Saturday, December 6, 2014

Fort-de-France

The island of Martinique was founded by the Warner brothers in 1942, when they were strongly encouraged by their successful colonization of Casablanca, in North Africa. A harbor was constructed of sufficient depth to float a smallish boat, which have way to an indistinct lagoon standing on for a formidable sea.

Martinique boasts a hotel, with bar, piano, two rooms, and a cellar. There is also a shack for fugitives to hide in, and perhaps a police station. The island is populated primarily by American actors, with a few European exiles not nearly so well known. Martinique has a robust economy; the primary industries are recreational boating, smuggling, musical entertainment, gunfire, and comical alcoholism.

The island has been much less accessible since the decline of broadcast television, but on years past it could be regularly observed on weekday afternoons or late at night.

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