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Woe unto man.
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Brave Achilles,slain in trial by blood...
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for prize,the bride of Menelaus.
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And father of Antigone,ruler of Thebes,
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self-rendered sightlessby lust for expiation.
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Lost victimof bewildered desire.
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Nor has Jason's wifefared better.
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Giving life only to reclaim itin vengeful fury.
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For to understandthe ways of the heart...
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is to grasp as clearly the maliceor ineptitude of the gods,
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who, in their vain and clumsy laborsto create a flawless surrogate,
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have left mankindbut dazed and incomplete.
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Take, for instance,the case of Lenny Weinrib,
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a tale as Greek and timelessas fate itself.
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- Lenny, let's have a baby.- Hey!
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A baby? Why? Because she's pregnant,you want to have a baby?
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- No. It's a great idea.- You could raise your own middleweight.
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- I don't want a middleweight.- Flyweight.
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- No, it'd be fun.- Have you ever had children?
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- No, I've never had children.- Why not?
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What do you mean, "why not?" 'Cause myfirst wife didn't want to have a child.
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- Then I never remarried really, so--- Oh, that's great.
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- What am I, chopped liver?- Until now.
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- Yeah?- I never-- You didn't let me finish.
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- No, you'd forgotten.- Now you've changed your mind.
You didn't want to have a child.
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- You should have kids.- It's like stereo. Give him a break.
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- You don't want a kid?- Oh, we--
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When we first met, she didn't likethe beach; she hated the Hamptons;
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she didn't want to have kids;she loved the Upper East Side,
she didn't want to move.
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Now suddenly she's making noise abouthaving a kid and moving to Tribeca.
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- Only if the gallery moves downtown.- Well, being pregnant is great.
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- Yeah?- I love it. You get treated
like the Queen of England.
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- Sure.- You say that like it's a good thing.
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