Thursday, February 1, 2007

A man reading to us a Comic book


We were waiting in front of Shimo Kitazwa station. I say hello to Rob and Aya. Then I hear a loud behind me screaming a loud noise. I take a look and see some young kids laughing. Then in front of us a woman was singing some pop music. Here dance movements were slightly out of sinc. Shes trying to get a rise out of the people around her but not so successful. We start walking toward the restaurant. Rob said we should pay this guy to read us a comic. The guy is quite tall with dreadlocks and glasses that are scotch taped together. He asks me to choose a book. Looking at about 60 different covers, I was trying to imagine which one would make him go the most crazy. I chose a book with a picture of a man whose face was bloody. He pulled out some plastic bowls for us to sit on. In a crouched position our guy read the story of two samurai fighting to the death. He read the words like a true actor. He was hardly shy as a sword entered the body of an oponent. When things got reallly crazy in the battle, our guy swung his crazy hair around intermittently shouting. It was fantastic. In the end we gave him some money, and he gave us doughnuts. Later when we were going home, he was standing there reading comics to people passing by.

1 comment:

Konrad Newman said...

Happy Birthday Gavin! That was a great experience wasn't it? i think i seldom hear actors with such superb control of their voice. It was like having a personal movie acted out for you on the side of the street. i really want to do it again.