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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.62,0:00:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's this fact that I love\Nthat I read somewhere once,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.48,0:00:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one of the things that's contributed\Nto homo sapiens' success
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.15,0:00:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a species
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.52,0:00:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is our lack of body hair --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.60,0:00:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our hairlessness, our nakedness
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.04,0:00:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,combined with our invention of clothing,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.38,0:00:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gives us the ability to modulate\Nour body temperature
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.69,0:00:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thus be able to survive\Nin any climate we choose.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.80,0:00:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now we've evolved to the point\Nwhere we can't survive without clothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.35,0:00:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's more than just utility,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.90,0:00:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now it's a communication.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.24,0:00:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything that we choose\Nto put on is a narrative,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.08,0:00:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a story about where we've been,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.12,0:00:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we're doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.74,0:00:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who we want to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.05,0:00:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a lonely kid.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.82,0:00:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have an easy time\Nfinding friends to play with,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.68,0:00:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I ended up making\Na lot of my own play.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.42,0:00:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made a lot of my own toys.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.93,0:00:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It began with ice cream.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.59,0:00:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a Baskin-Robbins in my hometown,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.74,0:00:56.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they served ice cream\Nfrom behind the counter
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.11,0:00:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in these giant, five-gallon,\Ncardboard tubs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.74,0:01:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And someone told me --\NI was eight years old --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.03,0:01:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone told me that when\Nthey were done with those tubs,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.75,0:01:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they washed them out\Nand kept them in the back,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.99,0:01:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you asked they would give you one.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.97,0:01:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took me a couple of weeks\Nto work up the courage,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.43,0:01:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I did, and they did.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.60,0:01:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They gave me one -- I went home\Nwith this beautiful cardboard tub.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.94,0:01:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was trying to figure out what\NI could do with this exotic material --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.36,0:01:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,metal ring, top and bottom.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.77,0:01:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started turning it over in my head,\Nand I realized, "Wait a minute --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.18,0:01:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my head actually fits inside this thing."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.34,0:01:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.93,0:01:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, I cut a hole out,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.65,0:01:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put some acetate in there
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.19,0:01:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I made myself a space helmet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.93,0:01:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.11,0:01:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I needed a place to wear the space helmet,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.09,0:01:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I found a refrigerator box\Na couple blocks from home.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.82,0:01:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pushed it home,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.13,0:01:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in my parents' guest room closet,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.92,0:01:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I turned it into a spaceship.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.34,0:01:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started with a control panel\Nout of cardboard.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.66,0:01:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cut a hole for a radar screen
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.48,0:01:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put a flashlight\Nunderneath it to light it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.73,0:01:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put a view screen up,\Nwhich I offset off the back wall --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.80,0:01:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is where I thought\NI was being really clever --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.46,0:02:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without permission, I painted\Nthe back wall of the closet black
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.53,0:02:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put a star field,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.71,0:02:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I lit up with some Christmas lights\NI found in the attic,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.27,0:02:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went on some space missions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.21,0:02:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple years later,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.39,0:02:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the movie "Jaws" came out.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.82,0:02:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was way too young to see it,\Nbut I was caught up in "Jaws" fever,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.08,0:02:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like everyone else in America at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.71,0:02:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a store in my town\Nthat had a "Jaws" costume in their window,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.18,0:02:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my mom must have overheard\Nme talking to someone
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.78,0:02:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how awesome\NI thought this costume was,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.92,0:02:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because a couple days before Halloween,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.80,0:02:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she blew my freaking mind\Nby giving me this "Jaws" costume.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.36,0:02:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I recognize it's a bit of a trope
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.79,0:02:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people of a certain age to complain
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.69,0:02:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that kids these days have no idea\Nhow good they have it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.25,0:02:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but let me just show you a random sampling
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.32,0:02:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of entry-level kids' costumes\Nyou can buy online right now ...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.04,0:02:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... and this is the "Jaws" costume\Nmy mom bought for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.88,0:02:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.64,0:02:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a paper-thin shark face
