“Truth is stranger than fiction
because Fiction is obliged to
stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.”
Maybe Mark Twain said this,
maybe he didn’t, but either way it’s not the
Am I Making This Up question of the day.
One more turn of the page will reveal today’s
quizzical conundrum in all its irrelevant glory.
“Johnny Depp has found a way of remaining hip in the
most frivolous and commercial projects – a quick wiggle
of the eyes, a half smile, a beat or two of silence, and he
conveys that he realizes it’s all nonsense. His attitude is:
‘Yes, I know, but why not come along for the ride?’”
– David Denby, The New Yorker, Jan. 4, 2010