action is an essential element of the 21st century morality tale

& if we take the end of the film as an indication of the morals by which we are meant to live, the gaslighter always gets the girl^[1]

 

the cardinal sin is injection

the cardinal sin is body modification

 

& if we define cardinal as “that which defines all else,”

the application of topical gels is a venial sin; the application of tattoos, a lesser cardinal sin

 

& if transvestite means “one who dresses in the clothes of another sex,”

what is the word which defines “a man who clothes himself in another kind of being”^[2]

 

its a question of precognition vs ai –

in certain lights tobey maguire looks a lot like andrew garfield

 

we must be saved from our own bodies^[3]

we used to be a real country^[4]