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.91,0:02:59.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a vinyl bib with the poster\Nof "Jaws" on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.48,0:03:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.55,0:03:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I loved it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.41,0:03:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple years later,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.83,0:03:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my dad took me to a film\Ncalled "Excalibur."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.67,0:03:08.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually got him to take me to it twice,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.73,0:03:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is no small thing,\Nbecause it is a hard, R-rated film.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.02,0:03:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it wasn't the blood\Nand guts or the boobs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.20,0:03:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made me want to go see it again.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.12,0:03:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They helped --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.31,0:03:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.33,0:03:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the armor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.52,0:03:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The armor in "Excalibur"\Nwas intoxicatingly beautiful to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.66,0:03:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These were literally knights\Nin shining, mirror-polished armor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.30,0:03:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And moreover, the knights in "Excalibur"\Nwear their armor everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.50,0:03:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the time -- they wear it at dinner,\Nthey wear it to bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.05,0:03:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.12,0:03:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like, "Are they reading my mind?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.02,0:03:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to wear armor all the time!"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.51,0:03:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.55,0:03:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went back to my favorite material,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.77,0:03:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gateway drug for making,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.34,0:03:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,corrugated cardboard,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.79,0:03:51.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I made myself a suit of armor,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.68,0:03:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,replete with the neck shields\Nand a white horse.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.14,0:03:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that I've oversold it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.43,0:03:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here's a picture of the armor that I made.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.48,0:03:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.85,0:04:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.74,0:04:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this is only the first\Nsuit of armor I made
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.35,0:04:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inspired by "Excalibur."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.72,0:04:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple of years later,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.100,0:04:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I convinced my dad to embark\Non making me a proper suit of armor.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.12,0:04:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over about a month,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.79,0:04:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he graduated me from cardboard\Nto roofing aluminum called flashing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.10,0:04:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still, one of my all-time favorite\Nattachment materials,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.94,0:04:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,POP rivets.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.14,0:04:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We carefully, over that month,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.87,0:04:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constructed an articulated suit\Nof aluminum armor
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.47,0:04:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with compound curves.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.66,0:04:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We drilled holes in the helmet\Nso that I could breathe,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.58,0:04:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I finished just in time\Nfor Halloween and wore it to school.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.66,0:04:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this is the one thing in this talk
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.83,0:04:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I don't have a slide to show you,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.67,0:04:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because no photo exists of this armor.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.70,0:04:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did wear it to school,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.09,0:04:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a yearbook photographer\Npatrolling the halls,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.72,0:04:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he never found me, for reasons\Nthat are about to become clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.13,0:04:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were things I didn't anticipate
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.23,0:04:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about wearing a complete suit\Nof aluminum armor to school.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.06,0:04:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In third period math,\NI was standing in the back of class,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.85,0:05:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm standing in the back of class
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.67,0:05:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the armor did not\Nallow me to sit down.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.89,0:05:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.37,0:05:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the first thing\NI didn't anticipate.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.35,0:05:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then my teacher looks at me\Nsort of concerned
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.89,0:05:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about halfway through the class\Nand says, "Are you feeling OK?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.91,0:05:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm thinking, "Are you kidding?\NAm I feeling OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.18,0:05:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm wearing a suit of armor!\NI am having the time of my --"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.07,0:05:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm just about to tell her\Nhow great I feel,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.75,0:05:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the classroom\Nstarts to list to the left
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.17,0:05:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and disappear down this long tunnel,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.91,0:05:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I woke up in the nurse's office.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.28,0:05:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had passed out from heat exhaustion,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.29,0:05:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wearing the armor.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.74,0:05:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I woke up,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.92,0:05:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't embarrassed about having\Npassed out in front of my class,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.09,0:05:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was wondering, "Who took my armor?\NWhere's my armor?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.71,0:05:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, fast-forward a whole bunch of years,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.92,0:05:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some colleagues and I get hired\Nto make a show for Discovery Channel,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.28,0:05:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called "MythBusters."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.46,0:05:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And over 14 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.65,0:05:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learn on the job how to build\Nexperimental methodologies
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.84,0:05:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to tell stories\Nabout them for television.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.80,0:05:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also learn early on
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.52,0:06:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that costuming can play a key role\Nin this storytelling.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.41,0:06:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I use costumes to add humor, comedy, color
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.46,0:06:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and narrative clarity\Nto the stories we're telling.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.94,0:06:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we do an episode\Ncalled "Dumpster Diving,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.72,0:06:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I learn a little bit more
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.01,0:06:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the deeper implications\Nof what costuming means to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.46,0:06:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the episode "Dumpster Diving,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.08,0:06:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the question we were trying to answer is:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.06,0:06:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is jumping into a dumpster as safe
