m&m's in V

[Joseph Tracy]

Notes on 1st reading of Mortality and Mercy in Venice
 
 Leaving the party before the fun begins.

So Siegel, pursuing nice jewish girl  (who is also member WSC) 

in belated accord with gentile mother's advice gets  appointed 

father confessor  at  whole sick crew party (early version 

WSC)in Washington D.C.  Pig fetus is tacked to door( this ain't 

the innocent lambs blood that might ward off the Angelo of 

death, that host will be making his exodus in the nick of 

time.

The party is full of weirdish cosmopolitans looking for cheap 

good time,booze, infatuation, confession, absolution, ... and 

a dark skinned primitive ojibwe( with unlikely name of Irving 

Loon...Washington Irving?) brought into D.C as trophy sex toy, 

curiosity . He seems locked in silent estrangement, but is 

released by vocalization of  demonic/ angelic word/spirit 

"Windigo". Having offered questionable absolution to 2 women 

and summoned the angel of death, the judaeo -christian, 

freudian/ jesuit little machiavel, prophet/priest/schmuck Cleanth 

Siegel lets his people( himself) go before the shooting 

starts.

Is  Artist's(Shakespeare's) role to play god and bring divine 

judgement on unworthy brought into question or confirmed?

Is Lucy/light boringly innocent or boringly guilty, laden with 

sin or laden  only with useless knowledge,   last glimmer of light or labyrinth 

leading to Minotaur?Lucifer or Margarethe.

Each encounter similarly filtered through Siegel's 3rd person omniscient  confessor role and more boringly predictable than last 

until Windigo released.





   


Joseph Tracy
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