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[Desire ends] Bono: "Desire... greed... showy-offness... deceit... lust... vanity – all the essentials for a showman like myself. Guilty – of all of them! I am. Vanity – ohhh. Hmm... and of course, the licence to just look in the mirror." [approaches iPad on a stand; his "reflection" is shown on the big screen] "How revealing!" [sees a devilish face superimposed over his own image] Crowd: [cheers and laughter] MacPhisto: "Ohh!" [inhales admiringly] "Ohhh! Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm a man of wealth and taste. I've been around a long, long year... stole many a man's..." [laughing] "...soul to waste. I was there in Charlottesville, when the KKK Sieg Heiled together!" [gives Nazi salute] "Made damn sure the President's hands were full... with 'Stormy'... weather." [evil laughter] Crowd: [applause] MacPhisto: "Oh! Oh, you can't make this shit up!" Crowd: [laughter] MacPhisto: "I've so little to do..." [laughing] "...these days. Pleased to meet you! Hope you guess my name. My name is... MacPhisto, actually." Crowd: [screams and cheers] MacPhisto: "I sometimes dress up as Mick Jagger!" [raises his arms] Crowd: [cheers and applause] MacPhisto: "Oh, excuse me... Los Angeles?" Crowd: [cheer] MacPhisto: "It's when you don't believe I exist... that I do my best work." [Acrobat begins] MacPhisto: "Don't believe what you see. Don't believe what you hear. Don't believe what you see. You just close your eyes... you can feel the enemyyy! ...FEEL! ...Ahh!" [raises and waves his arms] |
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