Will The Truth Appeal If Unadorned With Lies?
Mar 16 2019
A pickle? Advertising. A homemade pickle? Advertising for the DIY lifestyle. A 6th-century pre-Islamic poem about onions? Advertising. A mountain? A mountain in the middle of the Sahara desert that no human being has ever laid eyes on? How could that be advertising? It is advertising. I don’t know how, but it is advertising. An as-yet- undiscovered asteroid in a galaxy on the other side of the universe? Is that a question? What do you think the answer is going to be? Yes, it’s advertising!
In a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen writes a premise check his monologue can't cash, which is maybe the point of the whole thing, lying to get your attention and selling you a lie, which you just accept because it's all lies all the way down, there aren't even elephants or turtles at the bottom, just deception. Trust us.
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Jeff Dorchen
Jeff is a visual artist, songwriter/musician, actor, essayist, fiction writer, poet, playwright and screenwriter. He's been a playwright, songwriter, and performer with Chicago's Theater Oobleck since 1988, a writer and actor with Red Baron Films since 2000, and a contributor to This Is Hell! since 1996. He currently lives in Los Angeles. He writes the Substack, Right Twice A Day.
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