February 25, 2018

Theater at the Magnetic last night. The play’s one selling point was the broadest imaginable Mountain accents, and one inexhaustible salesman of an actress, who prepped, expanded, delivered, and then approved of every line. It was a little bit horrible and, of course, very popular. Chairs had to be brought to accommodate the overflow crowd. One lesson: if your accent is perceived as the accent of “home” and triviality with be taken as wit. One good joke: When Unitarians pray, the prayer is addressed: “To whom it may concern.”