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The Duke in His Domain (Marlon Brando) / Truman Capote (1957)

Brando was a young man on a 'sugary perch' back then. His stardom was second only (but still!) to William Holden. Interestingly enough, what I got most out of this piece was Capote's observations about the Duke's domain, not the man himself.

Japanese penchant for an ostentatious barrenness
The most fervent of movie-star fans are the people who themselves work in the film industry.
Logan .. is a man balanced on enthusiasm, as a bird is balanced on air. A creative person's need to believe in the value of what he is creating is axiomatic; Logan's belief in (his) project approaches euphoric faith, protecting him... from the nibbling nuisance of self-doubt.
a pride of hostesses (in Kyoto bars)
a solution limbering his smile
the Japanese genius for hypnotizing nature into unnatural behavior
But at two in the morning these exquisite grotesques are gone,... only cats remained to keep me company, and drunks and red-light ladies, the inevitable old beggar-bundles in the doorways...

This is perhaps time to mention The New Yorker's love affair with the dieresis.

Heard on NPR: 'The smell inside a new Mercedes is ... like the embrace of a rich man.'
From my computer screen: Ctrl C has happened.