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MS: HRC Wallace Archive, Container 26.11, “All Things to One Man,” typescript, undated.Published as "Late Night" in Playboy, June 1988; Later collected in Girl With Curious Hair as “My Appearance,” 1989.The story revolves around its protagonist Edilyn—a forty-year-old Emmy-nominated television actress. She is married to Rudy, her second husband, with four kids and features in a Police drama which has been picked for its 5th season. Specifically, the story recounts her appearance on "Late Night with David Letterman," a show in which the “hokeyness of the whole thing is vital.” Rudy expresses concern that “This particular appearance could present problems. That it could be serious” (176). The story dramatizes the confrontation between Edilyn’s “heart’s heart” (175) with the irony and cynical sophistication that Letterman emblematizes, which brings issues of appearance vs. true self to the forefront. The difficulty inherent in being sincere, especially against a backdrop where the “joke is now on people who are sincere” (182) is expressed by Edilyn: "So you believe no one's really the way we see them?" (200).
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