I like the Duke and Dauphin from Huck Finn as opposed to Emperor’s New Clothes because it accounts for the possibility that some people will buy the con. Huck knows the Duke and Dauphin are liars cut from the same cloth as Tom Sawyer, but Jim is just hearing more of the same kind of lies he heard throughout his life as a slave, at least Huck assumes this, and they don’t have the conversation until long after the Duke and Dauphin are gone. Duke and Dauphin is a variation on New Clothes by way of the Royal Nonesuch. In this case, someone who claims to be a king, tells everyone there’s a high tragedy, and it’s really just him naked and painted. Everyone falls for it, no one wants to admit they fall for it, so the next night everyone who didn’t see the show falls for it all over again. You don’t know it’s a con, until you know it’s a con, and the mixture of rage and shame keeps the quiet. That is until it’s time to lead the Duke and Dauphin out on a rail. The Elect will be lead out on a rail someday, you can count on that like you can count on rain, a con can’t sell forever.
I like the Duke and Dauphin from Huck Finn as opposed to Emperor’s New Clothes because it accounts for the possibility that some people will buy the con. Huck knows the Duke and Dauphin are liars cut from the same cloth as Tom Sawyer, but Jim is just hearing more of the same kind of lies he heard throughout his life as a slave, at least Huck assumes this, and they don’t have the conversation until long after the Duke and Dauphin are gone. Duke and Dauphin is a variation on New Clothes by way of the Royal Nonesuch. In this case, someone who claims to be a king, tells everyone there’s a high tragedy, and it’s really just him naked and painted. Everyone falls for it, no one wants to admit they fall for it, so the next night everyone who didn’t see the show falls for it all over again. You don’t know it’s a con, until you know it’s a con, and the mixture of rage and shame keeps the quiet. That is until it’s time to lead the Duke and Dauphin out on a rail. The Elect will be lead out on a rail someday, you can count on that like you can count on rain, a con can’t sell forever.