Mimesis

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May?

May?

"Night of the Living Dead. "

The dead who live on living flesh.

The dead whose haunted souls

hunt the living.

The living whose bodies

are the only food

for these ungodly creatures.

"Night of the Living Dead. "

May! No!

A man is sick

and tired of working.

So he goes into his job one day

and starts blowing people away

with a semiautomatic handgun.

A kid is fed up

with his classmates and elders,

so he walks in the school

and starts shooting everybody.

And parents and officials

quickly gather

to figure out which movie it was

that caused this kind of behavior.

Whose fault is it?

Besides their own, of course.

Is it this movie?

Is it that movie?

And there's never anybody saying,

"Excuse me,

the guy was disturbed. "

No, no.

It's our fault.

I have personally been sued twice

and I take it as a compliment.

And it's not too bad for sales either.

Wow, that's... that's hilarious.

- What? Sucks.

- Men have been killing men

for a lot longer than I've been

walking the Earth, I'll tell you that.

And it probably

wouldn't be so disturbing

if we didn't have to hear about it

every time some guy went nuts.

The truth of the matter is this.

We are capable of heinous crimes,

yet we're always shocked to find out

that our neighbor

is not John Wayne Gacy.

I mean, big deal.

My parents used to live

right next to Jeffrey Dahmer in Ohio.

- Shh.

- Why are you shush...

- why are you turning around?

- No!

Your neighbor

is not John Wayne Gacy

because that's not the world

we live in.

We don't live in

"Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood,"

we live in hell.

You have a serious problem

if this guy's your hero. Serious.

Your neighbor is not content

with playing violent video games

- or watching terror porn.

- "Terror porn"?

No, no, this guy wants something

much more than that.

He wants to live it.

He wants to smell it.

He wants to taste it.

Today's sicko...

wants the real thing.

Yeah, he should know

'cause he's a sick man.

He should know.

- Clap. Clap.

- I'm not clapping.

I'm not clapping.

Everything he said is bullshit.

- Shut up.

- That's horrible.

When we was in line, he was a joke.

We got to the table, he was a joke.

- He's not a joke.

- And after we left, he still a joke.

- He's my hero you're talking about, D.

- It's a problem, that's your hero.

It's a serious problem

that that is your... hero.

Hello.

Did you see? It's like Halloween

at the sorority house right now.

- Did you see that?

- No, I didn't see it.

- Did you see...

- I didn't see it.

You're a fan. You're staring

at the autograph? Seriously?

Okay, I'm not just a fan.

It's more than that. It's like a...

How do I explain this?

It's like a culture, okay?

- It's a lifestyle...

- It's a waste of time.

- It's a waste of time?

- Yes.

How is it a waste of time?

How is this a waste of time?

You can't f*** it.

- No, you can't f*** it.

- I know.

If you can't taste it,

it's not real. It's a fantasy.

Well, this made it a little bit

more real for me, okay?

On a fake script?

That's what we taught her.

- Thank you so much.

- Wow.

Can you say Child Services?

Stupid parents bring their kids

to these things

thinking they're frickin'

Drew Barrymore or some sh*t.

The energy put into that could go

into something more productive.

Sports, music, something.

I'm sorry. I just started doing

my thing right next to you.

I'll get out of your way

as soon as I find...

Don't worry, don't worry.

Take your time, take your time.

Attention, horror fans.

Tickets are still available...

- My name's Judith.

- Duane.

- Hi.

- Let me guess.

Russell.

Yeah. How did...

How'd you...

Yeah, right. Russell.

You guys been here before?

- Eighth year.

- I haven't...

Veterans.

I like it. This is my fifth.

- I'm sure I've seen you before.

- Yeah. Yeah, you probably have.

This is kind of a new look for me.

What do ya think?

It looks... it looks good.

- Thanks.

- Lt looks real good.

So hey, listen.

I know of a little party going on

this evening if you guys are interested.

- Hell, yeah, we interested.

- You know what?

Thanks for the invite,

but we actually...

we're not going to be able to make it

because we got like a three-hour drive...

We...

We would...

we would love to go.

Cool. Just don't mention it

to anyone.

It's invite only.

Very exclusive.

All right.

So will you be there?

I guess you'll have to come

and find out.

Okay. Okay.

L'ma come and find out.

Yes, I will.

- What was she on?

- Yes, I will.

- Did you see that?

- What was she on?

What are you on?

We can't go to a party.

- I'm on that. That's what I'm on.

- Good. Go ahead.

- I can't go to a party.

- Why can't you go?

Because I have to go to work

because I value my job.

- You can call a day off.

- I can't call a day off.

- You can make up something.

- Listen, I'm not going.

I think we're lost.

I think we should just go home.

How did I know

you were gonna say that?

- How did I know that?

- Clearly there's nothing down there.

"Clearly there's nothing

down there. " Yeah.

L... give me that. Let me see that.

Let me see the card.

- What is...

- It's hard to read the one part.

- Yeah, 'cause you sweated all over it.

- Okay, well, it's hot.

Maybe if you had an air conditioner,

I wouldn't be sweating so much.

- Maybe it wouldn't be a problem.

- Wow. Maybe if you had a car,

then you could comment

on my air conditioner.

Maybe then, maybe then.

- I sweat a lot, okay?

- Well, I know you sweat a lot,

but you don't have to

talk about my car.

It's a condition.

I have this thing where I sweat.

- Apologize.

- Apologize?! I'm not gonna apologize.

- Are you serious?

- Yes, I'm...

My God!

- Whoo!

- Let's go, let's go.

- Okay, okay. All right.

- Let's go, let's go.

- We got some jokesters here.

- Let's leave.

Look at this guy. Wow.

Wow. Look at that.

Let's party, baby.

- Let's party.

- All right.

Loosen up. You're biting...

you're biting your nails.

- I do it sometimes...

- Hey, look.

I'm not usually one to brag,

but I've got autographs from

the entire cast of "Carnival of Souls. "

The original cult classic.

Took me eight years

and 12 horror cons,

- but got every last one of them, man.

- Wow.

Sh*t, I even got an autograph

from Herk Harvey.

I mean, you guys know

who Herk Harvey is, right?

- Yeah.

- The director of "Carnival of Souls. "

The guy was a genius.

A revolutionary.

- Had he not made that movie, we...

- Shh.

We're at a party.

Relax. Have a good time.

- I'm relaxed.

- What is this guy saying?

Yeah. I'm having a good time.

Hey, yo. What time do you wanna...

what time do you wanna get going?

Do you wanna go soon?

- We just got here. Relax.

- No, I know.

It's just hard for me to relax

knowing I have to work in the morning.

- Like, early. Really early.

- Yeah, look.

Grow some balls

and then just call tomorrow

- and tell them you got a flat.

- No, I can't do that.

I'm like, kind of

in charge of people.

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