The dread Title Confusion strikes again... read this post first to enhance your reading experience.
Scene: My office, this afternoon. The IT guys are trying to fix a problem with my computer, so I've wandered over to a neighboring cubicle to chat.
CO-WORKER 1: Did you do anything fun yesterday?
ME: Oh, yeah, I went to go see Into the Woods with a friend.
CO-WORKER 2: How was it? I heard it was really good.
ME: Well, my friend and I are both theater people, in fact she actually played Little Red Riding Hood this summer, so we probably have waaay too many opinions about it, but--
CO-WORKER 1: What's it about?
CO-WORKER 3: It's about Little Red Riding Hood?!
ME: Yeah, it's based on the Sondheim musical--
CO-WORKER 2: Basically, it's about this woman who really hates her life, nothing is going right for her--
ME: (thinking, This is a rather unique way of looking at Into the Woods, but I guess it kind of describes the Baker's Wife, or Cinderella...)
CO-WORKER 2: --she just divorced her husband and is fucked up on drugs, so she decides to take this big hike through the wilderness--
ME: What?! No... not Wild... Into the Woods! The fairy-tale musical!
(General laughter at Co-Worker 2's expense)
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