It’s very clear in “Benny’s Narratives” that the Gold Lady emerges as the diva in the story. She has a collection of high heels and there’s some hint she’s in th A-List as she is friends Madonna. She’s Benny’s super hero who even knows Wonder Woman. She’s tough, fierce, and she kicks ass in some glamorous clothes. She’s a star.
When we first meet the Gold Lady, she has the man with the 4-Way Hips to compliment her. He has dapper style and he’s fantastically talented with moving his hips, something very Elvis-like. Even if Benny may claim some identification with him in the beginning, he begins to focus more on her as he says, “Ever since I’ve seen a picture of the Gold Lady, I think about her all the time.” In “My Bald Avenger,” he begins to do that more and more.
The Gold Lady in this next installment becomes more defined. She is the Superstar. Benny begins to identify her with various famous women, especially Alek Wek, who resembles her on a superficial level. She wears couture just like the Gold Lady.
For Benny, everything the Gold Lady is associated with is cool. This is certainly the case with the fictitious Apple pocket computer she has in her hand in “Feuille 6.” Keep in mind that the image was drawn in 2001, and that the iPhone now puts that imaginary model to shame. However, the Gold Lady would use the iPhone now. Who knows? Perhaps she knows Steve Jobs.
This is the last time we see the Gold Lady act as an action hero. It is at a point where Benny begins to accept that Dr. Marcus’s medical abuse was wrong, and he creates a gleeful scenario in which the Gold Lady exposes Dr. Marcus for the coward he is.
As for the Gold Lady being a vehicle for Benny becoming sane on his own terms, this is just the beginning.
Stay Tuned for “Feuile 6,” a post from the “My Bald Avenger,” tomorrow at 3:00am PST/7am EST.
Tags: creative writing, fiction, Resplendence, the Gold Lady
