Poetry
The Projectionist's Nightmare by Brian Patten Taken from Grinning Jack published by Harper Collins - This is the projectionist's nightmare: A bird finds its way into the cinema, finds the beam, flies down it, smashes into a screen depicting a garden, a sunset and two people being nice to each other. Real blood, real intestines, slither down the likeness of a tree. 'This is no good,' screams the audience, 'This is not what we came to see.'
Sitting In The Balcony - Actually this is a song recorded in 1957 by the late Eddie Cochran. The lyrics to the song can be found here. Thanks to Kevin Phelan for this one.
The Sanity Inspector - The images on the screen are patterns of light, not living actors. They are not affected by applause or hissing. They will be the same in a packed house or an empty one. And they will be the same every time the movie is shown. This affects the audience. Occasionally, movie audiences applaud or hiss or walk out, but for the most part they are passive. No social bond between the audience and the actors can exist. -- O.B. Hardison, Entering the Maze: Identity and Change in Modern Culture -- bruce The dignified don't even enter in the game. -- The Jam
