Film: Textual Acting

a, what might be a long

or, depending on

your interpretation,

short time

in a galaxy

near, near and/or far, far

away...

Is this over yet?

Interfacial #1:

The Author Strikes Back

Like what if text was filmic?

Like in a theatre?

A reader watched text appearing on

the screen

like actors

performing theatre.

No rewind.

No fastforward.

Until it's on video or streaming.

No flipping ahead.

No flipping behind.

Until it's been novelized.

The Author's got the Force.

Equity is on the author's terms

for reading and

experiencing the text.

Interfacial #2:

The Phantom Audience

Of course, an audience can

just walk out.

That's their control.

But if they wanna experience,

the equity is

authorial.

For better or worse,

reading is fixed

And, jeez, there isn't even

navigation back to

Textual Temptations!

may the text be with you.