U.S. Journalist Embedded Deep at Pizza Party

The best piece of journalism I read last week was not on Medium or any of the go-to hard news websites; it came from a small publication called The Victorian.

Marilyn Munoz (now Ricco, nee Muñoz) could be the first Pulitzer contender to be retroactively awarded the Prize for her third grade exposé. This in-depth reporting blew the lid off the apparent “party” supposedly involving what some are calling “pizza.”

In case you have one of those weird phones that don’t let you see and read the image above (or you can’t be bothered to read photos), here is the full text of the aforementioned tell-all.

Warning: Please be advised the graphic words you are about to read may be disturbing. (But not NSFW — so go ahead and pass that around the office.)(And definitely forward it to your mom, she’s always sending you crap, am I right?)

Pizza Party

by Marilyn Munoz PA 3

On May 23, 1988, the Chorus members were rewarded with pizza. It was given by Vito Castaldo and his parents. The people who participated in the play “Tall Tales and Heroes” ate lots of pizza. They ate and ate and ate till they were sick of eating. The party lasted all of fifth period. We talked and laughed and drank soda. One thing for sure. . . I had a great time.

Munoz’s informative tone paints such a picture, you can taste the grease on Mr. Castaldo’s fingers. Her prose reaches heights that simply shame your meek attempts at writing. Her two spaces after periods harken back to a time when life was just simpler.

It is truly a shame her piece must be tainted by its proximity to the journalistic hack that is PA 3's Tim Huber. (No one cares about your mother, Timmy, and nice job blatantly bandwagoning on the alliterative headline.) Come on, Timber!