Stephen Fry is Allergic to Dancing
March 26th, 2008, 9 Comments »
Desperate for something to listen to for the trip back to Victoria, I subscribed to Stephen Fry’s ‘Podgrams’ podcast. I figured that anything the erudite and charming Fry did would be worth listening to. And I wasn’t disappointed.
His second episode has a lengthy but highly entertaining rant explaining how and why he hates to dance. I don’t feel quite so passionate about the topic, but I sympathize.
I don’t like to dance either. There’s a scene in the season one of Dexter, where Dexter, his girlfriend, his sister and her boyfriend are cleaning out his father’s home. Somebody puts on an old record, and people start dancing. Everyone except Dexter, the emotionless sociopath. He stands, arms crossed, with a look of bewildered awkwardness that felt so familiar.
In any case, I highly recommend Fry’s monologue. I’ve cut it out of the larger podcast, which you can find in its entirety on Fry’s website.