8 December 2002 - first second third

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2002 : 8 December 2002

Equalizing Wealth Disparities Between Nations

My first thought—give me a second—is that the third world (which is, after all, a fiction) should break the fourth wall with the fifth column and, as if following a sixth sense, attain seventh heaven and become the eighth wonder. Simple!

clue:

The fourth wall is the imaginary one between the stage and the audience, as opposed to the three walls that may actually exist as part of the set. In a work that breaks the fourth wall (it’s fashionable lately), the characters know they’re fictional.

give me a clue so sweet and true