I'm going to be talking to this topic, darkness and the city of angels, evil as a theme, vice as a fact, in the entertainment industry.

And I'm using entertainment industry here rather broadly.

So I don't just mean the Hollywood-based film industry.

I mean television as well.

So that's kind of on both coasts, really, because the cable channels,

the major news networks and commentary networks,

have very significant representation, obviously,

on the East Coast.

So I suppose I'm talking about cultural phenomena on the coast,

but not exclusively on the coast, but largely on the coast.

And want to try to introduce an element of philosophical thinking about some of these matters.

I think when we first... Has he gone? Oh, there he is. Yeah.

Actually, I think when we first discussed the idea that I might give a talk.

I think originally this was probably going to be a smaller and private affair,

and then I think I was going to talk about maybe evil as a general theme. But in the interim,

the explosions happened that are going on happening here and elsewhere over the revelations

of one kind or another. And so it seemed sensible, actually,. And, well, I'll come to this later on.

It seems to me up to this point the commentary on these matters has generally been rather poor.

And part of that, I think the reason for that is that actually people find it very difficult

to come to terms with the reality that is being revealed.

And I'll say why I think that that difficulty is being felt.

So, this is a talk in two parts, and I'm going to rely on Patrick to put up his hand when

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