THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD KISS

Some scenes from Part I of The Day The Earth Stood Kiss: A black man careens his limousine to a halt before a bunker in upstate New York one chill autumn night. The Visitors emerge—the Dandy, the Girl, Mr. Hurry-Up, and, lastly, Billy the Footsoldier and his beloved General. They are led inside the bunker by a cackling beard. Inside, they encounter— aurally, that is, from behind a steel door—The Essence. Behind another door they find, in the person of a Bat Lizard and a Pirate Dog, The Source. This last is a singular meeting for the,General and Billy the Footsoldier—perhaps more so for Billy as he goes temporarily mad. Later on, the military men are led to the Sanctum Sanctorum, the Altar, by a coy Mr. Hurry-Up, and they are suitably bedazzled. Still later, they are even more impressed when they are retrieved from there by none other than Pirate Dog Paul Stanley, whom they accompany to his secret chamber: It is in the chamber that it becomes clear that they will be creating the Document, and that, indeed, this Document is the purpose of their curious journey north. Finally the military conducts a rigorous inquisition, and together they begin the definition of .a Document.to be known as Kiss: A World Order.

(Flap, flap, squeal).