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Yesterday I did what brings together most locals and tourists - I got sloshed at a youth club. Though it always pains me to see youngsters drinking in parks, perhaps they have been precocious in one other respect: 'Oh, so all is not well in the world of adults'?
Drink is usually associated with the underprivileged. It is thus seen as an unhealthy escape route. My favourite is Gaugin. The man decided to end his days by humping and drinking on a then remote island, among half-savages. Ditto for Rimbaud, though he opted for North Africa. It seems this somehow seemed superior to bourgeois, mainstream, mediocre success.
I have a fav among politicians too. Have you seen a YouTube clip of Sarkozy, having met the Russian president or prime minister, giving a press conference? The man could not muster a sentence out right.
And I'm always tired when anyone is presented as a superhuman type. Be he/she a novelist, or especially a politican. Here's to some debauchery!