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2002-04-07 - 1:05 a.m. In the third part, 'Iridescence', a man wants to abandon his past and start anew with a woman he met over the Internet... Man: Two anniversaries today. We got attached today six years ago. Exactly five years later he decided to end his life. But this death anniversary thing doesn’t mean anything to me. You know? I’m over it. I didn’t even attend his funeral. Woman: How come? Man: I guess I was still angry with him. A few weeks before the suicide he told me he was going to get married. Woman: Was that why he killed himself? I’ve heard that dealing with wedding planners can be stressful but that’s extreme. Man: I wouldn’t know. Anyway how would I have explained to his friends and relatives who I was? Woman: You could just tell them you’re a friend. Man: A friend. (Pause) Woman: A very emotionally affected friend. Who’s...shared his life for five years. Man: I could imagine his wrists all bandaged up. Like Wonder Woman. You know, we had this Halloween Party once. And he was Wonder Woman. I came as Superman. And he had these metal bracelets on. And that star-spangled bustier. He made all these jokes about Wonder Woman. He was telling me, if she rode an invisible plane, how would she know where she last parked it? And that if she was riding it in the sky, how unglamorous it would look. To glide through air in this sitting position. At least Superman flies properly. Wonder Woman would look like she levitated from a toilet seat. Woman: So your boyfriend does drag? I suppose in the relationship you were the…dominant. Man: I don’t believe in categories like that. Woman: But in bed… Man: We’ll just go according to how we feel. Woman: And how do you often feel? Man: Come on. You don’t need to know that. Woman: What’s the word for it? Top, isn’t it? Top and bottom. Which one are you? Man: Why is it that when people think of gay people they immediately think of gay sex? Woman: Because that’s what defines you. Man: Look, if we are going to get married it’s time you took on a more enlightened attitude. Woman: If we’re going to get married I think I have the right to know if my husband is the sort who likes getting penetrated in bed.
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