like two souls in one
August 15, 2024 1:44 AM Subscribe
Cynics may say José and Betty were never in love, just using each other for beauty or status. Perhaps their lifelong performance of fame was a golden cage, a distraction from a toxic dynamic. But it also seemed possible that the artifice was the passion. All romance starts with a dose of delusion: We fall in love with the idea of someone until, over time, our fantasy of the other person either buckles under the strain of reality or carries on forever, eclipsing whatever reality may have once existed. from The Twisted True Love Story of Lady Betty Grafstein and José Castelo Branco [Vanity Fair; ungated]
CW: abuse allegations, transphobia
CW: abuse allegations, transphobia
Monkey sculptures knelt in prayer on gilded pedestals. A living room was decorated with Louis XVI furniture, a collection of Catholic saints, and a male nude in bronze. Lighting was by chandelier. Seating was in leopard.
Where is Bill Hader's character Stefan when you need him?
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:23 AM on August 15 [3 favorites]
Where is Bill Hader's character Stefan when you need him?
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:23 AM on August 15 [3 favorites]
Oh my lord, this was depressing/confusing.
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:41 AM on August 15 [2 favorites]
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:41 AM on August 15 [2 favorites]
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this is a thing?
brb...
posted by HearHere at 3:26 AM on August 15 [1 favorite]