《《A Chance Deception (Short 1913)》》Storyline
I""ve ried all the major religions and most of the minor ones.I""ve worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan.I know things.For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball.When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance.(sigh) But it just didn""t work out between us.The Lord laid too much guilt on me.I prefer metaphysics o theology.[Note: Actually, there are only 59 beads in a Catholic rosary, but there are 108 beads in a Buddhist rosary.First they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still." (Teeth)"Voiceless, it cries.Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters." (Wind)"A box without hinges, key or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid." (Egg)"All things it devours, birds, beasts, trees, flowers, gnaws iron, bites steel, grinds hard stones to meal."A Captain of the King""s forces (later identified as Captain Phoebus) was also spellbound by the dancer: "That girl, what a beauty!" The King was impressed by her sensual dancing with a tambourine, and mentioned: "The people seem to like her, and so do I.Much more explicit in terms of obscene profanity, female nudity and bloody gore (and accused of following the trend of misogynistic ""torture-porn"").