Mata Hari

Yes, I'll go, but why?

Well, I'm afraid you might turn into another Mata Hari.

Me? Why, thank you, Mr.

Kilphee.

Perhaps, like beauty, it is only in the eye of the beholder.

One thing is certain, from Salome to Cleopatra, through the Empress Josephine and Mata Hari, the femme fatale draws men to their doom effortlessly and sometimes innocently.

It's for you to judge whether or not Jennifer Wilson's actions were innocent as we continue our tale of love, hate, and revenge.

[Instrumental music] Obviously, the arrival of any beautiful young English woman such as Jennifer Wilson in Benares would have made tongues wag, but her reputation and her behavior caused a sensation, particularly since it was obvious that Major General Andreas took more than just an official interest in her.

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No, no, no. Mata Hari.

And the password is Tanny Farm.

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But I get intoxicated with giving service.

You know, it becomes theatrical, and I feel like Mata Hari.

I do get intoxicated.

I'm on stage.

kind of another side character in all this.

It's like Mata Hari.

She comes up at some point because she's like this Dutch courtesan who's doing, you know, she gets caught up in the whole kind of sexual politics mix, you know.

Crowley comes over.

Maybe they were pissed off because she crossed over from being any type of legitimate journalist or a commentator who could be trusted with independent judgment.

And she became Donald Trump's Mata Hari, his Tokyo Rose, his mouthpiece and propagandist.

I mean, you may not have remembered or known that she's on the Kennedy Center board.

Now, I thought it was odd about two weeks ago, or the beginning of August, when there was a vote to rename it after Donald Trump again.

And I'm like, well, you know, this is being an uncle.

I said, well, who the hell are you, Mata Hari? I mean, you don't get, you and I don't get to make these rules.

The rules are there.

We get to change them if we want to.