The Decay of Civilization · One Capital and Two Nothingness

Ayden 2022-07-07 13:48:44

Story core : Oliver and Oswald are twin zoologists, a swan car accident, the wife died. They became interested in Alba, the survivor of the car accident, kept getting clues from her, and searched for the truth by watching documentaries on the origin of life. , observe the process of their decay. Of course, this is only a story presented on the surface. Mysterious films must have their meaning, such as discussing and accusing some obscure topics. In fact, the film is a metaphor for the development history of human civilization under the guise of the origin and development of species. Seemingly obsessed with the study of decay and demise, it is actually an inquiry into the meaning of life and the integrity of civilization.

Director's brief introduction: Greenaway studied painting and majored in painting. At the age of 16, he accidentally watched Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" in the theater and was inspired. With the influence of the New Wave, he decided to study through related work. , dive into the film industry. At the age of 23, he worked as a documentary editor for the British Government Intelligence Information Center for 11 years. These experiences have led to his works not only indulging in the artistry of color composition and installation, but also full of experimental rationality and thinking.

Most of his works are obscure and incomprehensible, with bright and symmetrical color composition, art display-style props, spanning space layout, and a combination of life-rhythmic music, breathing light and shadow, and a curious plot. This kind of calm and restrained but full of a sense of sacred madness ritual synaesthesia, inexplicably has a tingling and tragic deep mockery under the surface of absurd comedy.

Greenaway believes that the majority of movies are content-centered, and there is a lack of image-centered movies. Therefore, his avant-garde and creativity are derived from visual art. Rather than dissecting the narrative in his films, it's better to immerse yourself in the unique audiovisual art gallery he has created. Of course, this does not mean that his ideology is superficial and empty. In his films, various puns and metaphors are ingeniously combined, and the exquisite image layout is full of experiences and reflections on history, art, science, humanities, and human civilization. The accusation of some unreasonable social mechanism, the irony of social values, the macro attitude of facing up to the diversity and integrity of human civilization, and the release of humanism's love of beauty and freedom, like an artistic anatomist, Use the art form of film to reflect and analyze human civilization.

If you can't understand his spiritual core through one film, you will gradually find clues about him through his other films. He loves art, visual innovation, extensive experience, unique and sharp perspective, and a macroscopic and predictable pattern. I like to explore and analyze problems creatively with the help of certain experimental installations and art forms. He hates the human nature that is imprisoned and imprisoned by interests and values, and advocates freedom, natural love and beauty, and is even a little idealistic. To see his works, you must read the original English version, because he is keen on metaphors, good at satire, and inadvertently throws out a few key words under the absurd appearance. Here are the clues about his deviant, absurd abstraction. Those clues are diverse, and they are art installations constructed by interweaving multiple ideas. Perhaps, after you really understand him, you will see a deep and pure soul, contrary to the appearance.

Key intent:

Leda and the Swan - From Greek mythology, Leda was the daughter of King Testios of Atolia, the most famous beauty and sea nymph in Greece, and the wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta. Because their marriage did not sacrifice to Aphrodite, the god of love, it attracted revenge. Tyndarius arranged Lida on an elegant and quiet island. Once, Lida bathed in the lake, and Aphrodite turned Zeus into a swan and herself into an eagle to chase wildly. Swan Zeus saw Lida in love and flew to Lida's side. Lida felt pity and picked up the swan to caress. Aphrodite took the opportunity to cast a spell, impregnating Lida and giving birth to two golden eggs. Each egg hatches two children. One is the illegitimate children of Leda and Zeus, Pollux and Helen. The other was the children of Leda and Tyndarius, Castor and Clythemestra. The half-brothers Pollux and Castor were later Geminis.

A ZED&TWO NOUGHTS- What does a Z and two 0s stand for in the title. Z stands for capital exploitation 0 stands for emptiness and masochism

Snail Forest and Snails: A photo of a green forest on the table, representing the snail forest, the birthplace of Alba Bivik, representing the forest of desires. What do snails represent, they have beautiful and primitive life forms. They help the world corrode. They are hermaphrodites and can satisfy their sexual needs on their own. Desires are selfish and destroy human beings.

8 Stages: Apple Shrimp Angel Fish Crocodile Swan Dalmatian Zebra Man

*Pay attention to the decoration and decoration of Alba's rooms in various periods, the director is very attentive

Stage 1: Apple (Religion) - Butterfly (Freedom)

In the 14th and 15th centuries, the rise of new capitalism in Europe, the emergence of capitalism

Stage 2: Shrimp (Spain, Portugal, predators opened by new routes) - Snails (desire)

From the middle of the 15th century to the middle of the 16th century, new air routes were opened, Spain and Portugal, primitive accumulation of capital

Stage 3: Shrimp (Netherlands)

From the 17th to the mid-18th century, the Netherlands, the battle for maritime supremacy

Stage 4: Crocodile (Battle for supremacy) - Angelfish (people exiled to America) - Angelfish decay (post-independence capital)

From the 1860s to the early 19th century, the first industrial revolution, the British hegemony

Stage 5: Swans (capital) - Flamingos (exploited workers)

From the early 19th century to the 1840s, the British industrial power, the formation of capitalism

Stage 6: Dalmatians (colonial aggression) - Rhino (invaded)

1840s ~ early 20th century, Victorian period, the second industrial revolution

Stage 7: Zebra (Imperialism) - Tiger (Unemployed)

Early 20th century to 1940s, world war, economic crisis

Stage 8: Humans (Indifference to Interests) - Venus (Love and Beauty)

Beginning in the 1940s, post-war recovery, the third industrial revolution, information technology, stagflation

The 4 Stages of Capitalism: (Segmented by Beta's Animal Words)

The Renaissance sprouts, the beginning of a new route, the development of capitalism, the decay of capitalism

The meaning of the name: (The characters are diversified with the plot)

Oliver: Peace and Happiness

Oswald: the rights of the masses

Alba Bivik: The name Alba Bivik, Alba means a single-celled creature, and Bivik means a witness. She is a symbol, representing the ignorant public and a witness to history. Her role is mainly to throw questions. She was born in the snail forest, which is the forest of desires, and she is the key used to find clues and represents the stage of time. It also represents the role of the King of England.

Milo Venus: Venus represents love and beauty, Milo, she wears zebra print shoes, and represents capitalism. Her appearance is generally in the statement of some capital dirty things.

Holden: black hat and black coat, representing the capitalist

Beta: The name is derived from the Greek alphabet, representing children and descendants

Van Meegeren: Physician, former Dutch representative, later parliamentary

Catalina: Red Hat, a metaphorical character, representing many, Whig, Ming and Qing Dynasties, etc.

