magical, and
scary. It's not alive, but it speaks. Does the ventriloquist become a channel
for voices without bodies? The dummy speaks forth the secret fears and averted
guilts of the audience and the ventriloquist. SHROUD is thus a spirit
messenger, and Benny is his prophet.
David Morris
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