Hobby particolari

LETTURE PER IL fine settimana. Per me Las Vegas è una destinazione di lavoro piuttosto noiosa, come tutte le destinazioni di lavoro. Ma per chi non la conosce e la elegge a possibile meta vacanziera, ha in realtà un certo appeal. Ecco un ritratto particolare della capitale del peccato distesa sulla strip, in un’ottica super-cristiana che vale il tempo che ci vuole per leggerlo

Money quote: “At the fountains in front of the Bellagio Hotel, intermittently neon, the waters oscillate like women’s can-can-ing legs, rising above the few, parched trees dotting the hotel’s grounds. Everybody gathers here to watch the show—every fifteen minutes on Friday and Saturday nights—slurping through the 32-ounce daiquiris it is legal to carry openly. Tonight, the fountain is playing “Hey, Big Spender,” and at least a hundred people are craning their necks to see. They’re taking photographs. They’re tipping the Minions. The waters reach higher and higher, until the crash of them drowns out Shirley Bassey: “We could have a few laughs, laughs I could show you… good time! Would you like to have a… good time?” Everybody applauds.”