Faraste: The black suit with a serious face, the man in power behind the scenes

Pratt: The one in the blue uniform, manager

Analysis of the film: (The full text is very long, and the capital perspective is a hundred years of loneliness. The parentheses are my re-translation based on the English subtitles.)

At the beginning of the film, the two children took the Dalmatians to the zoo, and the Dalmatians fought hard. Begins the topic, what is a zoo? It's a place where dogs instinctively don't want to go, but kids take it for granted. The zoo here is a pun intended, in addition to representing the place where animals are kept and managed, it also metaphors the social mechanism of human beings.

Brothers Oliver and Oswald, ethologists working at zoos, Oliver observed tigers roaming back and forth in their cages, and Oswald was taking pictures of a one-legged orangutan when a sudden spark of fire occurred outside. had a car accident. Here, the car accident can be understood as the two brothers were deeply touched and inspired when they observed animals, and their souls were violently hit. This led to the following series of thoughts.

What kind of car accident is this? The two brothers' wives were killed in a car accident caused by a swan hitting a human, but Alba Bivik, who was driving, survived. At this time, a voiceover came. [Swan, what kind of swan? Lida? Who is Lida? Is she the injured woman? Hurt by whom? By Zeus? Is that what caused the death? A female swan? How do you know it's female? Have eggs? Dystocia? Is it bald? It might be just an ordinary goose. Does it come from a zoo? 】Here, we need to combine the allusions of Lida and the swan to analyze. The souls of the two brothers were devastated, just as Zeus became a swan and raped Leda. The death of their wife means that their happiness is lost, and they start to suffer. This pain is like Alba who lost a leg after a car accident, causing them to constantly wonder and think.

The headline of the newspaper "Swan strikes, two people die", the death of two people is a pun, not only representing the death of their wives, but also the death of their soul beliefs and loss of happiness.

Oliver, who lost his wife, cried bitterly outside the zoo. The scene of the car accident was full of feathers and shards of glass. This was a true portrayal of Oliver's heart. There were shards of glass representing pain and swan feathers representing doubt. Notice the ZOO blue sign behind him? The Z goes out and there are only two O's left, where the O's represent Oliver and Osward, and the O's are also like the number 0, representing emptiness and masochism.

Alba in the operating room is like two brothers in pain. As the curtain rises, no matter it is night or day, there is always a woman with a red hat staring at the cage-like door on the right. The two brothers realized that they were no different from those animals and had been living in cages.

The next scene is my favorite. Michael Newman's time-lapse soundtrack is accompanied by flickering breathing light and shadows in the dark. The lens is slowly zoomed into the laboratory. Oswald's pain is unbearable. This synaesthesia The style of scheduling, full of breath, shapes the murmur of life's indictment, like grief and indignation in Oswald's head, and he feels tear and pain in the face of these innocent lives.

Then the picture cuts to the one-legged orangutan that Oswald photographed, and he is thinking, what is the difference between this orangutan and himself.

After the funeral, Oreo and Oswald had a chat. 【How long does it take for a woman to rot? 6 months, maybe a year, depending on the conditions. Does pregnancy make things different? Won't! What about the child? How long has she been pregnant? About 10 weeks. That's it. I can't stand that she's rotting, what's going to happen in the first place? At first the bacteria will start to break down in the intestines. What kind of bacteria? Putrefaction flora, about 130,000 putrefaction bacteria are produced for every light lick of a human tongue, 250,000 are produced by the French kiss, and the first exchange of bacteria was when Adam kissed Eve in Genesis. Possibly Eve kissing Adam? impossible! She gave Apple her first 100,000 bacteria. 】This paragraph is saying that what causes the human body to corrode is the putrefactive bacteria in the body. It is also a metaphor that the decay of human civilization is the decay of itself. When did this decay begin? That has to start with the theological Genesis, when Eve ate the forbidden fruit.

Then, the two brothers scattered flowers at the scene of the car accident, behind which was a white-painted tiger advertisement and a ladder, and the background sound was a documentary on the origin of life. [If the evolutionary span of life on earth is converted into 365 days a year, then the first time humans appeared was on the evening of December 13th, just as the sky was getting dark. Earth has a history of 4 billion years before the advent of human beings, a very slow, irregular and continuous long process of biological change and evolution. It is relatively easy to understand why one species gave way to another. But it's hard to understand the evolutionary leaps needed to build the most complex bridges between apes and humans. Moreover, it is even more difficult to think about why life can arise by itself, obviously out of nothing. ] Here, the flowers represent a farewell to the past thinking mode, the advertising car painted in white represents that the two brothers will start to understand the world from the new, which also corresponds to the original state of the origin of life, and the ladder represents evolution. They want to find inspiration from biological evolution, corresponding to the reasons for the decay of human civilization.

Stage 1: In the movie theater, Oliver begins watching a documentary on the origin of life. [The conditions for the origin of life on Earth can no longer be replicated. Because today's atmosphere is full of oxygen, which is necessary for all animals to breathe. But in the beginning, there was almost no oxygen on Earth. There's methane, ammonia, carbon monoxide, water, electrical storms, ultraviolet light, and the first carbon compounds. Near volcanic springs like this, huge amounts of hydrogen are produced. This condition is favorable for the formation of the first cyanobacteria and green cyanobacteria. They use hydrogen in water, use chlorophyll, and through photosynthesis, release a lot of oxygen, completely changing the atmosphere on Earth. Their arrival marked a key step in the evolution of higher organisms. ] When mentioning that hydrogen is beneficial to the formation of cyanobacteria, Oliver took out the glass slag, blew the feathers away, and thought. This means that through this film, Oliver has an insight. It turns out that those harsh environments will produce cyanobacteria, just like the glass slag left by a car accident, which is pain. And cyanobacteria will photosynthesize to produce oxygen, just like through reflection on these pains, new energy and turnaround. Oxygen marks a critical step in the evolution of higher organisms, indicating that the thinking patterns and cognitive abilities of the two brothers are about to begin to evolve.

