To those of you folks who attend the crypt event held a few feet from Valentino's coffin, I respect your remembering Rudolph Valentino in this way. But I doubt the majority of you have any idea what you are missing by believing the emcee of the ceremony is the bottom line on the star's life. I explain.
Last year was the one hundreth anniversary of the Mineralava Beauty Pageant and Norma Niblock's being crowned Rudolph Valentino' beauty queen. The crypt magus made the Mineralava Tour and the pageant their theme for the year's event in the graveyard. They failed to mention to the attendees that Renato and I published a biography of the beauty queen Norma, which was written based on the accounts of Norma Niblock's two children.
I would think it would have been exciting for those attending last year's event to know this book existed? Maybe one of Norma's family members could have been invited to speak and share artifacts...perhaps they could be honored guests.
So no, sadly the event attendees all went home not realizing the magus stopped the history of the Mineralava Pageant where he chose it to end. He gave the classic, “Nothing more to know folks move along.” I feel it was his duty, especially in light of the theme he chose, to tell people Norma's family gave their story. By this omission his audience was deprived of that beautiful addition to the story. They were deprived because the emcee acted out of spite towards me and has for nearly twenty years.
The history of Rudolph Valentino, or anyone for that matter, should never be censored and altered by anyone, let alone editing the facts to impugn us. Valentino's story is not a frivolous bit of fancy to cut and paste to get back at someone you perceive as an enemy.
Well the graveyard organizers of the event made a really depressing move no matter how you see it.... to not give Norma's story and family and her rich history a nod. Perhaps they could now take down those poisonous one star reviews posted on the book's Amazon page under various aliases.
I am calling out their gaslighting and their censorship.
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What You All Miss in the Graveyard