but I probably need to make at least one painting of Gloria Estefan performing Coming out of the Dark* at the 1991 AMAs** before I can make good on that promise.
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* I had a brief moment of panic over the “out” in that song title, but “out of” is indeed a prepositional phrase, so the “out” is not capitalized. It took me, like, thirty seconds and some Googling to convince myself that it wasn’t an adverb. This is a new personal low for me. (North Americans, as a lot, seem pathologically unable to get it through their heads that prepositions aren’t capitalized in titles. Let’s not even start about people who don’t capitalize “it.” It’s a fucking pronoun, people; were you raised by wolves?)
** That was her first public performance after nearly a year of physical therapy following a horrific bus accident, of course, hence the tears and the standing ovation. It was inspirational. I am neither joking nor drunk, it’s worth pointing out.
