Mission Impossible
Do any of you remember the old TV program, “Mission Impossible”? My sister (who was oddly passionate about the theme song, as a child) and I watched the episodes regularly, which starred Peter Graves, Lesley Ann Warren, Lynda Day George, Greg Morris, and Leonard Nimoy. I was especially fascinated with episodes involving disguises, particularly if face changes were involved. Highly specialized technicians would turn Lisa Casey (Linda Day George) into another woman, only for her to dramatically peel off her fake face (usually in an interrogation room) to show who she really was. I want a highly specialized technician for my own purposes. Where Giovanna, Elena, Mariella, and Fina have applauded my Italian language skills and made the ASL sign for “sort of” with regard to Joe’s, his deficit is at least reparable. Where he has me beat is how he looks, which is to say, he looks Sicilian. I mean—look at the guy. People here have mistaken him for their family member at first glance. And I’m a