Tuesday, August 10, 2004

No Survivors

I've always been obsessed with plane crashes. From the one that crashed into the bridge in D.C. in '81 to the two that crashed right around the time I was about to fly to Montana in '85 to the one where 500 people died in China after the plane hit a mountain and people were writing their wills on napkins to TWA 800 to that one that the Egyptian pilot intentionally crashed a few years back, I can't get enough. I'm terrified to fly and I'm not sure if embracing this fear is a good thing or bad thing but I love reading about crashes and wondering what it must be like. I could watch the plane crash scenes in Final Destination, Alive, and Castaway over and over.

And now there is a play, Charlie Victor Romeo based on a number of actual cockpit discussions of pilots of actual plane crashes! The script is taken entirely from black box recordings of plane crashes. Who wants to go with me? I'll take responsibility for picking up tickets. Let me know when is good for you.

1 comment:

Jim said...

I might be up for that. Is it a Fringe Festival $5 type of play or a $75 theater district kind of deal? (Or somewhere in between.)