Poem: ‘The Pretend and the Fake’
Mark Rudman, 4 March 1999
Sam uses the words ‘pretend’ and ‘fake’ to distinguish representations from real things. Since all movie ratings are specious, conflating the slangy use of curse words, sickening violence, and kinky sex, I risked taking him to whatever films I thought would stimulate his imagination. When I asked if he was scared, he’d answer in a bold and firm voice: ‘No,...