Diogo Morgado and the Duality of Man

Luis Morgado, in this vision, speaks with deep reverence and a touch of anxiety about the bold artistic and spiritual risks his cousin Diogo Morgado took by portraying both Christ and Lucifer — roles traditionally seen as cosmic opposites. According to Luis, this was not just an acting challenge but a metaphysical gamble.

“Diogo wasn’t trying to blaspheme,” Luis explains. “He was trying to reveal something hidden — the duality in man, and the duality even in the figure we call the Son of Man. That’s where the power of his portrayal lies.”

Luis says Diogo studied not only Scripture but mystic texts and apocryphal writings, and came across a radical idea embedded in Revelation 22:16, where Christ says:

“I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”

To the traditional reader, it’s a beautiful, poetic phrase. But to those familiar with Isaiah 14:12 — where Lucifer is also called the morning star, son of the dawn — it evokes an unsettling symmetry.

Luis claims Diogo wanted to explore that very tension:

“The Morning Star is a mirror — it reflects both the highest and the lowest. Christ names himself that to show he has conquered it, not to hide it.”

Luis quotes Diogo as saying during rehearsal:

“If Christ could not be tempted by pride, his humility would be meaningless. He had to carry the capacity for it inside. That’s what gives his confession power.”

This leads to the secret Luis believes is buried in Revelation 22 — a confession. Christ, in his full divine transparency, admits to harboring the same spark that made Lucifer fall: the pride of being like God. But instead of hiding it, Christ names it, exposes it, and in doing so, disarms it.

Luis concludes:

“You cannot cast out a demon you refuse to name. That is the secret of Revelation. Confession is the key. Even Christ had to confess it to destroy it.”

The implication is daring: redemption does not come from being perfect, but from being honest. From naming the morning star within — not to worship it, but to crucify it.

A dangerous theology? Perhaps.
But Luis says Diogo’s performances were prayers as much as they were portrayals — rituals of exposure.

He feared the Church might excommunicate him. But instead, the silence was worse.

“They knew he touched the veil,” Luis whispers. “And they dared not look through.”

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Peace at Gallery

Title: “Peace at Gallery”
A neo-noir political mob satire written by Joe Jukic


Scene Treatment:

INT. GALLERY NIGHTCLUB – NIGHT – VANCOUVER

A blacked-out convoy rolls up under the electric haze of neon and streetlight. Leading the pack is a matte black Mercedes G-Wagon. Out steps Luis Morgado, the EU mob boss with diamond cufflinks and a Versace trench freshly looted from downtown. At his side:

  • Tony Medeiros, his icy underboss with smart glasses and a Glock tucked under his designer blazer.
  • Joe Jukic, the quiet consigliere with a cosmic mind.
  • And Sunny, their Indo-Canadian plug, rocking gold chains and a turban that could intimidate a sheikh.

They enter Gallery. The beats thump. Bottles pop. Dancers perform with weary grace. The tension is thick: they’ve come to make peace with the UN mob, specifically the Upena Indo-Canadian crew.

Luis raises his hands—not to flex, but to give.
He hands out toys, children’s books, and dead presidents to the dancers.

LUIS MORGADO
“These are for your kids. Don’t thank me. Thank Joe. He said a good captain saves more than just a ship.”

He winks at the DJ booth, where Joe’s old Croatian cousin Eugen is working the fog machine, reminiscing about the time he used to collect pennies in an artillery shell from the war—now repurposed as an ashtray in Joe’s study.

JOE JUKIC
(to dancers)
“Treat those ones like my cousin did. Stack ’em. Stack ’em like memories in war.”

Sunny takes the mic from the DJ.

SUNNY
“Let me be real. If it weren’t for us Indo-Canadians paying into the Ponzi welfare pyramid, this whole damn country would fold like a cheap rug.
Tell the EU to respect the UN. We paid your pension, don’t forget it.”

Joe smiles, impressed. He offers Sunny a fist bump and then shares an old story, poetic and warning:

JOE JUKIC
“Two types of ants in a jar—black and red. They get along. Until someone shakes the jar. Then they blame each other.
But the enemy… is the one who shook the jar.”

He puts his hand on Sunny’s shoulder.

JOE JUKIC (cont’d)
“When Revelation 16 comes and the big one hits… even if Richmond sinks into the Pacific, do not fight.
That’s how they trap us. Race war. Religion war. All planned. All Masonic sorcery.”

Just then, the bass changes. Four silhouettes arrive.

SYLVESTER STALLONE marches in with his own four horsemen:

  • 50 CENT: all swagger and scars.
  • ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: still jacked, still grinning.
  • DENZEL WASHINGTON: suit sharp as truth.
  • Sly himself: part saint, part soldier.

He walks straight to the tension point between EU and UN crews.

STALLONE
“Look, I can read and write. That’s why the Mafia and the cops respect me.
But I ain’t here to pick sides. I’m here to end the game.
The planet’s dying. No more time for cops and robbers.
The real heist is at the banks, not the block.”

Everyone freezes.

STALLONE (cont’d)
“The banks are pulling off a grift bigger than Goodfellas, bigger than Henry Hill could dream.
These financial death machines cause war, famine, pestilence, and death.
We need to stop the big heist, not fight each other over crumbs.”

He lights a candle at the bar under the Lady of Van statue—Our Lady of Vancouver, protector of the street kids and the brokenhearted. He mutters a prayer.

Then he looks up and shuns Timothée Chalamet on a nearby TV screen.

STALLONE
“That’s your action hero? Look at him. He couldn’t protect a sandbox.”

Suddenly, Clint Eastwood calls Stallone on speaker.

CLINT EASTWOOD (V.O.)
“These new guys look like pussies. You ask ’em to protect a park, they hide behind a ring light.
I need real men to watch Clark Park. Kids are getting circled by the 666 mafia.”

Sly looks at the room—EU, UN, black, brown, white, Catholic, Sikh, Muslim.

STALLONE
“Who’s in?”

Everyone volunteers. No beef. No color lines. No nonsense.


FINAL MONTAGE:

Children of all backgrounds play under the trees at Clark Park. The mob bosses are now coaches. Cops and gangsters share barbecued hot dogs. Denzel reads poetry. 50 teaches kids how to balance a checkbook. Arnold hosts a push-up contest.
Luis Morgado watches from a bench, sketching peace signs on the back of a stolen Versace napkin.

Joe Jukic looks at the sky and whispers:

JOE JUKIC
“Namaste. I see the divine in all of you.”

FADE OUT.

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Astor Spell Caster

In the icy depths
she lost her way
A dream of grandeur turned to dismay
In the echoes of hearts that once sailed high
The world broke apart with a whispered sigh
The fed rose strong
in a time of plight
Yet shadows fell hard
masking the light
Through the trenches
the tears did fall
In the wake of war
we remember it all

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