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Mirror, Mirror . . .

— Nobody? 
— Well, maybe Agatha.

The March 20 date of a New Yorker  story by
Mary Gaitskill suggests a review of that date here —

“GLOW,” starring Alison Brie —

“In the bluish light emanating from the TV,
EE looked at him, her eyes veiled.”

— Being There , by Jerzy Kosinski

"It was my first job; I hadn’t yet turned eighteen."

— Mary Gaitskill, "Minority Report," short story
in The New Yorker , March 20, 2023.

Gaitskill's story also contains a film reference that
accounts for the story's title —

"Then suddenly, randomly, I remembered. I was watching
a movie with Jason, the man who, with time, became my
husband. It was a movie about imprisoned clairvoyants
who predict murders before they happen. Sexless and
obedient, the clairvoyants lay in artificial sleep, nearly
submerged in pools of water, connected to a huge machine
monitored by vigilant detectives."

That film  in this  journal —

For further background, see The New Yorker  piece
"Mary Gaitskill on Revisiting Her Story 'Secretary'."

Can You See?

I finally got around to watching "Minority Report" on DVD.  My favorite part is scene 16, which takes place in a sort of high-tech fantasy park — rather like Hollywood itself.  Rufus T. Riley, the hacker who works there, asks Anderton, "You brought a precog… here?"   When the reality sinks in, he exclaims "Jesus Christ!," falls to his knees, crosses himself, and asks "Are you reading my mind right now?"

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