THB #523: The 4 Questions (of Showbiz)

Each year we gather and pretend that Easter and Passover are not really tethered to the same damned pagan harvest holiday and that they are really about Jesus rising and Jews following Charlton Heston through a cool water ride at Disneyland onto Venice Beach. One is all about ham and the other all about flatbread.

The tradition of Passover is to tell the story. The family gathers and the story is told… same story every year… but the brisket is good and it’s nice to see who is walking less well each year.

So I offer my slice of my showbiz “Ha! Good, huh?” to you, focused on The 4 Questions, traditionally read by the youngest in the room. But in Showbiz, Botox keeps us from knowing who is eldest or youngest. So…

“Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty commandments!”

As we tell the story of Showbiz, we think about it from all angles. Our unwritten bible of absolutes speaks of four different types of children who might react differently to the Annual Industry Consideration. It is ou…