For the event, I write a play about a day in Joe's life, starring Meryl Streep. The next day Joe fires Bernie. The Shah flees Iran. The Ayatollah appears on the scene, along with Margaret Thatcher. The Sandinistas seize Nicaragua.
People walk glassy-eyed, silent in streets and subways, earphones in their ears.
The Walkman is introduced. Louis Malle has money for a movie. During the wrap party in Montreal, smoke pours out of the kitchen in our hotel room. Adele calls Burt Lancaster to help. Burt opens the oven door.