George &; Lynne
Thu, 2001-09-06 15:38
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George &; Lynne
Primate and I were recently discussing a piece of mine - "A) Reasons To Be Cheerful ABC 2" - a poem in which every line begins with a different letter of the alphabet. In the poem I mention George & Lynne, the sexy cartoons from The Sun. (Is it possible to fancy a cartoon?)
Primate informs me that George has just had an affair. Surely this can't be right. Sacrilege! I feel my whole world crumbling. Somebody please write informing me that Primate is winding me up.
andrew pack
No, for about the last month the marriage has been crumbling and George has not only had an affair, but is also having cybersex with another woman. It is disturbingly bleak and unsettling. Seriously - it is quite horrible to watch the end of a marriage dissected in strip-cartoon form (rather like, but on a much lesser scale, Art Spiegelman's Maus, where the holocaust is reenacted with cartoon mice as the jews)
There was a particularly evil one early on, when Lynne snuggles up to George in bed and says, "What would you say if I told you a beautiful woman was about to get into your bed? " and George says, "I'd tell her I was married to you". No banter or make-up scene, just a final shot of George asleep and Lynne sat up in bed, looking shell-shocked and distraught.
As a funny cartoon, it was lousy, but as bleak drama, it really works.
mississippi
Why do I get a funny feeling Andrew is hovering with his lawyers hat on waiting expectantly for a brief?
John L
That's one brilliant metaphor for life that is Andrew.
As a funny cartoon it was lousy but as bleak drama, it really works.
I'm gonna remember that one and use it on me mates down The Dog and Doughnut.
You wouldn't happen to be descended from Kafka, would you?
Gilbert and George
All art is @!#$.
(official)
Gilbert and George
ABC fascists scrambled our egg
We repeat:
ALL ART is
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Gilbert O'Sullivan
ooh waka doo waka day
Primate
Shame on you for not believing me Karl! As if I'd lie about something as important as George and Lynne :)
Karl Wiggins
Primate my mate,
I'd believe you about anything - bouncing lemons off Cliff Thorburn's head, shooting a pekinese with a bow & arrow, the trials & tribulations of your nephew's Action Man even - but I'm having a seriously hard time coming to terms with Georghe's adultery. And cyber sex off all things! It wasn't like it in my day, I can tell you.