Twenty Year Friends, ETA Creative Arts Foundation.
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Ever wonder what old numbers runners, card sharks, and pimps do when they’re off duty? Well, judging by Twenty Year Friends, they relax in comfortable homes, grumble about how the neighborhood’s deteriorated, kvetch about how kids nowadays don’t respect their elders, rhapsodize over the condition of their bowels, bore their friends with much-repeated yarns, and though they might occasionally cheat on their wives, generally remain faithful to their patient spouses, showering them with lavish presents. Meanwhile their wives fret about getting old, fantasize about their girlhood ambitions, and once in a while threaten to follow their bliss, but overall they too are loyal.
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): photo/Kenneth Simmons.
