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Our enjoyment is seeing episodes with \"no moral, no message, no prophetic tract\/just a suit of armor held together by one bolt\/call it faith.\" She soars, for instance, when she shares the bird's-eye view of Mickey Rooney as a washed-up jockey, condensing the aging loser in a prison-like room with \"walls closing in as your consonants rattled, your character out of his mind with shortness, neon gel of your ranting, nighty night.\" Rikki and Rod parse the lonely life of a has-been: Rod's washed-up jockey and Rooney's seedy actor with \"frayed pockets: king high, ace low.\" In her cento poem, she uses Serling's voice in a fantastic world full of question marks and leavened by the possibility but never the reality of bromides. Rikki Santer's poetic appreciation of \u003cem\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/em\u003e series embraces for our consideration cynicism about our intentions and unconditional love for our imperfection. 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If you think humankind to be masterfully in charge, then Rikki and Rod will remind you that we are doomed to be served on a platter by those who know we deserve it.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -John DeSando, producer and host of \u003cem\u003eIt'sMovie Time\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eCinema Classics\u003c\/em\u003e as well as podcasts \u003cem\u003eBack Talk\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDouble\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Take\u003c\/em\u003e for NPR's WCBE 90.5 FM, Columbus, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50993713479953,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50993716330769,"sku":"NIN9781952411748","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1952411742.jpg?v=1750804725"},{"product_id":"zebra-lashes-book-rikki-santer-9781594981371","title":"Zebra Lashes","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51038368235793,"sku":"NIN9781594981371","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52655604891921,"sku":"NLS9781594981371","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53746429002001,"sku":"CIN159498137XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/159498137X.jpg?v=1751309792"},{"product_id":"how-to-board-a-moving-ship-book-rikki-santer-9781736599068","title":"How to Board a Moving Ship","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51049565618449,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51049568502033,"sku":"NIN9781736599068","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52472515723537,"sku":"NLS9781736599068","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1736599062.jpg?v=1751059476"},{"product_id":"in-pearl-broth-book-rikki-santer-9781950380282","title":"In Pearl Broth","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor those who may think poetry is obtuse and boring, In Pearl Broth: Poems New \u0026amp; Selected will shake that notion free. 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