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Originally posted by Miranda
Here I thought Lindsey was being the poet. I thought he was saying the camera is to an attention hound like a needle is to a drug addict. Miranda really craves attention in a way that is unhealthy. I thought he was equating it to drug addiction, but not that the person is an actual drug addict like Carol Ann or Stevie.
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Originally posted by Lux
So did I. What else would he be referring to? You mean an actual drug addiction? Why would someone inject a camera into their arm? Must be rather painful.
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Actually, I wasn't basing my interpretation that Miranda is a drug addict, on the "she sticks the camera right into her arm" line, which I agree is Lindsey's brilliant way of comparing her attention craving to that of a drug addict (specifically a herion addict) sticking the needle into their arm to get their fix.
However, there are a couple of other lines that I did interpret to mean that Miranda does abuse substances.
Namely:
"The walls all close in, as the fancy takes flight."
"She slips down headlong into the night."
and "All the daylight is poison to her eyes... she slips down the shade and lets herself drown."
All of which, to me, sound like they're eloquently describing someone falling into a drug-induced state. An altered reality.
Anyway, that's just how I interpreted them.
