i went to the moth last night. the theme was "dues" like, "paying ones dues". i would say that all the stories were at least engaging/interesting/inspiring for those of us that don't really write/perform. and some were fantastic. one woman that shared a story started off by explaining that she had been in the show de la guarda as one of the women that ran up the wall (a show, and moment, i wanted to be in since i saw it my senior year of high school).
the highlight of her story came later on in the retelling of her audition for tarzan on broadway. she described all the classically trained ballerinas she auditioned alongside/against hunching over and ferociously giving their best monkey impressions, and how she too, was trying to come up with special monkey tricks to impress the committee of people auditioning her.
after humiliating herself, she didn't make it into the show, tarzan. she did, however, make a great story out of it. and sometimes (and for the right people i would say all the time) that's even better.
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