In Alba's ward, the two brothers had a conversation with her. 【how do you feel? Missing a leg, where there are no legs, a woman with one leg is a queen, there is a prostitute without legs, in Marseilles during the war, she was very rich, she rarely left her bed, because she could not, her two One leg was amputated in the groin, imagine gentlemen, no thighs to prevent entry, she was loved and respected, had many lovers (cut to a plate of apples), she died young, some of her lovers think, she should be buried in a short coffin, others think that the empty space of the long coffin should be filled with flowers, and finally, of course, her family decided, they put a prosthesis on the body, imagine the whole body, all the wonderful The details have gradually disappeared, leaving only a skeleton with iron legs, especially since such legs were made for a man named Philips Rainbow . You researched very thoroughly. I made it up, I'm now looking for a guy named Philip Rainbow to stop crying and find out the truth about the prosthetic leg he lent a dead woman. How is your daughter? Beta is fine, she said, my legs are gone with a dutch. ] The name Alba Bivik, Alba means single-celled creature, Bivik is the meaning of witness, she is a symbol, representing the ignorant public, but also the witness of history, her role is mainly throw questions. This dialogue is saying that in the Middle Ages, the Catholic | Church held people’s thoughts, science and art stagnated, and women under the Catholic Church asceticism would be executed as witches if they were careless, and were monopolized by the Church. The brothel prostitutes are very popular, and the regular customers of these prostitutes are the priests of the church. These priests are like these apples, the culprits of this period. During the reign of King Philip IV of France, he strongly suppressed the Pope of Rome and became the first monarch to deny the religious authority. He executed Pope Boniface VIII, and later sent troops to imprison the Pope in Avigny, France. Ong, start using the puppet pope. In Italy, where there was no papal restraint, the emerging bourgeoisie began the Renaissance movement, which was conducive to the emergence of early capitalism. With the passage of time, we have not known the full picture of history. Should the coffin be cut off or beautified? In any case, the papal rule weakened, the autocratic monarchy strengthened, the puppet pope became the tool of the monarchy's rule, and people were still not free. My legs and Holland are gone, to say that capitalism sprouts on the Mediterranean coast, in the Netherlands, etc.

In the laboratory, Oswald took a bite from the green apple, and he found some clues from the conversation. The problem at the beginning of human civilization appeared in religion. In Genesis, Eve stole the forbidden fruit. This desire is the beginning of human sin. It also heralded the beginning of the budding capitalism.

At the zoo, Venus Milo and Houghton have a conversation. 【Good morning, Venus! How are zebras? black and white. Good morning Milo, what are you doing? Just come and see if you take care of the animals properly. You can come and take care of me. Where can I do that? Behind the panda cage, we should give them some encouragement. There are no beds there. Since when do you need a bed, Milo? Just now since my back pain started! I'll give you... 5 pounds, and 2 pounds of zebra steak. Are owls hungry? Not for you, owls are not picky eaters, they eat everything, even lizards. Do you prefer a lizard or a viviparous zebra? Tell me, Milo! Do you think a zebra is an animal with black stripes on a white background or white stripes on a black background? Hold my shoes for me, in the past, there was a bed behind the vulture cage. what! You were young then (zebra shoes in Holden tapper) and now you have less bargaining capital. Now I have experience. and animals? Well, then! I'll give you four pounds of beef liver and a drink, or we'll have to look at your license. A license is only required to run a zoo, not to hold it all the time. You can start a zoo, Houghton, even though you have to pay me to visit, you can keep having your free meat, I'll charge 10 pounds every half hour, and the tail feathers of the American bald eagle. Are you making hats? No, I'm writing a dirty story. We don't have American bald eagles. Oh, I forgot, a black and white bird. Then I'll be introduced by Oliver and Oswald. What do you want to do with them? I can help, their wife is dead and I need a bath. You can bathe, if I can watch. Shocking! That's what all of us animals do here, isn't it?] In this dialogue, the zebra represents the symbol of capitalism, Holden represents the capitalist, Venus Milo represents love and beauty, she wears zebra-print shoes, and represents capitalism. What is capitalism like? black and white. You can take care of me, I am talking about the improvement of agricultural handicraft technology and the rapid development of commodity economy in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries, which promoted the change of production relations. The earliest in Venice, Rome, Florence, Netherlands and other places on the Mediterranean coast, The urban guilds were divided into handicraftsmen, and capitalist employment relations were formed, and capitalism sprouted. Behind the panda cage, it is said that the European upper class has an expanding demand for Chinese porcelain, silk and Indian spices and gemstones. Nobles, merchants and the emerging bourgeoisie have a strong greed for gold, but the two trade routes between the East and the West, Monopolized by Ottoman Turks and Arabs. They were desperate to find new routes and overseas markets to develop Europe's nascent capitalism. The owl represents the capitalist, the lizard represents the natural economy, and the viviparous zebra represents the budding capitalism. Zebras are black stripes on a white background or white stripes on a black background, it means that they are black and white for the benefit. Milo handed the zebra-printed shoes to Holden. The director handled it in a very subtle and interesting way. Holden tapped the shoes and said, "Ah! You were young then..." This is a metaphor for capitalism in this period. in the embryonic stage. The "founding zoo" paragraph means that the package buyers of the capital that controls the commerce take advantage of the economic difficulties of the small producers, pre-purchase products at low prices, and later distribute the raw materials to the small producers, demanding delivery on time and according to specifications, and paying a certain remuneration, so , small producers lose their operational independence. Package buyers will gather scattered small producers to form a centralized capitalist handicraft market to improve production efficiency. This is a preparatory stage for the transition to capitalist machine-based large-scale production. The American bald eagle means that Columbus originally wanted to open up a new way to the East, but unexpectedly discovered the New World of America. European countries have come one after another to establish colonial trade points. Beef means that Spain will be the protagonist for the next 100 years. They brought contagion and killing to the native Indians, and the beginning of a civilization led to the end of a civilization. The two brothers' wives died, which means that the primitive civilization they admired is gone, Milo needs to take a bath, it means that capital cleans himself up, and capitalists are the people watching all this behind the scenes, this is what all animals do again. This conversation, Philip Rainbow has been watching. Is a sign of time, 14th-15th century.

In the movie theater, Oliver is cutting newspapers. [A tablespoon of pool water contains about 10,000 microorganisms. In the entire ocean, the number of living things is even more uncountable. Two billion years ago, the ancestors of countless simple-structured organisms excitedly appeared in primitive bacteria and the first algae. 】Farraster and Oliver's dialogue, 【Oliver, please accept your condolences, can the zoo help? What are you looking at? The origin of life, it's a catharsis. what is it? Watch the origin of life. Yeah? Yes! Because I know how it will end. How will it end? by a swan. Oh, really. There was also a white car, a Ford Mercury with registration number NID26BW, driven by a woman with flaming red hair surrounded by white feathers, her name was Alba Bivik. However, I am sorry that you will find this movie inaccurate. Oh, don't ruin it because of me, Falaster. I will get it in stages, it needs to be digested and absorbed. I'm sure I must have been wrong before, and now I'm looking for clues. That kind of clue? Try to separate the clues between the truth and the red herring (confusion of right and wrong). I heard that all 8 parts of the second copy of the film were also rented out. Presumably some people are also looking for red herring. ] In this passage, referring to the emergence of the ancestors of single-celled organisms, Faraste appeared, representing the power-holders, and at that time, he represented the mercantile Tudor dynasty. knocked on the door of capitalism. Through a swan, combined with the story of Lida and the swan, it represents the capital of human beings exploited in a sanctimonious manner. This dialogue also tells us that the entire film is divided into 8 parts, which are the 8 stages of capitalist development. The red herring represents distraction, and the director is reminding us that you can find the truth he really wants to reveal without the red herring on the surface of the film.

