Play It Real? A Police State
Watching the Improv Jam two weeks ago, sitting with Neil Casey while a scene started where someone did a tag out that transported characters from a fast food restaurant to a police interrogation room. Neil leaned over and said this to me:
“I’ve noticed that for students under 25 a lot of them walk on or tag out as the police coming to shut things down for being out of line. These kids either live in a world or they think they live in a world where if you step out of line the system comes crashing down on you like a ton of fucking bricks.”
After he said that, it started to stand out. Someone in an improv scene starts cheating on their company, security comes crashing in to ask them questions. Some tag-outs were just people being police. Other were smarmy investigators who came in with a sort of “good cop” attitude: “Hey, we’re just here to ask a few questions.”
Once you start thinking about this, a lot of improv gets really creepy.
![peterfeld:
The latest corporate ridiculousness is Kellogg suing a nonprofit, the Maya Archeology Initiative, claiming that the toucan in their logo could be mistaken Toucan Sam of Froot Loops fame, Mark J. Miller reports for brandchannel.
Personally, I think they’re cuckoo for Coco Puffs, but the best part of the story is hearing an archeology and culture organization’s lawyer mock Kellogg for its nutritional and cultural pollution:
[The MAI] toucan is based upon a realistic toucan endemic to Mesoamerica. Kellogg provides sugary cereal and entertainment through Toucan Sam, his cousins and a make-believe world that pretends to reflect something real.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqhlr3OPR81qz802uo1_500.jpg)
The latest corporate ridiculousness is Kellogg suing a nonprofit, the Maya Archeology Initiative, claiming that the toucan in their logo could be mistaken Toucan Sam of Froot Loops fame, Mark J. Miller reports for brandchannel.
Personally, I think they’re cuckoo for Coco Puffs, but the best part of the story is hearing an archeology and culture organization’s lawyer mock Kellogg for its nutritional and cultural pollution:
[The MAI] toucan is based upon a realistic toucan endemic to Mesoamerica. Kellogg provides sugary cereal and entertainment through Toucan Sam, his cousins and a make-believe world that pretends to reflect something real.
Harmonizing subtype
(Valentine Meged & Anatoly Ovcharov) The intuitive subtype gives the impression of a person that has been torn off from reality. Internally focused and at the same time disseminated, they’re inclined to unexpected contrasts of behaviour where shyness and apathy are replaced by emotional elevation, determination and activity, a melancholic look – or inspired/joyful. Thoughtful and impulsive, optimistic and suppressed, timid and energetic, they provide various impressions. Internally inconsistent, sensitive and vulnerable, they hid their problems under a mask of carelessness. Try to be affable with everything, aspire to understand and favor everyone with a smile. They are attentive, soft and tactful. Willingly they explore the problems of others, try to find ways out of difficult positions and give useful advice. They protect their emotions and can threaten their opponents with notable psychological pressure. They’re impulsive, a little bit angular and their movements are badly coordinated. Gait is fast and a bit clumsy; their chins are often pointed, appear attentive, interrogative or surprised.
– http://wikisocion.org/en/index.php?title=Provisional_DCNH_descriptions_-_Delta_quadra#IEE_-_ENFp_-_Psychologist
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