Issue # 10 August 2011
Daniel M. Shapiro
Fred Rogers Persuades George A. Romero to Make Horror Movies,
Pittsburgh, 1967

George:
I
need you
to film my
tonsillectomy.
I know, I know: There will be blood.

It's OK for 6-foot-5 men
to faint, George. Shame comes
only from
failing
to
try.

We
don't
want them
to be scared,
right? They'll see me calm,
a sweatered friend in a gas mask.

And you'll be at peace, too, in love
with that camera.
Please: Just think
about
the
kids.