The LSD-S&M-toilet-brush- from-Sesame-Street vibe is surprisingly big in East London these days.Comments/Enlarge |
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It takes years of practice to pull "street fighting alcoholic old guy" with dignity but he's nailed it, right down to his freshly peed pants.Comments/Enlarge |
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Flannery O'Connor's short stories are really funny, but no one ever talks about that. It might be because the jokes aren't haw-haw jokes, or it might be because the humor is so dark that a lot of people don't have the taste for it. She has this way of piling one beat-the-wall setup after another for a couple pages, and then exploding them in a moment of humiliation-or hubris or cruelty or whatever....
