THE IMPERFECTIONIST — In the November issue of The Nation Barry Schwabsky remarks on Are We Not
Betrayed By Importance, Geoffrey Young's translation of Francis Picabia's Ne sommes - nous pas trahis par l'importance (1953).
After seeing the film, I could hear the late Don LaFontaine's voice - over to an imaginary theatrical trailer in my head: A lowly grunt... chosen
by a king for his humility... for a task of great
importance... The king
betrayed by his own... the grunt avenges the king....