Sorry to harp on Henry Darger. But I just read that the 2004 documentary about him, In the Realms of the Unreal, will be playing at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan, at 2 PM on July 4th.

I know a lot of people in and out of NYC will be outdoors at that time and not inside a movie theatre, watching a cerebral documentary.

I probably will be outdoors, too, and not in the theatre.

But if you like the magical-girl-team theme at all, I'm pretty sure Henry Darger's Vivian Girls, who are the subject of his 15,000-page novel In the Realms of the Unreal, are one of the best examples of it.

I'm also pretty sure Henry Darger utilized the concept of sissification, if not also of babyfication, in a lot of his art work. So that's another reason I like to give him a shout out, when I can.

Happy 4th --I hope you see the prettiest fireworks ever!