In the school assembly, I have a joke, well, more of a line that I say to a kid. Normally, I do this with a 5th or 6th grade kid; however, yesterday, it was with a kid who was probably in 2nd grade. When I told the joke, I noticed a teacher “pull back”.
What I mean by Pull Back is that they kinda physically recoiled when I said the line. I’ve never had this happen with an older kid; however, the situation was that the group I was given was kindergarten to third grade. The reaction was 100% my fault for not thinking about how the line would play and just letting it pop out of my mouth.
I’ve cut the line out of the show, simply because I don’t want to have it come out again with a younger group. I don’t want the muscle memory of the show to override my brain.
Honestly, I’m making a bigger deal out of it than it is. Being aware of stuff like this and thinking about it hopefully makes me a more overall empathetic performer.
-Louie
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