WHAT WAS IT ALL ABOUT?
"Harlequin" .... "suddenly, at midlife, aware." "The costume implies illusion, but the" person "who wears it is real." The "purpose as a harlequin is to entertain, to be funny, to tell jokes, to help other people forget their pain, if even briefly," but "afflicted, just like everyone else." The"question is philosophic: what does the entertainer do when he runs out of entertainment? The answer".... "is down-to-earth, as real, as right as rain: he keeps right on entertaining." ---- From Theresa Southgate, M.D.