Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Syndrome and its Tragic Stomachers
Rocco and Opera Lamont
ROCCO
Thought you were touring Europe in Porgy and Bess.
LAMONT
Bess, you somebody else's woman now!
ROCCO
That why you're whispering?
LAMONT
Voice went in Milan. Doctors at Penn say take a year off.
ROCCO
Like ballplayer without the millions.
LAMONT
Something like. But I want to ask you of a much more
serious malady: “Obama Derangement Syndrome.”
The newspapers in Italy think it mostly springs from the
way he walks
ROCCO
Lil strut sometimes? Uppity?
LAMONT
Race in there of course.
ROCCO
I used to think that, but we're speaking of Realms of Righty
Gold now. They've transcended Race and sped to pure,
gnashing insanity!
LAMONT
They should declare some saints when this harrowing era is over.
ROCCO
Already entering stages of lachrymose martyrdom.
LAMONT
Can't use a word like lachrymose in Italian South Philadelphia.
Even with its Latin root, that's a Bryn Mawr word.
ROCCO
The suburbs instruct! But let's try to forget that they do
with an Eagles game! Much to cheer about presently,
though of course you can't.
LAMONT
And thus, blessedly, can't be accused of being uppity in
outbellowing Caucasians!
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Anything about opera finds an honored niche
in South Philadelphia.
Labels: Bryn Mawr, Eagles, Italian, martyrdom, Obama Derangement Syndrome, opera, Rocco, South Philadelphia
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Only one pundit can get away with that discussion. Rocco, you wild man!
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