He said he often forgets what he writes and showed genuine surprise at least 3 times while reading his own words (from plays and his new book, Suburbia). “hmmm…I like that.” Jamais vu is what the French would call that, I think. He also noticed he had several repeating themes (”leitmotifs” is what eric begosian would call those, because he did). One was donuts. Who cares what the others were.
Because he’s a generalist (writes plays, monologues; acts ; directs), his mother never knows what to tell her friends what her son does. But now he’s on law and order. The mom likes the clarity that comes with this current activity. “He’s on Law and Order” is all she has to say now.
At one point in the Q and A he was handed a small yellow post-it by a suited man who worked at the bookstore. It was awkward timing. Eric reached for it, read it instantly, grunted “hmm”, and continued talking.
Because he’s a generalist (writes plays, monologues; acts ; directs), his mother never knows what to tell her friends what her son does. But now he’s on law and order. The mom likes the clarity that comes with this current activity. “He’s on Law and Order” is all she has to say now.
At one point in the Q and A he was handed a small yellow post-it by a suited man who worked at the bookstore. It was awkward timing. Eric reached for it, read it instantly, grunted “hmm”, and continued talking.
My understanding of this is that it said: “Watch out for the whale”
Just in time.