Curtain
Curtain - meaning Summary
Distanced Applause for Life
Bukowski watches a televised "final curtain" for a long-running musical and reflects on his distance from public spectacle. He admits he never attended and would be sickened by the sentimentality, noting that the world and its entertainments have affected him only negatively. Rather than join the celebration, he allows others their joy, offering a withheld, almost ironic "thunderous accolade" so they remain apart from his life.
Read Complete AnalysesThe final curtain on one of the longest running musicals ever, some people claim to have seen it over one hundred times. I saw it on the tv news, that final curtain: flowers, cheers, tears, a thunderous accolade. I have not seen this particular musical but I know if I had that I wouldn't have been able to bear it, it would have sickened me. Trust me on this, the world and its peoples and its artful entertainment has done very little for me, only to me. Still, let them enjoy one another, it will keep them from my door and for this, my own thunderous accolade.
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