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.It would be less likely they d be cropped apartif neither of them was presenting the back of his head to the lens.Down the red carpet how different it was from Magic Mansion andinto the staging area, where they waited for the ceremony to begin.John fingered the cards in his pocket.He d practiced his speech sothat he knew it by heart but Ricardo had talked him into bringinghis notes just in case, knowing that if he had them at hand, he d beless likely to need them.David Copperfield, the first living magician to receive his star onthe Boulevard, did the opening speech.His manner was stunninglydown-to-earth for someone who owned a chain of islands in theBahamas.He d seen Glenn and Rose perform as a boy, and still hadthe utmost respect for them.When he referred to John, whom he donly met once, he was as warm and gracious as if the two of themhad been magician-pals for ages.He was handsome, too only a fewyears younger than John, and he looked like he was in his forties.True magic had its perks.Jia Lee spoke next.She d flown in from Brussels only the night before,but you wouldn t have known it.Her makeup, hair and cheongsamwere impeccable.Women like Rose Topaz, she said, could not expectto rise above the role of magician s assistant a mere forty yearsbefore.If only she were alive today to see how far the art had come.John surreptitiously chafed away goosebumps.In a few of his familyphotos, Rose did bear a striking resemblance to Jia.Fabian Swan, rocking his purple tux in the friends and family section,nodded his agreement.Beside him, Amazing Faye shot Ricardo a424 pointed look that clearly stated, See, it s not easy being a womanin this business. She should try being openly gay.That was a three-ring circus.And not the kind with trapezes and cotton candy.Finally, it was John s turn to speak.He stepped up to the podium andlooked at its surface as if he was considering pulling out his notecards, but instead he tilted the microphone toward himself, steppedback half a pace so as to resist clinging to the furniture and thuskeep full use of his expressive hands, and he began. If anyone is responsible for the long and unlikely journey that s endedin Glenn and Rose receiving their star, it s my agent, an old familyfriend, Dick Golding.Along with the producers of Magic Mansion,Dick spearheaded the campaign in exchange for my participation onthe show.However, I wouldn t have been in a position to appear onMagic Mansion at all if it weren t for& Casey Cornish. John paused and took a breath.He d never been a notorious weeper,not like the rest of the Magic Mansion crowd.But he did, on occasion,find himself choked up. Casey s personality lit up the room.My years with him kept meyoung.He taught me how to love, and how to laugh.I don t think heever meant to teach me how strong I could be.But that turned out tobe the main lesson I took away from the end of our time together. Ricardo blinked back a sting in his eyes.Faye was dabbing aroundthe edge of her mascara. And now, of course, Ricardo the Magnificent can also take plentyof credit for us all being here today.Ricardo and I met during MagicMansion s auditions and the hope that we might meet again was mytrue motivation for signing on to the show. John looked up and met Ricardo s eyes, and smiled his sad smile.Ricardo did his best to smile back and blink away encroaching tears.425 I wonder sometimes, John went on, what Rose would have saidabout Casey.And about Ricardo. John collected his thoughts foranother dramatically long pause.Not because he d forgotten thewords he d prepared but because he was weighing whether or notto deliver the next part of his speech.He considered, and he lookedat Ricardo once more& and he forged ahead. The choices I ve madein my life mattered to her, not as my aunt& but as my mother. The silence that greeted John s revelation was so profound, it seemedfor a moment as if an invisible volume control had been muted.Andthen, somewhere in the back of the crowd, an indistinct voice roseand fell, and the spell was broken.Cameras flashed, now galvanizedanew into action. It was a different time, John said, picking up his narrative as if hehadn t just dropped a bombshell. Divorced women were regularlydenied credit and housing.Minorities were required to pass literacytests in order to vote.Unwed mothers were coerced into adoption,whether they wanted to keep the child or not.And even in Hollywood,lifelong gay partners were referred to as bachelors, or worse, set upwith a fake wife by their studios or their managers.Glenn Forrest gaveCasey and me his blessing before he passed away, but my motherdied in 1973 without ever acknowledging my sexuality.In my mind,she never would have.But lately, it s occurred to me that if she werestill alive today, she would have had forty years to acclimate to theworld s changes.She would have seen the Internet, and an AfricanAmerican president, and the fight for gay rights& and I suspect thateven though she was known for being a tough, stubborn woman, shewouldn t have been able to deny that my life is infinitely better withRicardo Hart in it. Somehow, Ricardo managed to refrain from out-and-out crying.Good thing [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.It would be less likely they d be cropped apartif neither of them was presenting the back of his head to the lens.Down the red carpet how different it was from Magic Mansion andinto the staging area, where they waited for the ceremony to begin.John fingered the cards in his pocket.He d practiced his speech sothat he knew it by heart but Ricardo had talked him into bringinghis notes just in case, knowing that if he had them at hand, he d beless likely to need them.David Copperfield, the first living magician to receive his star onthe Boulevard, did the opening speech.His manner was stunninglydown-to-earth for someone who owned a chain of islands in theBahamas.He d seen Glenn and Rose perform as a boy, and still hadthe utmost respect for them.When he referred to John, whom he donly met once, he was as warm and gracious as if the two of themhad been magician-pals for ages.He was handsome, too only a fewyears younger than John, and he looked like he was in his forties.True magic had its perks.Jia Lee spoke next.She d flown in from Brussels only the night before,but you wouldn t have known it.Her makeup, hair and cheongsamwere impeccable.Women like Rose Topaz, she said, could not expectto rise above the role of magician s assistant a mere forty yearsbefore.If only she were alive today to see how far the art had come.John surreptitiously chafed away goosebumps.In a few of his familyphotos, Rose did bear a striking resemblance to Jia.Fabian Swan, rocking his purple tux in the friends and family section,nodded his agreement.Beside him, Amazing Faye shot Ricardo a424 pointed look that clearly stated, See, it s not easy being a womanin this business. She should try being openly gay.That was a three-ring circus.And not the kind with trapezes and cotton candy.Finally, it was John s turn to speak.He stepped up to the podium andlooked at its surface as if he was considering pulling out his notecards, but instead he tilted the microphone toward himself, steppedback half a pace so as to resist clinging to the furniture and thuskeep full use of his expressive hands, and he began. If anyone is responsible for the long and unlikely journey that s endedin Glenn and Rose receiving their star, it s my agent, an old familyfriend, Dick Golding.Along with the producers of Magic Mansion,Dick spearheaded the campaign in exchange for my participation onthe show.However, I wouldn t have been in a position to appear onMagic Mansion at all if it weren t for& Casey Cornish. John paused and took a breath.He d never been a notorious weeper,not like the rest of the Magic Mansion crowd.But he did, on occasion,find himself choked up. Casey s personality lit up the room.My years with him kept meyoung.He taught me how to love, and how to laugh.I don t think heever meant to teach me how strong I could be.But that turned out tobe the main lesson I took away from the end of our time together. Ricardo blinked back a sting in his eyes.Faye was dabbing aroundthe edge of her mascara. And now, of course, Ricardo the Magnificent can also take plentyof credit for us all being here today.Ricardo and I met during MagicMansion s auditions and the hope that we might meet again was mytrue motivation for signing on to the show. John looked up and met Ricardo s eyes, and smiled his sad smile.Ricardo did his best to smile back and blink away encroaching tears.425 I wonder sometimes, John went on, what Rose would have saidabout Casey.And about Ricardo. John collected his thoughts foranother dramatically long pause.Not because he d forgotten thewords he d prepared but because he was weighing whether or notto deliver the next part of his speech.He considered, and he lookedat Ricardo once more& and he forged ahead. The choices I ve madein my life mattered to her, not as my aunt& but as my mother. The silence that greeted John s revelation was so profound, it seemedfor a moment as if an invisible volume control had been muted.Andthen, somewhere in the back of the crowd, an indistinct voice roseand fell, and the spell was broken.Cameras flashed, now galvanizedanew into action. It was a different time, John said, picking up his narrative as if hehadn t just dropped a bombshell. Divorced women were regularlydenied credit and housing.Minorities were required to pass literacytests in order to vote.Unwed mothers were coerced into adoption,whether they wanted to keep the child or not.And even in Hollywood,lifelong gay partners were referred to as bachelors, or worse, set upwith a fake wife by their studios or their managers.Glenn Forrest gaveCasey and me his blessing before he passed away, but my motherdied in 1973 without ever acknowledging my sexuality.In my mind,she never would have.But lately, it s occurred to me that if she werestill alive today, she would have had forty years to acclimate to theworld s changes.She would have seen the Internet, and an AfricanAmerican president, and the fight for gay rights& and I suspect thateven though she was known for being a tough, stubborn woman, shewouldn t have been able to deny that my life is infinitely better withRicardo Hart in it. Somehow, Ricardo managed to refrain from out-and-out crying.Good thing [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]