SharkBoy and I are in line at TKTS in Times Square, hoping to get tickets to Mary Poppins. As we snake along the huge line to the wicket, we’re met with people who ask “if we have any questions about any shows”

Obviously these people are selling their show.

As we pass some eager young man he asks us what show we’re going to see. SharkBoy tells him, beaming with excitement.

“Why don’t just go rent the DVD and watch it?” he moans at us. “Disney took the movie and dropped the whole thing on stage.”

“…Not good?” SharkBoy asks.

“There’s so much more to see!” and dives into a litany of good theatre we should be spending our money on. Thankfully the line moved foreward and our scolding trails off.

Moving forward, we reach another helpful lad who wants to know what we’re spending our valuble time and money on.

“I’m not sure I want to say. That last guy hated our choice!”

“Go on! What are you seeing?”

“Mary Poppins.”

His eyes go dead but his smile says 1000% plastic – “Fannntastic.” he hisses out. And with that he passes us for some other sucker in the line.