The Sisyphean Quest for Tautness
Fresh facelift envy strikes again!
Good morning, Messketeers!
Once again delayed with my sincerest apologies. It’s just that I’ve had so many back-to-back meetings over the last two days!!! In a good way, to be sure, as we are definitely working shit out. But also, between that and recording the podcast, I feel like I’ve just been yapping into the abyss nonstop all week. I’m overdue for this return to the humble written word.
Before I throw up the paywall for the rest of the email, I just need to make two quick public declarations. One, is that I take back anything nice I said about The Drama last week because over the weekend I went to see the opera Innocence at The Met which grapples with the exact same themes WAY more profoundly and creatively. I find myself still thinking about and genuinely moved by that performance a week later. If you have a chance to see it, absolutely do. The set alone is insane. It’s basically a slowly rotating, cursed doll house.
And secondly, we had a Lowbrow Book Club meeting on Monday where we had a rousing discussion on Our Aesthetic Categories, which we will continue to read in May focusing on the “zany” chapter. A piece of theory I have come to believe might hold the key to unlocking the kingdom of Mess. But most importantly, one of our readers reminded me of the existence of Cassandra from Dr. Who — a sentient flap of skin stretched tight across a frame, which I presume is Kris Jenner’s platonic taut form. I’ve been so taken with the re-emergence of this character in my psyche, I also brought it up on the new episode of the podcast which will be coming your way on Monday
And finally, I will be livestreaming the Met Gala over on YouTube starting at 6pm est on Monday and writing all about it for paid subs next week. See you there!!!