A pastry chef on Culture 24 said that, in France, if you did not make too much, you made nothing. Paolo had no reason to doubt France. The album was placed on the coffee table at the angle preferred by cameras. Paolo stood beside it at the angle preferred by Paolo.
He danced with the concentration of a man trying to look young without appearing surprised by youth. The shoulders arrived first. The hips followed under separate instructions. When someone said cut, Thomas began coiling the cables and the camera lowered. Paolo continued. Too much proved easy to transport. It crossed a bus aisle, entered a classroom, improved several tiaras, and reached the evening wearing sequins. Nobody could agree whether Clara had started a movement or whether the movement had simply been waiting for better words.
The Clara Nocturne signature appeared, and the programme considered itself complete. A few seconds later, Paolo returned alone and sang the chorus in a rhythm the record had not provided. It was less faithful and more useful. No one called cut twice. Broadcast ongoing. Record incomplete.
