Hangalot

Oh funny.

It is rare that I can't keep my composure when things go wrong. This evening I couldn't help but laugh as a major technical glitch left our Enchanter hanging in the air.

It is a big moment. He flies in with a staff that shoots pyro, stays suspended during the scene and then makes a grand pyro exit as he flies off stage left.

That's what usually happens.

This evening, however was a lil different. It started off the same: grand entrance, funny scene. But then the stage hands go to fly him off and he gets stuck. Not just stuck, but STUCK. The poor actor is hanging there in the air. He made a good effort at first, keeping his Enchanter character going, but after about 30 seconds his shoulders slumped and he just sort of dangled there. By this time I am already giggling. The next scene is underway, and he is there, about 15 feet off the ground. He even floated a little more on stage as opposed to coming close to leaving. LOL. The cast on stage is completely starting to crack. Our Head Carpenter yells to stage management to bring in the main curtain because they can't get him down. Nobody does that and after about a full minute, minute in a half (which is a LONG time really) our head carp goes OUT ON STAGE in his sandals and shorts and slowly pulls him off by the end of his long hanging cape. I am full on laughing at this point. The audience goes crazy. They love that crap.

Hilarious.

Why would anyone want to work in movies? Shit like this never happens on set. Oh that was good. The show is such a silly spectacle that it actually worked.

(cue: grade school student center stage) "Welcome to the Tampa Bay High School Production of ...Spamalot" (curtsies)