What would Elwood P. Dowd do?
Police in Idaho Falls, Idaho have asked a man there to stop wearing his bunny suit in public.
William Falkingham has worn his rabbit costume primarily in his backyard, and nobody much cared. But then a neighbor saw him standing behind a tree, his finger pointed like a gun at her son, and all hell broke lose.
Now police say Falkingham, who has no criminal record, could be arrested for public nuisance if he does it again.
What blatant bunny abuse!
I mean, seriously — how many times have you made that gesture? When someone was annoying you? At a good friend or family member, even?
Maybe the kid was being bratty or making fun of him. I know I wasn’t there, but give the bunny a break.
Either way, does that fact he was dressed as a rabbit really make it so sinister? If Walkingham must be reprimanded, why ban the bunny suit in the process?
(They say he wears it with a tutu sometimes — do we really want to rob the world of such ridiculous fun?)
“Well, thank you Harvey. I prefer you, too.” — Elwood Dowd, Harvey
That rascally rabbit
I am amused when Broadway audiences applaud the set at the start of a show…as if the couch needs a boost in self-esteem.
About 20 minutes into the performance last night — as the home of Elwood P. Dowd transforms into the dread psychiatric hospital — a loud clunk was heard. The set shuddered. All action grinded to a halt.
And poor Jim Parsons, who was faux reading a book in the library, scurried away as they dropped the curtain.
The curtain dropped a lot last night; a cable snapped in the set mechanism that couldn’t be quickly repaired. So every time the set changed, the curtain dropped and the lights came up.
Harvey lasted almost three hours.
I intended to review the play today, but it wouldn’t be fair. While I found Jim Parsons’ Dowd utterly charming, the show itself didn’t get a fair shake because of the constant interruptions and expansive running time.
I was literally nodding off at the end. Bnd that wasn’t really Harvey’s fault…or was it?
Darn pooka.
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