Arctic Mark in Stanley Park

Sheila McCarthy Gets Her Lint Removed

Without a doubt, this absurdly banal moment was the highlight of the whole experience for me: sitting watching the costume woman remove the lint from Sheila McCarthy's clothing. Somehow all of the countless hours of preparation, the huge expense involved in putting together a show on this scale, the travel logistics, all of it came down to this moment of zen clarity: in the end, nothing is more important than the lint. There's a life lesson in there somewhere.