THE DATE – A SHORT STORY BY GEORGE KAPLAN
Johnny Depp photographed by Herb Ritts . The Date, by George Kaplan . Rhodes Cardell was in a quandary. As was Will Makepeace. Rhodes Cardell was in a panic. So, too, was Will Makepeace. This wasn’t...
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Photograph by Herb Ritts . THE DATE PART II – BY GEORGE KAPLAN . Rhodes Cardell was used to being around women, *lots* of women; often in varying states of undress. He was, he pretended, inured to...
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Man Holding Shell Photographed by Herb Ritts THE DATE PART III; OR, I’M DANCING AS FAST AS I CAN A date with Isabella Arden! Rhodes Cardell’s mask of insouciant cool cracked, and the face of Will...
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Mask, Hollywood 1989 – Photograph by Herb Ritts THE DATE PART IV; OR, BE MY BABY Rhodes Cardell appeared, more or less, his usual self. He was working on a shoot which involved copious part-concealed...
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THE DATE PART V: BECAUSE MY LOVE FOR YOU WOULD BREAK MY HEART IN TWO Who Am I? Who Will I Be Now? Rhodes Cardell or Will Makepeace? Those questions haunted him as the day of the date came closer and...
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