fables

One week, Trump and Vance are roiling Springfield, Ohio, with preposterous lies about immigrants eating pets; the next, they’re inventing fables about the government diverting disaster-relief aid to undocumented workers and ranting about immigrants bringing “bad genes” into the country.

June 15 at the Santa Monica Pier, the Crow hosts free “Fierce Fables: Drag Queen Pride — Family Edition!” storytelling at the Carousel from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., along with face painting, a Family Pride parade and dance numbers from Pickle Drag Queen, Pandora Boxx and Johnny Gentleman.

It will eventually take its place among the great dark Los Angeles fables.

As esoteric in meaning as they are mesmeric in their imagery, the films of Jodorowsky are modern-day fables.

The moment you step into a futuristic apartment before the ancient fables unfold fully, you move past neatly placed African-themed paintings, rugs, sculptures and books, hints at what is to come.