Q: Where are you?
A: In my seat.
Q: What do you see?
A: A big curtain.
Q: Describe it to me.
A: It’s really big. Tall.
Q: What color is it?
A: Red, I think.
Q: You think?
A: I’m distracted now.
Q: By what?
A: A man. He’s in the audience, he’s a performer.
Q: The magician?
A: Um hmm.
Q: Are you scared?
A: A little.
Q: What is he doing?
A: Hassling Bill.
Q: And Bill’s your friend?
A: Um hmm.
Q: How is he hassling Bill?
A: He’s making Bill’s money disappear.
Q: Is it funny?
A: Yeah. Kinda amazing.
Q: Later on, does the curtain open?
A: Yes.
Q: What do you see?
A: The magician cutting a woman in two.
Q: How is that possible?
A: There were actually two females: one who previously lost her legs and one who lost her upper body and is only legs. The first girl balances on top of the second one. From there, the trick is obvious.
Q: Did you like the show?
A: Yeah. The magician was no Criss Angel, but yeah.
Q: Well, that’s good. So you went because you heard it was a good show.
A: It better be, for a hundred bucks.
Q: So, on a scale of one to five, five being the highest?
A: Why does five have to be the highest?
Q: Do you want one to be the highest?
A: No. I mean why not a scale of one to ten? One to five doesn’t leave much room for nuance.
Q: All right. One to ten, then.
A: Let’s see. Eight.
Q: Oh, for Pete’s sake. Why didn’t you just say four?
A: What do you mean?
Q: Four out of five is the same as eight out of ten.
A: No it’s not.
Q: Sure it is. I thought you were going to say seven-point-five or something.
A: No, it was definitely an eight.
Q: Forget it. I’m going count to three and snap my fingers…
A: No, no wait. Can we watch Star Wars now?
Q: Oh, God…
A: You said if I told you about Magicopolis you’d regress me and I could watch Star Wars for the first time again.
Q: All right. Jesus. Where are you?
A: In Hollywood at the Cinerama Dome movie theater. 1977.
Q: Who’s with you?
A: My sister. Ooh, it’s starting!
Q: This isn’t really what therapy is for…
A: Shhh.
Q: (inaudible)
