THE BOOK OF THE VIP
DAVE
Glittering mega-stars of the futureThe One who will come
Chapter 57
Yes, there will be many great movies in the age to come,
2And many many great parts for the glittering mega-stars of the future,
3Including parts for beautiful, idealistic women who aren’t going to stand for all the lies anymore,
4Which will be played by a brilliant actress named dJoan Fonda,
5And parts for handsome idealistic men who aren’t going to stand for all the lies anymore,
6Which will be played by a brilliant actor named eRobert Redwood,
7And parts for attractive, sensitive idealists who keep thinking that good intentions might save them somehow,
8Which will be played by fJohn Void,
9And parts for confused idealists who don’t have any idea what to do about anything,
10Which will be played by gDustin Hopeless,
11And parts for idealists who foam at the mouth about all the lies and may or may not get gunned down in the last reel,
12Which will be played by hDustin Pacino,
13And parts for nonconformist idealists who might seem kind of crazy if the world weren’t so utterly insane,
14Which will be played by iDennis Hippy,
15And parts for charismatic idealists who do all kinds of wild eccentric things just to keep their sanity in a world full of lies,
16Which will be played by jMalcolm McBowel,
17And parts for good-looking but callow idealists who don’t seem to understand that the lies really can kill you,
18Which will be played by kPaul Fonda,
19And parts for ironically taciturn idealists who are giving a lot of thought to becoming realists instead,
20Which will be played by lDonald Mutherland,
21And parts for acid-tongued realists who aren’t going to stand for all the lies anymore,
22Which will be played by mJack Nickerson,
23And parts for drolly intellectual realists who just sigh and make witty remarks when they hear all the lies again,
24Which will be played by nElliott Mould,
25And parts for no-nonsense female realists who have learned to take what they can get in spite of all the lies,
26Which will be played by oFate Underway,
27And parts for exceptionally sexy realists who make love seven or eight times a day instead of listening to all the lies,
28Which will be played by aWarren Beady,
29And parts for dull-witted schizophrenics who can’t ever see through all the lies and get violently reactionary instead,
30Which will be played by bBruce Bern,
31And parts for the corrupt, conniving capitalists who tell all the lies in the first place,
32Which will be played by cPeter Boil,
33Except for those parts where the corrupt, conniving capitalist has to be incredibly tan and suave,
34Which will be played by dGeorge Hammerson,
35Not to mention parts for completely hedonistic studs who think realists are naive optimists and just want to get by from day to day without having to get a steady job,
36Which will be played by eJoe D’Alexandria,
37Until the world is ready at last for the One who will come and explain everything,
38So that people can finally learn what to do about it.
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