Last night Scott had his last show in Chicago(for a while) S. Charles Nelson. Stage Legend. No Doubt About It. It was the third installment in his Fine Actor series where he plays a faux version of himself as a professional somewhat pretentious actor "looking back" on his career and reprising notable monologues and scenes from fictions plays. A loosely structured revue based-show which is almost completely improvised.
The show was, as usual, incredible. Easily one of the funniest, fun, and impressive shows of the year. Scott is the most talented person I know, I've frequently said over the years that if Scott doesn't find success in the entertainment industry at some point down the line then talent is inconsequential. He flourishes in the most bizarre sets of circumstances. He prefers to paint himself into corners, to creates situations that are incredibly challenging which he then has to meet, that demand that he deliver on the spot. As an example during the show yesterday he set himself up to sing, monologize, do spoken word poetry with barely a premise to go off of and it was amazing.
There's a term in improv- "pimping"- which means making one of your fellow performers do something difficult which they might not want to do like sing, rap, breakdance, do an impression etc. There is no pimping Scott. He excels when tested. Relishes a stacked deck, putting a ton of pressure on himself, because he always rises to the occasion, always triumphs
He's going on a boat for four months. I'm not entirely confident he'll come back to Chicago after his contract is through. I'll miss my friend, he's a constant source of inspiration and delight.
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