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[Desire ends] Bono: "Oh yeah! Desire... greed... show-offiness... lust... deceit... vanity – all the essentials for a showman like myself. And of course... a licence... to just look in the mirror." [approaches iPad on a stand; sees a devilish face superimposed over his own image] MacPhisto: [inhales admiringly] Crowd: [laughter and cheers] MacPhisto: [sings] "Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm a man of wealth and taste. Been around a long, long year... stole many a man's soul... to waste. I was there at Charlottesville, with the Nazi flags!" [gives Nazi salute] "...and the KKK. It was I spray-painted the First Lady's coat – I told her it was all the rage!" [sniggers] Crowd: [whoops and whistles] MacPhisto: "Pleased to meet you. Hope you guess my name." Crowd: [cheers and applause] MacPhisto: "Actually... the name's MacPhisto." Crowd: [cheer] MacPhisto: "I sometimes dress up as Mick Jagger." [sniggers] Crowd: [laughter and cheers] MacPhisto: "But it's a wonderful time to be me! Lunatics on the left, lunatics on the right... and lunatics... from a whole other category. Warehousing children! Oh, I do like the sound of that! Putting children in cages – very Hansel and Gretel, don't you think?" [sniggers] Crowd: [whoops and applause] MacPhisto: "Oh, and New Jersey? For those sophisticated among you... it's when you don't believe that I exist – that's when I do... my best work." [Acrobat begins] MacPhisto: "Don't believe what you hear. Don't believe what you see. If you just close your eyes... you can FEEL THE ENEMY! Haa!" [raises and waves his arms] |
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