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| i�m at a motel in LA. there�s a 7-11 in front of it. i go in for cigarettes and to my right, picking through a box of orange slice sugar candies, is John Turturro telling a clerk how much he likes the candies. he says: �I like the orange ones but I like the yellow and red ones, too. Can I just pick and mix them? Is that ok?� (looks up at me and smiles) �I have a sweet tooth.� i smile, too. he says: �have you ever had one of these? (holds up the orange sugar slice) (I shake my head even though I have) �They�re my favorites. Hey, guy (to the clerk), put this one on my tab.� (hands me one). i take a bite. he pops the rest in his mouth and grins from ear to ear. he says: �What�s your name?� i tell him. �That�s a pretty name. It�s nice to meet you. I�m John.� i tell him i know who he is. �Oh yeah? You recognize me?� i tell him i loved Quiz Show. we�re lying in his motel bed, facing one another on our sides. we�re eating a white box of orange sugar slices and talking in choppy sentences that make complete sense to us both. there�s no light except the blue, neon glow from the motel�s sign outside. i smile and wipe a bit of sugar from his mouth. he grabs my hand as i pull it away and kisses it, his eyes never leaving mine, orange sugar exploding all around us. |
| #42: John Turturro |