I'm not quite sure how this topic of conversation came up today...I have a habit of arbitrariness anyway.
I visited Colonial Williamsburg several years ago. There, to give "authenticity," they pay people to dress and act in character. So, you have men and women dressed in unseasonably warm "period" clothing, and they speak in this odd pseudo-British accent that I suppose was all the rage back in the olden days.
They creep me out, especially when they insist on audience participation. Do I have to speak in a fake British accent, too? What on earth do I say to them? "So, when are you?" Basically, here I am pretending to reside in 2009, while they are pretending to reside in 1700-something. That's quite a gulf to cover, conversationally. I suspect that it would be completely weird getting into a conversation about Lost at this point.
Anyway, I want no part in the audience participation. I'll stay on my side of reality, and they can stay in theirs, where they're being paid to stay in character.
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