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.73,0:06:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the movies would lead you to believe?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.73,0:06:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.53,0:06:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The episode was going to have\Ntwo distinct parts to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.19,0:06:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One was where we get trained\Nto jump off buildings by a stuntman
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.27,0:06:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into an air bag.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.62,0:06:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second was the graduation\Nto the experiment:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.13,0:06:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'd fill a dumpster full of material\Nand we'd jump into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.100,0:06:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to visually separate\Nthese two elements,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.31,0:06:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.49,0:06:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, for the first part we're training,\Nso we should wear sweatsuits --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.20,0:06:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh! Let's put 'Stunt Trainee'\Non the back of the sweatsuits.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.97,0:06:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's for the training."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.34,0:06:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for the second part, I wanted\Nsomething really visually striking --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.73,0:06:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I know! I'll dress as Neo\Nfrom 'The Matrix.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.23,0:06:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.33,0:06:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went to Haight Street.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.66,0:07:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bought some beautiful\Nknee-high, buckle boots.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.26,0:07:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found a long, flowing coat on eBay.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.73,0:07:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got sunglasses, which I had to wear\Ncontact lenses in order to wear.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.47,0:07:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The day of the experiment shoot comes up,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.48,0:07:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I step out of my car in this costume,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.47,0:07:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my crew takes a look at me ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.99,0:07:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start suppressing\Ntheir church giggles.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.89,0:07:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're like,\N"(Laugh sound)."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.01,0:07:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I feel two distinct things\Nat this moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.47,0:07:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel total embarrassment
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.19,0:07:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the fact that\Nit's so nakedly clear to my crew
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.96,0:07:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm completely\Ninto wearing this costume.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.62,0:07:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.33,0:07:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the producer in my mind reminds myself
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.57,0:07:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in the high-speed shot in slow-mo,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.02,0:07:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that flowing coat is going to look\Nbeautiful behind me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.14,0:07:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.01,0:07:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Five years into the "MythBusters" run,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.91,0:07:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we got invited to appear\Nat San Diego Comic-Con.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.59,0:07:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd known about Comic-Con for years\Nand never had time to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.01,0:07:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the big leagues --\Nthis was costuming mecca.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.64,0:07:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People fly in from all over the world
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.70,0:07:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to show their amazing creations\Non the floor in San Diego.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.84,0:08:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I wanted to participate.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.39,0:08:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided that I would put together\Nan elaborate costume
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.48,0:08:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that covered me completely,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.94,0:08:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would walk the floor\Nof San Diego Comic-Con anonymously.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.58,0:08:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The costume I chose?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.92,0:08:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hellboy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.49,0:08:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not my costume,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.67,0:08:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's actually Hellboy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.84,0:08:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.89,0:08:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I spent months
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.07,0:08:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assembling the most screen-accurate\NHellboy costume I could,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.93,0:08:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the boots to the belt to the pants
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.89,0:08:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the right hand of doom.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.30,0:08:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found a guy who made\Na prosthetic Hellboy head and chest
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.72,0:08:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I put them on.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.03,0:08:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I even had contact lenses made\Nin my prescription.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.79,0:08:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wore it onto the floor at Comic-Con
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.14,0:08:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can't even tell you\Nhow balls hot it was in that costume.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.79,0:08:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.86,0:08:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sweating! I should've remembered this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.92,0:08:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sweating buckets\Nand the contact lenses hurt my eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.83,0:08:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and none of it matters\Nbecause I'm totally in love.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.40,0:08:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.07,0:08:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just with the process of putting\Non this costume and walking the floor,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.65,0:08:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also with the community\Nof other costumers.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.26,0:08:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not called costuming at Cons,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.18,0:09:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's called "cosplay."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.03,0:09:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now ostensibly, cosplay means\Npeople who dress up
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.57,0:09:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as their favorite characters\Nfrom film and television
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.16,0:09:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and especially anime,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.37,0:09:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is so much more than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.13,0:09:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These aren't just people\Nwho find a costume and put it on --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.22,0:09:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they mash them up.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.64,0:09:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They bend them to their will.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.12,0:09:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They change them to be the characters\Nthey want to be in those productions.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.94,0:09:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're super clever and genius.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.88,0:09:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They let their freak flag fly\Nand it's beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.57,0:09:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.63,0:09:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But more than that,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.80,0:09:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they rehearse their costumes.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.28,0:09:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At Comic-Con or any other Con,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.78,0:09:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't just take pictures\Nof people walking around.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.35,0:09:32.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go up and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.53,0:09:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, I like your costume,\Ncan I take your picture?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.01,0:09:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you give them time\Nto get into their pose.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.83,0:09:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've worked hard on their pose
