Alet, angelic being that she is, brought the DVD <br />now I can saturate myself in my memories, watch <br />Daan Retief give his rendition of a super-cool secret <br />agent, listen to Fanus Rautenbach’s amused voice <br />making comments as narrator <br /> <br />Enjoy the antics of all the characters, Willem and Dada <br />bickering, Oom Zack making political speeches, experience <br />the atmosphere of Johannesburg in nineteen seventy-three <br />laugh at the over-the-top comedy of the wild kicks and blows <br />that would shame a Jackie Chan <br /> <br />Memorise Staal Burger’s nonchalant way of talking in order to <br />teaze Tiaan by threatening him with my GPS plans, embedding <br />his airy attitude in my memory in order to replay everything in my <br />mind as I make up my own stories, add-on to the original episodes <br />relive the enthusiasm of my youth when <br /> <br />The world seemed such an overpowering magical place, mostly dark <br />and threatening, but lightened by the flashes of stories and comedies <br />and the companionship of my siblings…. <br /> <br /> <br />“Staal Burger” Afrikaans DVD, originally released in 1973<br /><br />Margaret Alice<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/2010-08-06-secret-agent/