Oswald's house, watching TV. [Two billion years ago, the ancestors of countless simple-structured organisms excitedly appeared in primitive bacteria and the first algae. Single-celled organisms, primitive jellyfish, sponges, polyps, colonists. Countless individuals have made the original ocean a thick soup, and the conditions for the evolution of more complex organisms are ripe for the future. ] Making the ocean a thick soup is a metaphor for the arrival of the era of great voyages and colonial expansion after the opening of new shipping routes.

In Alba's ward, Oliver talks to Alba. [Oliver, come in! Where has Oswald gone? Ah, he's working. Work would comfort him, I think. When did you meet my wife? My daughter and I met her at the zoo, and when I took Beta to the insect house to see the butterflies, your wife said they should be released, she doesn't approve of zoos, doesn't she? Why is your daughter named Beta? Alpha alpha, beta beta, gamma gamma (Greek letters), I want 26 children , beta is not the first, the first is dead. I got an infection, mercury poisoning. In my hometown, you have to use mercury to induce miscarriage. There are no 26 letters in the Greek alphabet, only 23 . ] This dialogue is saying that the two brothers prefer ancient Greek and ancient Roman civilization, and butterflies represent freedom. When it comes to why his daughter is called Beta, the director gave us a hint with music. This is to say that the Renaissance used the ideas of ancient Greek and ancient Roman humanism. The first one died, which means that the ancient Greek and ancient Roman period has passed, and Beta represents the child of the Renaissance, and the second one. Alba wants to have 26 children, that is, she wants to continue this civilization forever. Oliver said that there are only 23 Greek letters, and he is saying that capitalism is nothing but humanism in the guise of creating something more. on humanistic things.

In the laboratory, Prett, Horton and other three watched the time-lapse photography installation and had a dialogue with [What is Oswald doing? Watch the apples fade away. So original! 】

In Alba Ward, the female teacher and Beta [What does A stand for... Angel fish B? Butterfly] The female teacher here represents the inheritance of Greek civilization, the angel fish is love, and the butterfly is freedom.

In the zoo, Oliver releases butterflies, the conversation between Oliver and Pratt. 【Do you think this is wise? There are too many of them. Can they survive the cold? This park is too crowded, first of all, too many staff, don't you have anything else to do but watch me? Venus Milo is looking for you. ] Flying butterflies means that he wants to free the humanism in ancient Greek and Roman civilizations.

The second stage: In Alba's ward, Alba talks to Oswald [I can't stand her corpse rotting, I don't know why. Or for some reason? This is where? This is my birthplace, Snail Forest. Tell me what happened, in more detail. You know what's going on, Paula and Griselda are going to buy china. What is Griselda wearing? Green hat, black shoes, we left there about 3pm. Is she wearing a scarf? Yes, we came out of the parking lot and then.. why did she go to buy china? She said she needed china and she bought 6 soup bowls. What are they like? They are blue flowers (blue and white porcelain) on a white background, and there is an egg timer and a milk jug. Egg timer? Why does she tm want an egg timer? I guess, Oswald, time the eggs. Well, why does she want an egg timer? Oswald, think about what you're talking about. What else did she buy? Paula wanted to visit the fishmonger and I bought a lobster. What do you buy lobster for? Oswald, that's a stupid question. Did my wife buy anything? Oh yes, prawns. Prawns? Yes! Thanks! it's OK now. But in the story, it goes back a long way. Oh well, thanks for telling me this. Oswald, where are you going? ] This passage is to say that in the 15th and 16th centuries, Western Europe entered the stage of opening up new routes. Oswald picked up the forest photo on the table, and the director used music to remind us that the snail forest is the key clue, which represents the primitive desire of human beings. , the snail forest is the forest of desire. During this period, Western Europe urgently needed to open up new routes for gold and overseas markets. Replacing the apples at the head of the bed with pandas and buying china are obviously related to Asia. Here, Paula and Griselda represent Spain and Portugal, buying china means that the early purpose of new shipping routes was for trade in Asia, egg timers represent the beginning of capitalism, and milk jugs represent the primitive accumulation of capital. Prawns means that shrimps swim fast and far in the sea, a metaphor for sailing Portugal and Spain, while lobsters mostly crawl on the bottom of the sea. Here Alba buys lobsters on behalf of other countries such as the United Kingdom, which is a metaphor for the relative progress of the sea in the early stage of this period. slow.

In the cinema, Oliver watched a documentary with a newspaper. [The evolution of animals of all shapes, forms and structures is beyond imagination during this period. Crabs that run rampant, snails that move slowly, animals that look like stones and take on the color of sand, animals that look like plants, that produce poison and spiny organs in order to forage, they feed on animal debris, interdependent on each other. Created defense and attack systems of infinite ingenuity. ] Conversation between Oliver and Pratt. 【Any clues in the newspaper? Why don't you sit first, Prett? Thanks so much, Oliver. I heard you were there too. There is a strange smell here. It's me, I stopped bathing. Now, I'm sorry to hear about your wife. Me too. Venus Milo is asking you. Everyone's a pimp and a messenger, eh, Prett? up to you. ] The content of this documentary is alluding to the state of the new route period. The rampant crabs represent the colonial expansion and plundering of Portugal and Spain, the slow-moving snails represent the growing desire, the predators are as ruthless and cruel as stones, poison and The prickly organ means that in the New World of America, Spain gave Indians carpets with viruses, infecting the virus to Indians without antibodies, and killing and looting them, leading to their demise. There is also the triangular trade of black slaves. Interdependence means that the scope of European trade has expanded unprecedentedly, the connection between Western Europe and the rest of the world has been strengthened, the transfer of trade routes and commercial centers, the transformation of business operations, the formation of world markets, and the initiation of commercial revolutions. I heard you were there too, it's ironic to say that 16th century England was involved as well, to stop bathing. Milo is asking you, saying that capitalism is beckoning you, everyone is a pimp and a messenger, and is also a satire of the state of the period. Also, the emergence of Western newspapers can also be said to be a product of the development of capitalist economies.