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.52,0:09:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make their costume look\Ngreat for your camera.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.17,0:09:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's so beautiful to watch.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.18,0:09:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I take this to heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.63,0:09:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At subsequent Cons,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.16,0:09:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learn Heath Ledger's shambling walk\Nas the Joker from "The Dark Knight."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.58,0:09:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learn how to be a scary Ringwraith\Nfrom "Lord of the Rings,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.65,0:09:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I actually frighten some children.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.74,0:09:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned that "hrr hrr hrr" --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.66,0:10:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that head laugh that Chewbacca does.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.62,0:10:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I dressed up as\NNo-Face from "Spirited Away."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.62,0:10:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't know about "Spirited Away"\Nand its director, Hayao Miyazaki,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.10,0:10:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first of all, you're welcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.57,0:10:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.14,0:10:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a masterpiece,\Nand one of my all-time favorite films.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.60,0:10:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about a young girl named Chihiro\Nwho gets lost in the spirit world
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.97,0:10:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an abandoned Japanese theme park.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.32,0:10:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she finds her way back out again
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.24,0:10:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the help of a couple\Nof friends she makes --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.58,0:10:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a captured dragon named Haku
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.10,0:10:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lonely demon named No-Face.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.39,0:10:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No-Face is lonely\Nand he wants to make friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.28,0:10:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he thinks the way to do it\Nis by luring them to him
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.47,0:10:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and producing gold in his hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.56,0:10:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this doesn't go very well,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.34,0:10:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so he ends up going\Non kind of a rampage
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.18,0:10:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until Chihiro saves him,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.46,0:10:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rescues him.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.08,0:10:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I put together a No-Face costume,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.73,0:10:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wore it on the floor at Comic-Con.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.01,0:10:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I very carefully practiced\NNo-Face's gestures.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.76,0:11:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I resolved I would not speak\Nin this costume at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.40,0:11:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people asked to take my picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.46,0:11:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would nod
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.11,0:11:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would shyly stand next to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.55,0:11:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would take the picture
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.24,0:11:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I would secret out\Nfrom behind my robe
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.98,0:11:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a chocolate gold coin.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.53,0:11:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the end of the photo process,\NI'd make it appear for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.92,0:11:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, ah ah! -- like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.65,0:11:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people were freaking out.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.06,0:11:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Holy crap! Gold from No-Face!\NOh my god, this is so cool!"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.12,0:11:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm feeling and I'm walking\Nthe floor and it's fantastic.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.01,0:11:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And about 15 minutes in something happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.37,0:11:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody grabs my hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.01,0:11:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they put a coin back into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.12,0:11:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think maybe they're giving me\Na coin as a return gift,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.34,0:11:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but no, this is one of the coins\Nthat I'd given away.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.23,0:11:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know why.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.70,0:11:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I keep on going,\NI take some more pictures.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.98,0:11:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it happens again.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.94,0:11:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Understand, I can't see anything\Ninside this costume.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.17,0:11:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can see through the mouth --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.68,0:11:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can see people's shoes.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.33,0:11:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can hear what they're saying\Nand I can see their feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.17,0:11:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the third time someone\Ngives me back a coin,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.46,0:12:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to know what's going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.61,0:12:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I sort of tilt my head back\Nto get a better view,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.70,0:12:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I see is someone walking\Naway from me going like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.27,0:12:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it hits me:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.60,0:12:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's bad luck to take gold from No-Face.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.26,0:12:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the film "Spirited Away,"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.19,0:12:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bad luck befalls those\Nwho take gold from No-Face.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.35,0:12:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This isn't a performer-audience\Nrelationship; this is cosplay.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.86,0:12:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are, all of us on that floor,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.09,0:12:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,injecting ourselves into a narrative\Nthat meant something to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.76,0:12:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're making it our own.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.63,0:12:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're connecting with something\Nimportant inside of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.33,0:12:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the costumes\Nare how we reveal ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.12,0:12:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.98,0:12:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.16,0:12:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)