Changeling (2010)
Changeling
“Neef’s Rules for Changelings The Chorus Line forged through the Broadway crowds like a troop of pixies through a meadow, prancing down the sidewalk and kicking out with her twelve high-heeled golden shoes. Changeling and I scuttled breathlessly behind her, so close that we bumped into her when she stopped.
“Oopsy-daisy,” she said. “Well, this is it: the Producer’s Office. Ain’t it the limit? Well, chickens—see you in the funny papers.” Before I could thank her, she wheeled neatly and high-st...epped away.
I looked up. The Producer’s Office looked like a palace a djinn might build for a giant with a taste for gold leaf and theatre. The Office’s walls soared up high and spread out wide, and every inch of them was decorated with golden gargoyles and feather pens and masks of comedy and tragedy and huge mosaics showing scenes from famous plays like A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Peter Pan.
As I stood gawking at Peter Pan fighting Captain Hook, someone bumped into me, growling something about tourists and hicks.MoreLess
“Oopsy-daisy,” she said. “Well, this is it: the Producer’s Office. Ain’t it the limit? Well, chickens—see you in the funny papers.” Before I could thank her, she wheeled neatly and high-st...epped away.
I looked up. The Producer’s Office looked like a palace a djinn might build for a giant with a taste for gold leaf and theatre. The Office’s walls soared up high and spread out wide, and every inch of them was decorated with golden gargoyles and feather pens and masks of comedy and tragedy and huge mosaics showing scenes from famous plays like A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Peter Pan.
As I stood gawking at Peter Pan fighting Captain Hook, someone bumped into me, growling something about tourists and hicks.MoreLess
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