I guess this won't help you now as the play is almost over (like in 1 hour, as I am writing this at intermission closing night), but please know this for the future: don't say "good luck" to someone about to perform a show. Tell them to "break a leg" or, if you speak French "merde." I don't know what it is in Spanish or Latin or other languages, but you get the point.
Seriously, this superstition has been true, at least for me. For example, take Episcopal's Into the Woods production last year. Before opening night, someone texted me "good luck." That night, the main character, the witch played by Lauren Hicks, was hit on the nose which caused a massive nosebleed, during the middle of her big scene on stage. We had to pause the scene for 3 minutes while she cleaned up. It was a real show-stopper (haha).
The moral of the story: don't say "good luck" to someone if they are about to perform in a show. Please! Tell them to break a leg. Be courteous. Don't ruin a show. Don't give someone a nosebleed.
I never thought about it this way, but I am also wary of the same superstitions. Every time I hear some bad attempt at words of encouragement like, "good luck!", I almost always find something bad happening to me or others around me. Interesting and fun post!
ReplyDeleteI understand the superstition. It can be difficult to function sometimes when we believe something will happen. I'll make sure to not say good luck.
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