Mighty Aphrodite
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:02:21
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 sightless
by lust for expiation.

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Lost victim
of bewildered desire.

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Nor has Jason's wife
fared better.

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Giving life only to reclaim it
in vengeful fury.

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For to understand
the ways of the heart...

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is to grasp as clearly the malice
or ineptitude of the gods,

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who, in their vain and clumsy labors
to create a flawless surrogate,

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have left mankind
but dazed and incomplete.

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Take, for instance,
the case of Lenny Weinrib,

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a tale as Greek and timeless
as 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.

:03:15
- 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 my
first 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 like
the 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 about
having 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.

:03:58
- Sure.
- You say that like it's a good thing.


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