"The Audience are morons"

in situ: The Winter's Tale - Term 2, Week 5

I arrived this evening whereupon the whole class stopped and sang "Happy Birthday" to me. I don't think this has happened since I was six years old, so it was unexpected but very cheering.

We continued our exploration of the vaudeville style as a way to represent Bohemia, using the modern-day US-style situation comedy as a reference point.

"The form of acting American sitcoms are based on is 100 years old," director Richard told us. He further explained how you must speak slowly and clearly, accentuating dialogue with actions that literally portray what you are saying: "[it's as if] the audience are morons."