This may be my favorite @pluralistic post of all. A must read for writers and artists!
The “modified” hack is definitely going into my toolbox.
I loved seeing a Leverage reference (a show I worked on for years).
I loved the bit on comedy: “[The audience member’s] mind is furiously trying to defuse the comedian's bomb before it detonates.” Having done stand up myself, when they do diffuse it first, you are the one that bombs!