In Oswald's house, check out the prawns. Found another sinful clue.

At Oliver's house, Oliver talks to Milo. [Milo, have you ever written stories with animals? If that's what you want, if it helps you, I can create it for you, £5 a story, that's the price of Anna Isling in 1927, only she's professional, I haven't started Career, give me 5 pounds or an introduction to a publisher, or a credit to a big bookstore. Alright alright! continue! A long time ago, there were 3 bears there.. no fairy tales. don't want? All right. There's a circus owner in Anchorage who keeps a polar bear called Fairbanks to keep the Eskimo wives happy.. Impossible! How did you know Alaska? I'm good at geography, the bear has a pointy nose, he's naturally sweet, with a rough and tentative tongue, he likes honey too...sounds like a bedtime story. Is this not what you want? Alaska has no bees. In Alaska, there are as many bees as snails. Why do you like snails? They have beautiful and primitive life forms. They help the world corrode. They are hermaphrodites and can satisfy their sexual needs on their own. incredible. Yes, I think so too. The owner of the circus rented out the bear with a jar of honey, with two lucrative income streams.My God, Milo! This is another ramble about money. I'm not in favor of circuses. I don't approve of zoos. Shut up and go out. But I haven't gotten to the climax yet. go out! go out! Oh watch out for your snails! go out! go out! go! go out! Lyrics: If you go to the woods today, you better disguise and go, if you go to the woods today, make sure.. be careful with them, you idiot! This is the best mohair I've spent a lot of time on this dress if you go to the forest today you better camouflage and go again if you go to the forest today make sure you have a big surprise your brother oswal What story do you like? Why don't you ask him? At 6 o'clock their mom and dad will take them home to sleep because they're tired little teddy bears, put those little snails aside, you filthy man. 】Anna Isning is a Spanish female writer. She is not shy about erotic descriptions. She is the only professional. Maybe she is saying that in the early days of the Great Voyage Age, only Spain was professional in the early days... The early British period has not yet started. Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Alaska all represent the New World of America, where Spain colonized and expanded, plundered gold and silver wildly, brutally slaughtered, spread plague, enslaved local natives, and finally wiped out the Indians. There is as much Alaskan honey as there are snails, which means that there is as much gold plundered in America as desire. Oliver said that he likes snails because he has a primitive life form, he is talking about desire, he will help the world to corrode, desire will devour human beings, and those who pursue interests are selfish. The two sources of income are that while Spain plundered gold and silver in the Americas, it enslaved the natives to cultivate, build, and mine. Milo sings lyrics that satirize the early colonists. There is a Middle Eastern-style man in the back, and a camel. Representing the period of the 16th century, with the opening of new shipping routes and the transfer of trade routes and commercial centers, the Ottoman trade route monopoly was replaced.

In Alba's ward, sleeping. Accompanied by that satirical music, no matter who you are, there will be times when you are tired (decayed).

In the laboratory, close-up of the shrimp, Prett and Horton and other three people talking. 【Oh, God! It's Oswald again! What does he want to do? What is the connection between apples and prawns? What do spoiled prawns remind you of? I bet Oswald's wife smells like this all over? Maybe he enjoyed the taste, he tried to capture her. You are so disgusting! You are so serious, let him eat a shrimp! Oswald didn't mind.] Apples and shrimp were the root of evil in the corresponding period. The apples represent religious domination, and the shrimps represent the plundering Spain and Portugal that opened up new shipping routes.

Milo and his conversation at Oswald's house. [Take that off, put this on, it's my wife's, and this hat, open the coat from the front, cross your arms, alright, let's go. In Botswana, they keep a bull in a cave I've heard. Have you heard? Well.. well.. in the 1870s, in Niezheng Park, England, an enclosure was reserved for rare animals, and its arrival was called, the obscene animal field, and in this special enclosure, there was a Animals, there is a toad, at least its body is a toad. ] Botswana means the slave trade. Reservation of enclosures refers to the enclosure movement in the United Kingdom. At the end of the 15th century, with the opening of new shipping routes, the world's trade routes shifted from the Mediterranean coast to the Atlantic coast. The United Kingdom was on the center line. The wool export and textile industry developed, which led to the breeding industry. So landlords began to enclose land, from public land to small farmers' leases and allotments, leaving farmers homeless. In the 16th century, the British king's legislation publicly supported enclosure, and the legalization of enclosure led to its further upsurge.

In Alba's ward, Oliver talks to Alba, and Red Hat is giving Alba a pedicure. 【This is all your damn mistake! Say what? My wife's death! I see, should I have a pilot's license? How can I anticipate swans? You wear white feathers and you drive a Ford Mercury. so what? You are causing trouble. Why? You said you used mercury (mercury/mercury) to get an abortion and you got pregnant. How did you tm know I was pregnant? Pregnant women are notoriously unreliable, especially when they try to get an abortion. It's all your fault, you bitch! Oliver! ] Note here that Red Riding Hood is giving Alba a pedicure, who now represents Queen Elizabeth I of the Tudor dynasty who supported the enclosure. She never married and had no children. During the Stuart Dynasty, the bourgeoisie and the new aristocracy could not bear the tyranny of the feudal monarchy, and a bourgeois revolution broke out. The director is venting through Oliver's mouth, hahaha.

At Oswald's house, the apple decays, and Milo talks to him. [My story is worth 10 pounds, right? I usually get 25 pounds for 4,000 words, that's one-eighth of what Polina Reage makes for writing "The O's Story," am I right? Yes! Write it down and I'll watch it get published. Your brother said the same thing. Yeah? Wouldn't it be time for you to become friendlier with him? How is he? He is in pain, just like you. Rotting starts in the stomach, Oliver said. Like this apple? In the intestines, in the liver, near the pancreas, spleen, uterus. I'm going to see Oliver, do you want me to bring anything? No, I have nothing to say. Well, tell him to take care of himself. ] Apple decay represents the 16th century, the British Tudor religious reform, the British king became the highest head, no longer subordinate to the Pope of Rome, weakened feudal power, encouraged overseas plunder, enhanced national strength, capital began to accumulate primitively, and capitalism developed and the bourgeoisie expanded. "The Story of O" written by Paulina Rearge is a story about SM, a metaphor for happiness in slavery.

