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moon_custafer) wrote2024-03-24 07:57 pm
moon_custafer) wrote2024-03-24 07:57 pm
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The Rebel AKA Call Me Genius (1961)
I was forty minutes into this modern-art satire starring Tony Hancock and I was already shipping Tony with his fellow-artist Paul when the following exchange happened:
Tony (sitting on his bed and taking off his shoes): Oh— will you give me a shape, please?
Paul: Shape?
Tony: Well I can’t sleep unless I’m thinking of a shape, see? It’s for tomorrow. I want to start painting as early as possible tomorrow morning. Shape, please?
Paul: Triangle?
Tony: Triangle yes that’s good…uh.. yes— and a colour please?
Paul: Pink?
Tony: A pink triangle. Yes. I think I’ll add a fish skeleton to that! (Pause) With a watch hanging on it! (Lies back on the bed, smiling thoughtfully to himself)
Tony (sitting on his bed and taking off his shoes): Oh— will you give me a shape, please?
Paul: Shape?
Tony: Well I can’t sleep unless I’m thinking of a shape, see? It’s for tomorrow. I want to start painting as early as possible tomorrow morning. Shape, please?
Paul: Triangle?
Tony: Triangle yes that’s good…uh.. yes— and a colour please?
Paul: Pink?
Tony: A pink triangle. Yes. I think I’ll add a fish skeleton to that! (Pause) With a watch hanging on it! (Lies back on the bed, smiling thoughtfully to himself)