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Gary , Indiana

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                         Gary a Town in  Indiana has several 'Nicknames' - 'The Magic City' or 'America's Crossroads' etc. Michael Jackson and family [Jackson 5 Musicians]once lived here when it was a thriving 'Steel Town'  but these days it is a shadow of its former self.. The Territory of Indiana  got its Name from the Freemasons who claimed it for the US Government- Gary was the Surname of some Millionaire Dude who developed the Steel Industry-most of the Town is now owned by Korean Car makers such as Hyundai. 'Indian' as a Word in English has various meanings -in Asia the River Indus was the Boundary of Britain's Colonial  'Empire' and Lands in the vicinity were called 'India'. The 'Dutch East India Company' virtually controlled all Asiatic Commerce at one time and a Route via the 'North West Passage' from Europe to Asia was unsuccessfully sought for -by Competitor Europeans. The 'Hudson Bay Company...

Death on the NEON Highway

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Oscar winner 'Rod' Steiger based one of His Characters on this Television Advert [In the Heat of the Night 1967] kind of illustrates the power of TV on 'Creativity' But DUI has killed far too many.... Did Larry kill someone because of His inept Driving? Cain never forget was a Murderer from the beginning....                                          [Pic 'Grand Waggoneer' Jeep 1987- 'Cherokee']  "House Trained. No, not at all..."[a line of Dialogue used by old Beau in 'Neon'- see My 'Introduction' Post where I make the supposition that this is a 'FREUDIAN SLIP' , -it could of course just be another 'in' joke -but 4 wheel Drive Vehicles somehow have a relevance-Crazy Heart Movie etc ]or it could be a Theatrical 'HOUSE' Troupe of Actors- with a lot of experienced and some very inexperienced-ACTORSof some old time Plays- 'IBSEN' the Norwegian comes to mind... ' THE MASTER WORKMA...

Return of the King

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                 Wolves in Sheep's Clothing.. [Marc Chagall] THE 'THEATRE OF THE ABSURD'  is a 'Genre' that examines 'Nihilism' amongst other Topics from 'Philosophic' point of view. Most proponents of this 'Meaningless' Absurdism are dead French Criminal Homosexuals, although other Nationalities have Their 'Exemplars'. Albert CAMUS [The 'Stranger']Eugene IONESCO [Le Rhinocerus] Brendan BEHAN [the Quare Fellow] Jean GENET ,Jean Paul SARTRE etc etc  The ridiculous, purposeless behaviour and talk give the plays a sometimes dazzling comic surface, but there is an underlying serious message of  metaphysical  distress. This reflects the influence of comic tradition drawn from such sources as  commedia dell’arte ,  vaudeville , and  music hall  combined with such theatre arts as  mime  and  acrobatics . At the same time, the impact of ideas as expressed by the  Surrealist ,  Existenti...

Long Lost

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  “The most important thing for everyone in Gringolandia is to have ambition and become 'somebody,' and frankly, I don't have the least ambition to become anybody.” - Frida Kahlo pic;FRIDA KAHLO SELF-PORTRAIT... https://allthatsinteresting.com/how-did-frida-kahlo-die A few days before her death, Kahlo mustered the strength to attend a rally in her wheelchair to protest the CIA-backed coup d’état against the democratically-elected Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz. Shortly after the rally, on July 13, 1954, Kahlo died at the age of 47. KAHLO had  Polio as a Child -She had one leg shorter than the other as a result.. Her Father was German.. Her Mother 'indigenous' Mexican. Leon Trotsky [real Jewish Name Lev Davidovitch 'Bronstein']was murdered in Her House in MEXICO CITY by a 'Communist Agent' Ramon Mercador...His Story from the Spanish Civil War is largely forgotten.. He used 'fake ID's that originally belonged to 'Volunteers' in the ...