In Oliver's bathroom, wine is served with glass slag, and Milo talks to him. 【Oliver! Oliver, what are you doing? I am eating breakfast. Stop it, you bloody idiot! You poor idiot! It's just ice. The ice is floating and you didn't put ice in the wine. Since when did having a sense of ritual become your specialty? Oh fine. I've had enough of calling an ambulance. I really thank you. Should I be called Oswald? Do not! Well, call him. Tell him I'm bleeding. He will come. He always came when I bleed.] Oliver eats glass ballast with porcelain pieces, which shows that Britain is also slowly taking the ranks of sailing, coupled with enclosure movement, people are homeless, peace and happiness disappear . Oswald will come, and here it is said that during the reign of Stuart, England and Scotland shared a king.

Stage 3: In the movie theater, Holden and Prett talk. 【What is Oliver looking for? I have no idea. I mean, look at all these things. Perhaps he was looking for answers to his wife's death. He won't find it here, it's just a straight statement. ] Documentary. [Squid, it is the most intelligent invertebrate] Holden and Prett talk. [Darwin was very good at telling stories. Both brothers took a movie backup. Do I have to sit through them? There are eight parts in total, this is only the third part , my God, it's all this kind of boring plot. 】Here the director tells us that there are no clues, but the third part begins.

In Alba's ward, the tulip on the left, a close-up of the panda , two brothers talking to him. [You're right, even though I shouldn't, okay? How is he right? I'm pregnant and not only did I lose a leg in a car accident, I also lost a baby, though I don't feel like that anyway. Gamma is not a good name for a child. I haven't calculated my bigger losses, but I know I want another leg and another baby. As you can see, this is a poor tile . What are you doing with those? Throw them away, stupid boy! I want to see this place. Then go check it out, come back and tell me how it got, the keys are in my bag, you two go together, who found you? Milo. who is she? In fact, her ID's name is Venus, and her customers call her Milo. is a seamstress. She's a beautiful seamstress, and when she's not looking after the zebras, she sees clients behind the panda cage. Oh! What is her specialty? bamboo. ] Tulips represent the 17th century when the Netherlands dominated. The five cups on the table represent Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and France respectively. The director of the cup style is also attentive. Beta represents the period of the Renaissance, Gamma represents the period of Portuguese and Spanish hegemony, and wants another child to represent the Dutch succession. Pandas are naturally related to us in the Ming Dynasty. During this period, the Netherlands established the world's first multinational company, the East India Company, and also established the world's first stock exchange, the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. Occupy Taiwan, set up a stronghold to become the hub of my country, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, and monopolize the trade between Spain and China. The Dutch East India Company has 35 strongholds in our country.

Zoo, Prett and Beta sit on the blue O sign. 【What is J? Jaguar. What is K? kangaroo. What is L? lion. What is M? monkey. 】What did this period teach people? Jaguar represents speed, kangaroo represents capital accumulation, lion represents brutality, and monkey represents cleverness. Does Beta's dress look like an upside-down Dutch flag? Hahaha

In Alba's ward, the brothers and Alba, Van Meegeren and Red Riding Hood peep outside. [My God, Oswald! what is this? The prawns are on their way back. On the way back? Back where they came from, ooze, slime, darkness.. oh, I'm still alive. Someone messed up my experiment. Maybe they are hungry. Who is this tm? He was the surgeon who amputated my leg, and he wanted to be a painter, a Dutch painter, in fact, it turned out to be the Dutch painter Vermeer . Vermeer made only 26 paintings, three of which are suspicious. This is enough. Obviously not! Van Meegeren tried to paint more. That's his name! whose name is it? surgeon's. What? Van Meegeren, the cousin of the liar who painted Vermeer's forgery. What is his specialty? Vermeer women, van Meeglen said, I looked at the chaste ladies, and I suspect that was because he never looked at their legs, actually, they weren't standing, they were imprisoned on the piano chair, Van Meer Glenn is good at stitching. suture?Stitching, stitching wounds, surgery, he's stitching me up pretty well, look. No, I can not. why not? Because.. you know what I mean? I can see more. Oh! Well then.. that's pretty redundant now, isn't it? I mean, except for peeing. ] Look at the decay of the shrimp, it means that the Portuguese and Spanish forces are decaying, returning to the dark corner, but they are still alive, take the shrimp away, it means that the Netherlands is still there, and there is no decay. Here began to borrow the Dutch painter Vermeer, speaking of the Netherlands, Vermeer is miserable enough, hahaha. Van Meegeren is the most famous master of forging Vermeer paintings, his technique can make fakes look real, although he is a liar, he is an artistic liar who saved the Dutch national treasure, just like the Netherlands in the 17th century. His specialty is the Vermeer woman, which means Dutch overseas expansion, colonial rule, and occupation of large colonies in Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Set up the East India Company, set up strongholds in Southeast Asia, China, Japan, South Korea, India and other places, and plunder wealth by means of deception, violence, and extortion. The chaste lady, representing these relatively closed countries, is like being imprisoned in a piano chair. Van Meegeren is very good at stitching, pay attention here, the director gave us another musical cue. The stitches represent the multinational corporation, the East India Company, that binds the world economy together.

Hospitals, doctors and Red Hat talk. [I want you to make sure that you keep those two brothers from getting too close to Albabiwick. How can I do it? Distract them and only you know how to do it. How does this benefit me? For my patients, our patients should be, in a sustainable place, in my operating room, in my bed . 】Panda and zebra dolls. Beta is in a wheelchair. Pay attention to the treatment of light effects here, the showcase on the left has a zebra and a panda in the dark, corresponding to Van Meagren and Red Riding Hood. With the early occupation of the Asian trade by Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands, the British could not hold back. In the 17th century, they came out and harassed the Ming Dynasty in my country, but failed. Later, with the rapid development after the British Civil War, a powerful naval team was established. For colonial expansion, it defeated the Spanish Armada, fought three commercial wars with the Netherlands, and fought with France four times for colonial hegemony in the later period. In this section, Red Hat stands for the Whigs, Van Meeglen for the Tories, Alba for the Crown, and the Sick for the Beta is the posterity. The distraction is that in the 17th century, the autocratic rule of the Stuart dynasty hindered the development of capitalism and violated the interests of the bourgeoisie. Only you know how to do it, it means that Whig played a major role in the seniority revolution. Sustainability here means that the senior class wants to develop and take power, and then the senior class revolution broke out. Red Riding Hood's zebra-printed underwear represents that Whig is still representing the interests of the senior class at this time.

