You spend a lot of time at the opera. It’s a byproduct of being a wealthy
aristocrat with ample time and resources and little intellect or
motivation. That doesn’t mean you actually
like the opera any more. It’s just as
interminably boring for you as it is for the next guy (with the exception of
The Who’s Tommy). In fact, it’s sort of
worse. The fact that you’ve had the time
and money to see so many operas means you see renditions of the same tired
pieces again and again from musicians who traded ambition for steady pay years
ago and have long since fallen into an uneasy pattern of musicality as means,
rather than means of expression.
So when you show up at the operahouse tonight you’re going
to snort and laugh at the prospect that this new opera is going to “totally
blow your fucking mind,” as your friend told you it would. When the house lights dim you’ll prepare
yourself to be bombarded by a culturedump to forget.
But as the opening bars of unfamiliar music float through
the hall something incredible will happen.
Masked women will descend from the stage into the crowd. They’ll begin in the front row, bowing down
for a few minutes and then rising up as the men and women they engage with
cackle with glee. When they reach your
row you’ll be pregnant with curiosity.
The masks, the delicately concealed curves, all the more sensuous for
lack of light, the gloved hands. It will
all be so titillating that you’ll be aroused before the young woman who
approaches you unzips your pants and asks you to please remain quiet while she
jacks you off.
You’ll abide her, stuffing your tie into your mouth as you
thrash about wildly in your seat. You’ll
moan and shriek into your cloth before ejaculating on her hand, at which point
she’ll gently thank you before removing her gloves and placing them in an
ornate fanny-pack suspended at her side.
She’ll withdraw another pair of clean gloves from her cleavage before
moving on.
You’ll fall asleep a few minutes after that, but the next
day you’ll be all over your blog ranting about how you just saw the best opera
ever, and you plan to see it every night this week, $500 ticket prices be
damned.
Congratulations on Attending the Best Fucking Opera You’ve
Ever Seen!
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