[2/2] Here's the page for the play itself (closes this Sunday). Looks v interesting. Good for him, first play gets Off-Broadway.
The pretext is basically "what if you're the one building Big Brother for the government?"
#OffBroadway #play #moral #thriller #plot #points #elicit #gasps #audience #BigBrother #surveillance #state #Palantir #data #harvester #broker #privacy #laws
https://www.datatheplay.com/
Data – A Gripping New Thriller About AI & Surveillance

A suspenseful new play where a young programmer uncovers a dangerous AI surveillance plot. “Data” exposes Silicon Valley’s darkest ambitions in a tense, timely thriller.

(Read carefully. There are no typos in the following.)

[On a blind date:]

"Hi! Nice to meet you. How old are you?"

"22."

"[Gasps]. I'm 35."

"[Gasps too.] This is going to be an age gasps relationship then."

 

#dating #gasps #AgeGapRelationships

Defense lawyer: Your honor, I am a chihuahua.

Prosecution lawyer: Objection!

Judge: On what grounds?

Prosecution lawyer: Defense counsel cannot possibly be a dog.

Judge: Why?

Prosecution lawyer: I saw them laying an egg! Dogs do not lay eggs.

[Gasps in the audience.]

Judge: [Turning to the defence lawyer.] What do you say?

Defense lawyer: It is true, Your Honor. For you see... [pulls off mask dramatically] I am a turnip.

[The audience clutches its pearls.]

Prosecution lawyer: But what about the egg?

Defense lawyer: It was a prop.

[The egg cracks, a chick comes out.]

Defense lawyer: Well, damn! It must have been a fertilized prop.

Judge and Prosecution lawyer: Hahahahahahahah!

#court #law #lawyers #objection #PearlClutching #gasps #dog #turnip #egg #chick #skit #comedy #nonsense