So, Harrogate admits it, he has once again against his better judgment subjected himself to the NBA playoffs. There are more reasons not to watch NBA Basketball, according to Harrogate's Aesthetic Rubric, than there are reasons to watch it, though good reasons there be.
Perhaps before this whole weird spectacle mercifully ends in June, Harrogate will elaborate on some of those "Pros and Cons."
But that is not really what this current literary outburst is about. What this is about, mostly, is the ritual Harrogate and his Best Buddy have developed each night, "cuddle time" before bed, watching basketball, cheering at every made shot, helpfully chanting "almost" at every miss, until Best Buddy begins to drowse off for real.
But there is one thing Best Buddy will not stand for, no matter what time of day it is. If the television is on, and this commercial right here comes on, there must be no distracting him. Verily, he stops everything and watches, mouth open. Gee, Best Buddy, thinks Harrogate to himself, the commercial is good, but it aint that good. So what we have here is perhaps the first subtle artistic disagreement betwixt Harrogate and his Best Buddy.
And so. Does his mesmeric state before it mean he will be a great athelete? A great musical composer?
Both?
Harrogate reports. Ye decide.
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I predict that Best Buddy will be not only a great athlete (and maybe a great composer), but also, perhaps, A Great Theater Critic and Lover of Musicals! The music reminds me of the opening of Phantom of the Opera, with its suspense and impending drama. The music draws the immediate awe of even the drowsiest of toddler babes.
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