somewhat puzzling
lack of romance
at the end,
after fade-
to-black, I should
like to
have it said
that my life
was a flawed
but ambitious
action comedy:
full of plot
holes
and second-
rate songs,
and excruciatingly
overlong—
but somehow
well-paced,
and all that while
braced by its
penchant
for quips
and meticulous
send-ups
of hardship,
humiliation,
bad luck,
catastrophe.
