Blog Post 3.1
Some of the stories in this 60 minute work really captured my attention while others were just begging me to skip them. After listening to all 20, I decided that I most enjoyed “Don’t I know you,” “No, of course I know you,” “Up where the air is clear,” and Act 10, which has no title but is a 2 minute play.
One thing that connects all four stories is that they made me laugh. Especially Act 10. Definitely Act 10.
I sometimes think my sense of humor is quite odd, as I find amusement in some things where few else do, and no enjoyment in things that most people find laughable. Half of the time I spend with my friends is filled with polite smiles or blank expressions as they share some joke that I can’t relate to. The other half is spent trying to cover for my own failed attempts at raising some chuckles from them. In these stories, though, I can see the humor that the authors intended to convey, and I have received it well. That must mean that my own sense of humor isn’t so unusual after all.
That brings me to another connection – I can relate to each of those stories. Okay, I’m not an under-recognized actor who roams the streets of New York everyday, but I have certainly made innocent situations awkward by pure accident before.
The four pieces I chose can each tie into an experience I’ve had in my life; thinking about a strange woman for hours, even days, before finally placing where I’ve met her before; trying to hold a good conversation with someone I have only one thing in common with (and nothing else); and doing an improv act in front of an audience. That’s why I’m able to laugh at these stories – I have some kind of experience that allows me to relate to them and find the humor.
Maybe I’m just taking the chance to laugh not at what the authors placed in my ears, but simply at myself.
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