The other night when I was at a movie with my sister and father, we saw a movie preview that none of us had seen before. Though we were sitting in the last row, we all leaned back a little to give the preview some space. Because it just felt like it needed it.
While we were trying to figure out just what the hell it was, I said to my sister, “My gaydar just exploded.”
Then she said, “OH! I bet it’s RENT!” And I said, “OH! I’m totally going to see it then!” At that, Dad made some kind of dismissive chuffing noise and my sister and I leaned forward, turned to him and said in unison, “It’s theater.”






