I was watching an improv show last week. 10 minutes into the set, a couple sat down next to me. Soon, the guy leaned over, pointed at the stage and asked: “What’s going on?”
I summed up the scene that was in progress: “That man has a real bird. The other guy has a mechanical bird, and they’re competing.”
The guy nodded and started watching.
About four scenes later, the guy asked “What’s happening now? Does THAT guy have the mechanical bird now?”
And I said. “It’s a different scene. They’re doing a series of scenes. When someone runs along the front it means a new scene is starting.” The scene that was occuring at this time involved a man with a fission reactor competing with a man who had a cold fusion reactor, but I did not explain this to my neighbor.
The man nodded, whispered something to his date, and returned to watching the show.
On my iTunes now:
Child Star by The Unicorns from "Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?"
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Sep 19th, 2005 at 12:30 pm
This sort of reminds me of the time I was at Harold Night and this young Russian guy sat next to me. He spoke perfect English, but I had to explain a lot of the cultural jokes and slang to him.
Well, I didn’t have to, but he kept asking and the Cold War *is* over, for crying in the sink.