noun
man of strength.
synonyms: brave, champion, man of courage,
great man, star, lion, favourite, darling.
Pull up a seat.
An uncomfortable seat.
We ask that you focus.
Please switch off your mobile phones.
In the film with the hero, the hero is beautiful.
Darling, the beautiful hero is saving the world.
In the film with the hero, the villain has scars.
The skin-mapped villain is killing for fun.
In these films with their heroes, their lions, their stars,
the world nurtures itself, darling.
The world understands blame.
‘I think, you see,’ the director explains.
‘That there is nothing wrong…
with the body…with it being used to show…
you know? … The audience needs to know.
…We need to tell them…
This is a world where we feel at home.’
Look here, darling.
Try not to stare.
We watch.
They watch.
He, she, it watches.