The Corporatorium: Gay Day in Hell
Episode 3 I leapt for the elevator, too exhausted from the trek across the parking lot to attempt the stairs. A young woman held the door for me without moving her face from the gossip magazine she was earnestly reading. As I slumped against the hairy cowhide wall and croaked, "Four, please," she looked at me. Popping her gum she asked, "Is George Clooney gay?" "I'm sorry, what?" "Is George Clooney gay ?" she repeated slowly as if I were an idiot or a foreigner. "I don't know." I spoke back just as slowly because clearly she was an idiot. When the elevator door opened I sprang out, not even caring if it was my floor. Down the hall in the gloom, Barbara the Second was talking to our creative director, Diana King. Big-boned and sensible, Diana was absolutely unflappable. Hey," I said by way of greeting, "Some woman on the elevator asked me if George Clooney was gay?” "What?" Bar...