Questions

So, every year, during every rehearsal I have a period I call "stupid question time". This is the time when the kids can ask me all those burning questions that either:

a) I've answered a million times before

or

b) have no significance for anyone but themselves

or

c) have no significance period.


Usually this is a long but necessary part of the show. It's a new experience for most of them, and there are lots of unknowns. Fine.

But this year's batch of kids has a noticeable lack of questions, and it concerns me a little. Are they just understanding everything, or are they too dense to realize what they're missing?

Since they haven't come up with many questions of their own, I have thought of a few that I will have them draw out of a hat to ask me:

"How can we make our dancing less craptastic?"

"What sort of alcoholic beverage would you like us to provide you after the dress rehearsal?"

"Is it ok if I pass the hat to take up a collection for a lovely director's gift?"

"You guys are laughing WITH us, not AT us, right?"