Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Baghdad Disney*
“Welcome to the Café des Artistes. Remember! Only the food and drink are real.
The suicide bomber tonight--and even I don’t know when she’ll enter–
will be Fatima. You’ll recognize her from The Rose of the Occupation
soap opera. Again a caution! She doesn’t actually blow apart.
It’s illusion, my friends. Done mostly with lighting. And the explosion is
compressed air.
I tell you all of this not to spoil the show, but because some of you
with memories are known to scream and dive under the tables.
Life can be so awfully silly sometimes.
So, enjoy yourselves until...Fatima. Eat drink and be merry until she dies!”
*Disneyland-Style Theme Park Set for Baghdad--Mother Jones
“Welcome to the Café des Artistes. Remember! Only the food and drink are real.
The suicide bomber tonight--and even I don’t know when she’ll enter–
will be Fatima. You’ll recognize her from The Rose of the Occupation
soap opera. Again a caution! She doesn’t actually blow apart.
It’s illusion, my friends. Done mostly with lighting. And the explosion is
compressed air.
I tell you all of this not to spoil the show, but because some of you
with memories are known to scream and dive under the tables.
Life can be so awfully silly sometimes.
So, enjoy yourselves until...Fatima. Eat drink and be merry until she dies!”
*Disneyland-Style Theme Park Set for Baghdad--Mother Jones