In Alba's ward, Oliver talks to Alba. 【Oliver! I was thinking, where did the wind come from when the car crashed? Did it blow away the buildings to the north, or the buildings to the south? Stop, Oliver, that's enough, you have to stop! What's the difference? Your obsession is exhausting me, both of you! You are the only witness. What kind of witness am I? In searing pain? Feathers all over your face? an egg yolk? My legs were shattered and bleeding profusely, but you asked me where the wind was going. sorry. Where is Beta? She was with Oswald. You see, it's an accident, and there are about 5,000 accidents a day. This one is.. bizarre, tragic, funny! This one is different...they are natural disasters! Just scaring survivors and angering insurance companies. This one is different, for God's sake! it is? The wives of two zoologists died in a car driven by a woman named Bewick who was hit by a swan on Swan Road! You've started constructing a paranormal case yourself. But in the same car accident, another set of details, can produce something completely different! What about me? Isn't it worth some thought? ? She has a daughter who can't sit still, why is she like this? Help me take her out for a walk, will you? Van Meeglen is coming tomorrow to try on my prosthetic legs, kiss me, I haven't been kissed since your wife kissed me a month ago, kissed my cheek, here, she did. ] This episode of Oliver started to lose his temper again. The wind blows away the buildings in the north or the south. It is a metaphor for colonizing America and Africa. An egg yolk indicates that Britain has gone through a glorious revolution, overthrowing the Restoration Dynasty, proclaiming the "Bill of Rights", and establishing a constitutional monarchy. , established the dominance of capitalism. Van Meegeren is going to help him try out a prosthetic leg, indicating that Britain is going to replace the Netherlands and establish its maritime supremacy. In the end, Alba hugged Oliver, imitating Michelangelo's sculpture to mourn Christ, indicating that the British feudal monarchy was about to become a puppet. This is a natural disaster, which means it is a historical inevitability.

In the restaurant, the brothers talk to Beta, followed by Red Riding Hood. (Note that the background music in this part is already full of anger at sea hegemony.) [The ostrich eats everything, and when it is afraid, it will bury its head in the sand. The elephant can live to be 100 years old and never forget a face , so, you see between us, we know everything. You don't know everything. Between us, we know. Okay, so, did you see the woman over there? What color panties is she wearing? Red, to match her hat. No, she is not. how do you know? I know. Well, Oliver, you can always ask and find out. Go and ask her. ] Red Riding Hood talks to Oliver. [Excuse me, madam, I'm sorry to bother you, I think we may have met before, can I trouble you for that child's education? Can I ask you some questions? For example? Like, um.. are these ostrich feathers? Who are you? Do I know you? I'm an animal behaviorist, Mrs. But your question doesn't sound like a well-informed one, what animal behaviorist are you? All animals, ma'am.. can I ask you a personal question? Do you prefer.. what color are your panties? Black and white striped. thanks. You're welcome. 】Three people talking. [Look, black and white stripes. You don't know, I always know. you know? Yes, I saw it yesterday. Then you still let me ask? 】Red Riding Hood comes over. [Excuse me, in order to avoid you not believing me, I can show it to you. Oh! No, thanks a lot! We trust you. I insist! Really good but no need, thank you! As you said you both are zoologists and you should be proud of your observational powers, you have to continue these experiments, if you don't look at the evidence, you are cheating kids, come with me or I swear I will kick Turn this table over. Then go on, God! Now, if you don't come with me right away, I'll knock this table over. All right! where to go? follow me. go quickly. Thank you so much...] Bathroom. [Okay, smart zoologist, see for yourself now, hurry up, (no underwear) this will charge you 40 pounds, and one more thing, van Meageren and I think you and your brother are the best Stay away from Albabivik, before things go bad. What's wrong?If you all feel lonely and you can't save yourselves, come see me, come together, I won't tell dirty stories if you have to. ] Following the previous scene, the ostrich represents Whig, and Whig ushered in the golden age of governance. Beginning in the early 18th century.

In Oswald's house, walking back and forth, O and red light on the right. Walking back and forth was like a caged tiger, heralding Britain's path to capitalism.

At the doctor's house, [Don't press too hard, my back hurts. Does it hurt there? Start at the butt and follow the spine. Don't worry, it's a normal reaction, let's get up and sit down. Tell me, what happened to my leg? What's the meaning? Where is it now? Did you sell them? It was incinerated. where? Leave it alone. where? in a hospital incinerator. What's your relationship with the zoo? I'm a veterinary consultant, why ask this? Do you perform amputations on animals? if necessary. Do you put artificial limbs on animals? What exactly do you want to ask, Alba? Is there any difference between animal surgery and human surgery? There are many similarities. What is this for? was a surprise. What kind of surprise? Don't be so nervous, I'm sure you'll like it, what kind of surprises are boring. You are too casual. Kind of, but you'll love it. ] Here is the generation of the cabinet, and the veterinary advisors are the power decision-makers who represent the interests of the bourgeoisie.

Zoo Aquarium, 【Is this a real angel fish? Yes. Can it fly? Well, even if it can, it can't escape, it's a fish in a cage. Can it swim? Where can it swim to? Go to the Sargasso Sea, where all the fish go. Yeah? Yes, that's where my mom lost her leg. what happened? It was bitten off by a shark. It's called a Van Meagren shark, presumably. Who is he? Oh, just the one who keeps the legs. Do you keep a lot of black and white fish? Yes. Zebrafish? We also have parrot fish, elephant fish, mouse fish, tiger sharks, you see, fish can predict the future, I don't know why evolution should continue, why it should go further. No swanfish. 】The screen turns to the laboratory, and a pair of angel fish fades out of the screen. In the early 17th century, Britain began to immigrate to North America, most of them were farmers who lost their land, hard laborers, and persecuted Puritans. In addition to the British, there are also France, Germany and the Netherlands. In the early 18th century, when the British established 13 colonies in the Americas, the angel fish represented those who were eager to regain their love, the Sargasso Sea represented the Americas, and those fish represented immigrants from various countries. Van Meegeren Shark represents capitalist power decision makers.

