ALEX DA CORTE
ON VIEW: SEPTEMBER 8–OCTOBER 13
AC: and do you think about these worlds, these personas throughout the day?
E: Yeah, I mean, it’s somewhere that I go often.
AC: I’m going to ask you a few questions and I’d like for you to answer them as honestly as possible.
E: Okay.
AC: …so imagine you are in a desert…can you describe the desert for me?
E: ha, ok…I’m in a desert…I’m in a desert…and…well, I see a mirage, like an oasis, because I’m thirsty and I’ve been walkin’ for days. It looks like the ocean…
AC: Imagine you see a cube. Can you please describe the cube for me?
E: a cube: Okay, it’s like my house, but it’s not my house. It’s like a funnier version of my house, a fun house– all striped and bright and shit, you know, how fun houses are…and it’s in the middle of the ocean…err…“the desert.”
AC: …and you see a ladder, can you describe the ladder for me? Where is it in relation to the cube and the desert?
E: I don’t see a ladder… well I see a ladder but I can’t reach it. It’s too far away and I like livin’ in this fun house for now…
AC: Now you see a horse. Can you describe the horse for me? Where is the horse in relation to the cube, the ladder, and the desert?
E: I see a horse sleeping at my feet. I don’t know if the horse is alive or dead or hungry like me. I think I should feed it but I can’t find its food. It’s like every room is moving and when I try to grasp at something it isn’t there anymore…maybe I should bury the horse cuz it isn’t waking up when I call for it…
AC: You see some flowers. Describe them and where they are in relation to the horse, the ladder, the cube, and the desert.
E: I try to give the horse flowers to eat too. It doesn’t work because they disappear like the rest of the stuff in the house…just melts away.…
AC: There is a storm coming. Where is it? What do you do in the face of the storm? What becomes of the flowers, the horse, the ladder, the cube and the desert… ?
E: Oh man I see a…
— excerpt from an interview with Eminem by Anderson Cooper, “Eminem’s Incredible Rise to Stardom”, 60 Minutes, CBS, October 11, 2010
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