That Was So Unexpected
Wesley Morris: You have brought this conversation to a close.
Hong Chau: Well, I planned it all perfectly. It worked out.
Morris: [Laughs] What was the context for that?
Chau: I mean, it’s wall-to-wall monologues and big, big scenes.
Morris: Oh, sure. Probably when my parents got divorced and my father got cable.
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Chau: Thank you! Honestly, they’re all so different.
Morris: It’s all merged. I mean, not maybe hours, but—
Chau: That was just a really wild year. That was so unexpected.
Morris: I’ve never done any of this, by the way.
Chau: Of course.
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Morris: There is an art to speaking that language, though. But has he been to Missouri?
Chau: He just has a good energy. We don’t even need to talk.
Morris: Right. Do you have to?
Chau: Yeah! It feels very human to take what you want out of it or take what you want at that particular moment in your life.
Morris: That’s exactly the right way to think about it.