Cooking through the fourth wall
by antdina
Ferris Bueller tells us to “go home, it’s over.” The stage manager explains what is about to happen in Our Town. Hamlet acknowledges that we’re watching. All examples when the fourth wall is broken: when a character in a show speaks directly to us. Their eyes meet ours and we are no longer pious spectators. We participate. Our reaction speaks back to them. Cooking is performance art. And yet it’s a hidden drama. For unless you have the chef’s table, the […]
Categories: Pioneer • Tags: fourth wall, grill, Pieous, Qui, Salty Sow, sea bream, Shakespeare, smoke, tableside, theater, white oak
