Proustian questions and Venetian masks (1)

Party game…

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Antonio: I think we should do a Proust questionnaire.

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Cecilia: What, on everyone? Too time consuming.

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Antonio: How about one question for each person at random? And we video their responses. Like they do in Inside Actors' Studio.

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Cecilia: Some of the guests are publicity-shy.

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You must not know who I am...

Antonio: OK. So they wear Venetian, you know...

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Cecilia: Blinds?

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Antonio: Venetian masks. I have a collection.

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Voice-over

Proust questions, a selection:

The principal aspect of my personality.

The quality that I desire in a man.

The quality that I desire in a woman.

What I appreciate most about my friends.

My favorite pastime.

My dream of happiness.

What would be my greatest misfortune?

What I should like to be.

The country where I should like to live.

The flower that I like.

My favorite bird.

My favorite prose authors.

My heroes in fiction.

My favorite heroines in fiction.

My favorite composers.

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