Stage 4: Alba's ward, at night, Red Riding Hood is watering the flowers. 【Oliver? Oswald? What are you doing so late? reptiles. I want to tell you to come.. sit here. Reptiles, unlike their closely related amphibian ancestors, have the ability to retain water in their skin, which means that for the first time, is it too late for animals to look at reptiles? 400 million years is too late. watch these for what? I try to solve the problem. Solve what? Why do we have to come this far, slowly, painfully, inch by inch, bit by bit, second by second, is that why my wife should be killed by a swan? A very personal perspective on evolution. Do swans and my wife have anything in common? I! you? And my car, my amputated leg, my lost child. TV: Before the vast majority of reptiles mysteriously disappeared... Reptiles didn't disappear, they grew feathers and became birds . So our swan is a flying lizard? Did Zeus know about it when he raped Leda? He didn't rape her, she volunteered. My God, Oswald! Are you implying me? What do you mean? You are trying to tell me, you and Oliver, that I am responsible for your wife's death. No, we don't. Things changed suddenly. TV: New sex organs drive evolution . What about Oliver? He's working, he's been stealing snails and flying butterflies. He should go here, it's full of snails and butterflies, if you put your bike behind the door, and go in the house to go to the toilet, when you come out, the back of the bike is full of snails, licking your sweat, I've been 15 years There is no going back, I would love to die there, you must go there for me, you should find my Philip rainbow, the key is in my bag. OMG! God, Alba! which one? Oh! I don't know, I forgot, you better try, ah! From this on, it looks right. Why do you keep so many keys? I always have and can never throw away the keys, you know?kiss Me. TV: Crocodiles and their relatives, Indian alligators, blunt alligators, caiman... your legs. what leg? Don't be so sensitive, you'll be surprised how new it is, come on, I want more than kiss me, you should like it, your brother likes it. ] In the 1760s (industrial revolution), Oswald mysteriously moved TV to watch reptiles. Is it a little late to watch reptiles now, that is, these things happened side by side with the previous narrative, Now focus on it. What do these reptiles represent? Their skin has the ability to retain moisture, which means the primitive accumulation of capital, from enclosure movements, overseas trade, overseas colonial expansion, to the black slave trade. Oswald felt very painful. Why did we come to this world and have to evolve into this step by step? For what? Reptiles did not disappear, they grew feathers and became birds. Those murderous colonial predators did not disappear, but became a rich and refined bourgeoisie. New sex organs drive evolution, suggesting that with the creation of machines, the first industrial revolution is about to begin. Oliver has been working to illustrate the beginning of industrial society. Stealing snails and releasing butterflies means that desire and benefits are strengthened and freedom is lost. Oswald picked up the photo of the snail forest again, and the director reminded us with music. The bicycle here is also a symbol of the industrial revolution. There are snails here, full of desire and interest. The key here is to find clues from Alba.

In the laboratory, pig trotters, yellow croaker piles, chicken piles, a kitchen with various ingredients, Horton and Prett talk (preparing to kill the crocodile). 【What's the fare? cost? The cost is 30 pounds] The industrial revolution brought huge productivity, mass production. In order to trade, killing animals, represents the face of the capitalist.

In the zoo, Milo talks to Philip Rainbow, with a zebra cage behind him. 【Do you think Zebra is a mistake? Never. Do you think black and white stripes are useful? I'm sure it works. Because zebras are such a beautiful animal, you think, presumably, that person would create a fancy hybrid, wouldn't you? You know, like a half-orc, a black-and-white half-orc , half woman, half zebra, striped chest, always ready ass, and a white tail, no black hair. They only keep it in the zoo. next to the unicorn. next to the mermaid. Animals are always raised for profit. Maybe that's why they exist. There are so many ways to make a profit, if I had the money to own a zoo, I would put mythical animals in it. Where did you find them? I will ask you for help. Oh I am expensive. ] Zebras represent black slaves. Crossbreeding is the mating of black women and whites. In the zoo, it means that people are not free, and next to unicorns and mermaids, it means serving the bourgeoisie. Putting on the Greek myth, it means that he represents the spirit of humanism, seeks the help of Venus, and represents the need for love and beauty, which is very expensive.

At the doctor's house, the zebra-striped Van Meeglen talks to Red Riding Hood. [You don't seem to protect Alba from Oliver and Oswald's attention. I cannot patrol the world like a sentinel. You can certainly offer, more appealing options than a one-legged woman, would they be interested in a woman with no legs? Since you're clearly more interested in her than me, you should be able to answer this question yourself. ] This is to say that the British colonial expansion in the 18th century was unstoppable, and the horn sounded to become the maritime hegemon. Does the symbol on the wooden wall on the left look like a combination of the Dutch East India Company and British East India Company symbols? At the end of the 18th century, under the influence of the French Revolution, the lower classes launched a reform movement, hoping to improve their economic status.

Zoo crawlers, brothers and Alba, Beta. [Captain Hook has one leg. That's his arm (Peter Pan). And tall John Silver (Treasure Island). They're all fictional, so they don't count. And Victor Hugo's father. He writes novels, so it doesn't count. That's a wooden leg. Yeah? Oh I wonder if he had as much trouble fitting into the prosthetic leg as I did? Next time you two must come with me. Why? Protect me from unwanted attention. Oh, you're just thinking. Pinocchio's legs are wooden, well, Toulouse-Lautrec (painter) . He has legs, they're just a little short. Now, his father keeps horses . how? Marie Antoinette's father raised pigs, see what happened to her. Marie Antoinette's father did not keep pigs. Some people's fathers raised pigs.You two are making progress, aren't you? Who would have thought you knew each other? Yes, beta. ] The brothers and Prett. [Should we jump now or wait? What will we taste like? Sadness can't season anything, he's just sour. Excuse me, can I talk to you? Just say it. Don't you want to talk to me alone? Do not. Oh my gosh! Grief is a great healer and I hear you might be looking for some dead animals. I may be. Well, what kind of animal are you looking for? reptiles. Can it be bigger? It is not impossible. Can a crocodile do? Well, yes, but I can't find it. How much will you pay? pay? I hadn't thought about it. You buy everything with insurance money, you are not poor. It's none of your business. £40. Seems a bit much. Well, £35. where did you get the alligator? In a zoo community of 7000 animals, there are deaths every day, I mean, crocodiles don't live forever.

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  • Oswald Deuce: How fast does a woman decompose?

    Oliver Deuce: Six months, maybe a year? Depends on the conditions.

    Oswald Deuce: Does being pregnant make any difference?

    Oliver Deuce: No.

    Oswald Deuce: And the baby?

    Oliver Deuce: How far gone was she?

    Oswald Deuce: Perhaps ten weeks.

    Oliver Deuce: Then you'd never know.

    Oswald Deuce: [long pause] I cannot stand the idea of her rotting away.

    [short pause]

    Oswald Deuce: What is the first thing that happens?

    Oliver Deuce: The first thing that happens is bacteria set to work in the intestine.

    Oswald Deuce: What sort of bacteria?

    Oliver Deuce: [matter-of-factly] Bicosis populi. There are supposed to be 130,000 bicoses in each lick of a human tongue; 250,000 in a french kiss. First exchanged at the very beginning of creation when Adam kissed Eve.

    Oswald Deuce: Suppose Eve kissed Adam.

    Oliver Deuce: Unlikely. She used her first 100,000 on the apple.

  • Oliver Deuce: Pregnant women are notoriously unreliable. Especially when they're trying to procure an abortion.