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A two-panel cartoon. In the main panel, a couple lies in bed under a blanket in a dim purple-lit bedroom. A bearded man with gray hair and round white glasses (implied to be filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard) lies back and declares in a large speech bubble, "A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end, but not necessarily in that order." Beside him a red-haired woman lies turned away, looking thoroughly unimpressed. A caption underneath reads: "Cinema Fun Fact: Jean-Luc Godard is lousy in bed." The votey (bonus panel) is a loose, scribbly black-and-white sketch of the same self-satisfied bearded man, who adds, "I know you feel like you didn't enjoy it, but the story is better this way" - the joke being he applies avant-garde non-linear storytelling logic to sex, reframing his partner's dissatisfaction as artistic intent.