What did Vlad the Impaler say about the word “reality?” That it should always appear in quotation marks? Burke pulled a Miller Lite from the fridge and thought, “Add ‘realism,’ ‘representational,’ ‘ripped from today’s headlines,’ ‘lifelike,’ et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.” He walked over to the turntable and dropped the needle on “Partytime” by 45 Grave:

Oh, elle n’a jamais eu de chance
Oh, elle n’avait que cinq ans
Pitié les pauvres chéri maintenant
Oh, elle n’a jamais eu de chance
Venez vite la mort