The Sheila Variations

I told you so, Pagliaccio

In context, the following moment makes sense. However, I will not provide context, because I think it's funnier.

Last night, during the Q & A, Mitchell leaned over to me and whispered, in a tone of savage "I told you so" triumph:

"I knew someone up on that stage had done mask work."

Yup.

You were right.

"Mask work" was in da house.

Mitchell called it and so his moment of triumph was well-deserved. Mask work was subliminal. He knew there was commedia training amongst the crowd.

It's like Hunter saying that he always knows when there's a blimp in the sky, even if he's inside. "I have an uncanny sixth sense for the presence of dirigibles," he said to me once, in all seriousness.

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