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    The bad thing about being a world-famous contemporary artist is… actually, there are many bad things. The clout-chasers and users. The frenzied hoards of tabloid “reporters” and paparazzi vultures. The pressure from interviewers, curators, collectors, and art critics to pigeon-hole himself, or, at the very least, be consistent enough for them to do it for him. The neverending demands that he ascribe an approved meaning to his art. The elitist club at the very top of the art world pyramid, which David has never been a member of, what with his postmodern, mixed-media, performance piece style of art that in equal parts seems to shock and disgust and enthrall.

    Or, an alternate universe where David is a famous, reclusive modern contemporary artist and Patrick is the art critic who is interviewing him about his new exhibition.

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    09 Sep 2023

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    A young Patrick and David meet on a train in Europe and decide to spend one night together, getting to know each other while wandering a foreign city. Before Sunrise AU

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    13 Jul 2023

  3. Public Bookmark 33

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    “I was going to propose, you know,” he whispers. “I bought the rings and everything. I asked for Stevie’s blessing.”

    David wipes at his eyes and laughs, a little hoarse. “And what did she say?”

    “She said if I did anything to hurt you she would make sure I didn’t live to do it again,” A fond smile crosses Patrick’s face at the memory. “But she clearly didn’t follow through.”

    “Huh,” David laughs, and it sounds hollow. “What a bitch.”

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    Patrick runs into David five years after their break-up.

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    11 Mar 2023

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    Painter David Rose owns a warehouse in Schitt's Creek. He's trying very hard not to connect with people right now.
    Business major Patrick Brewer is a newly out and wants nothing more than to connect as his true self.

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    14 Jan 2022

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    David knew it was coming, but it didn’t make it any easier.

     

    He knew how Cabaret ended. He’d seen the movie, and the revival production at Studio 54, not to mention one of the West End revivals. His high school even did a production of Cabaret that he’d been involved with. So, he was intimately familiar with the plot. And anyway, it was set in pre-war Berlin, and anyone with the slightest grasp of 20th century history could guess where it would end up. It was like watching Titanic; you knew the ship was going to sink. It certainly wasn’t a surprise. But it wasn’t enough to know it was happening.
    David watches the ending of Cabaret on opening night, and it's really hard for him to see.

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    08 Dec 2021