Well, Didn't You Read It?

Okay, look: I know attention spans are a hell of a lot shorter than what they used to be...Actually, no, I don't know that. There are times when I think that last sentence is used to disguise general laziness when it comes to paying attention.

I liken this to the complaints I hear from people these days about the length of a movie/play. You know, not even fifteen years ago, the average play was two and a half hours long. Can you imagine? The Godfather was over three hours long. If it came out now, people would leave the theater bitching: "Jesus, three hours? Why couldn't they cut out that one bit?"

This shit pisses me off to no end. If you're engaged in something, what the fuck are you thinking about how long it is? I mean, if it's that good, and you're fidgeting because you want to leave, you're a fucking cow in my book. Suck it up, bitch, get to the end.

I am, by no means, defending bloat. I hate bloat, because it gives people the reason to behave like this. I prefer my entertainments lean and to the point, so if you're going to spend, say, 20 pages describing a character's history or an event, then it better be pertinent to the story, as well as being entertaining.

Or, in the case of the world of letters, germane and possessing a point.

And, despite the fact that my writings seem to come out of my ass, I like to think that I don't waste time writing whatever it is I'm writing; whether it's an email, an entry for the underpants, notes for my actors or a script.

So, you can imagine how irritating it is to hear/read a question regarding something I've written and have to explain something that's already in the original missive to begin with. I will soon get to the point where I'm just going to say, "read it again," because HELLO?!? That's why I went to the trouble of writing it out, so your questions were answered. At least do me the favor of reading the whole fucking thing through, dumbass!

Now, if it's not in there, that's one thing. If one is wondering what happened after a certain event, that's cool. Or, even if the details are murky, that's okay too.

But, if it's right there, in plain text, know that you're playing with fire, whatever your excuse is.