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Listening to you recount your day yesterday reminded me of the character that Jon Lovitz played on SNL. He would be an actor who would be overacting everything in the extreme and then end with some wild death scene and then jump up exclaiming, "I was only acting!!"

I admit, it loses a bit of its humor in the telling. ;^)

-Kevin

I don't watch SNL, but I do love Jon Lovit, so I can imagine him doing that, and it being very funny.

Oy vey! Here's why its pressure filled. Because of some parents in the audience who expect this to be the equivilent of Broadway. Their expectations are out of kilter, but they will let me know that "you couldn't hear them..." or "so and so didn't know her lines." I usually respond "they're 10!"

So, I worry about them. 95% of the audience will be great. 5% of the audience will be ruthless... After spending 32 weeks with these kids, I love them all... so I want to protect them from the 5%. The only way I can do that is for the kids to be prepared...

It would probably be easier just to shoot the 5%...