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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's this fact that I love\Nthat I read somewhere once
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's one of the things
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's contributed to homosapiens'\Nsuccess as a species
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is our lack of body hair --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our hairlessness --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our nakedness combined\Nwith our invention of clothing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gives us the ability to modulate\Nour body temperature
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thus be able to survive\Nin any climate we choose.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now we've evolved to the point\Nwhere we can survive without clothing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's more than just utility,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now it's a communication.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything that we choose\Nto put on is a narrative,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a story about where we've been,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we're doing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who we want to be.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a lonely kid.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have an easy time\Nfinding friends to play with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I ended up making\Na lot of my own play.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made a lot of my own toys.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it began with ice cream.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a Baskin-Robbins in my hometown,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they served ice cream\Nfrom behind the counter
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in these giant, five-gallon,\Ncardboard tubs.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And someone told me --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was eight years old --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone told me that when they\Nwere done with those tubs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they washed them out\Nand they kept them in the back,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you asked they would give you one.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took me a couple of weeks\Nto work up the courage,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I did,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they did--
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they gave me one.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went home with this beautiful\Ncardboard tub.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was trying to figure out what\NI could do with this exotic material--
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,metal ring, top and bottom --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started turning it over in my head,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I realized,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wait a minute,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my head actually fits inside this thing--"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, I cut a hole out,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put some acetate in there
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I made myself a space helmet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I needed a place to wear the space helmet,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I found a refrigerator box\Na couple blocks from home.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pushed it home,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in my parent's guest room closet,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I turned it into a spaceship.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started with a control panel\Nout of cardboard;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cut a hole for a radar screen
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put a flashlight\Nunderneath it to light it;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put a view screen up which I offset\Noff the back wall --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is where I thought\NI was being really clever --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without permission,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I painted the back wall\Nof the closet black
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put a star field
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I lit up with some Christmas\Nlights I found in the attic,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went on some space missions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple years later,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the movie "Jaws" came out.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was way too young to see it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I was caught up in "Jaws" fever like\Neveryone else in America at the time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was a store in my town\Nthat had a "Jaws" costume in their window,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my mom must have overheard\Nme talking to someone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how awesome I thought\Nthis costume was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because a couple days before Halloween,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she blew my freaking mind\Nby giving me this "Jaws" costume.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I recognize it's a bit of a trope
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people of a certain age to complain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that kids these days have no idea\Nhow good they have it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but let me just show you a random sampling
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of entry-level kids' costumes\Nyou can buy online right now --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the "Jaws" costume\Nmy mom bought for me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a paper-thing shark face
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a vinyl bib with the poster\Nof "Jaws" on it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I loved it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple years later,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my dad took me to a film\Ncalled "Excalibur."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually got him to take me to it twice,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is no small thing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it is a hard, R-rated film.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it wasn't the blood\Nand guts of the boobs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made me want to go see it again --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they helped --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the armor.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The armor in "Excalibur" was\Nintoxicatingly beautiful to me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These were literally knights in shining,\Nmirror-polished armor,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and moreover,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the knights in "Excalibur" wear\Ntheir armor everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wear it at dinner,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they wear it to bed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like, "are they reading my mind?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to wear armor all the time!"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I went back\Nto my favorite material--
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gateway drug for making:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,corrugated cardboard.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I made myself a suit of armor,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,replete with the neck shields\Nand a white horse.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that I've over-sold it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here's a picture of the armor that I made.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this is only the first\Nsuit of armor I made
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inspired by "Excalibur."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple of years later,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I convinced my dad to embark on making me\Na proper suit of armor.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over about a month,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he graduated me from cardboard\Nto roofing aluminum called flashing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still, one of my all time favorite\Nattachement materials,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pop rivets.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We carefully over that month,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constructed an articulated suit\Nof aluminum armor
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with compound curves.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We drilled holes in the helmet\Nso that I could breathe
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I finished just in time\Nfor Halloween and wore it school.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this is the one thing in this talk\Nthat I don't have a slide to show you,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because no photo exists of this armor.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did wear it to school,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a yearbook photographer\Npatrolling the halls
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he never found me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for reasons that are\Nabout to become clear.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were things I didn't anticipate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about wearing a complete suit\Nof aluminum armor to school.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In third period math,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm was standing in the back of class,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm standing at the back of class
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the armor did not\Nallow me to sit down.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the first thing\NI didn't anticipate.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then my teacher looks at me\Nsort of concerned
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about half way through the class
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and says, "Are you feeling OK?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm thinking, "Are you kidding?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I feeling OK?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm wearing a suit of armor!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am having the time of my --"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm just about to tell her\Nhow great I feel
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the classroom\Nstarts to list to the left
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and disappear down this long tunnel,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I woke up in the nurse's office.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had passed out from heat\Nexhaustion wearing the armor.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I woke up,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't embarrassed about having\Npassed out in front of my class,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was wondering,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Who took my armor?!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where's my armor?!"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, fast-forward a whole bunch of years,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some colleagues and I get hired
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make a show for Discovery Channel\Ncalled "Mythbusters."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And over 14 years,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learn on the job how to build\Nexperimental methodologies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to tell stories\Nabout them for television.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also learned early on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that costuming can play a key\Nrole in this storytelling
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I used costumed to add humor,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comedy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,color
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and narrative clarity to the stories\Nthat we're telling.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we do an episode\Ncalled "Dumpster Diving,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I learn a little bit more
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the deeper implications\Nof what costuming means to me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The episode "Dumpster Diving"--
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the question we were trying to answer is:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is jumping into a dumpster as safe\Nas the movie would like you to believe?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the episode was going to have\Ntwo distinct parts to it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One was where we get trained\Nto jump off buildings by a stuntman
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into an air bag.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second was the graduation\Nto the experiment:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're fill a dumpster full of material\Nand we'd jump into it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to visually separate\Nthese two elements,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought, "Well, for the first\Npart we're training,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we should wear sweatsuits --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh! Let's put 'Stunt Trainee'\Non the back of the sweatsuits,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's for the training."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for the second part I wanted\Nsomething really visually striking --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I know! I'll dress as Neo\Nfrom 'The Matrix.'"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went to Haight Street.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bought some beautiful\Nknee-high, buckle boots.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found a long flowing coat on eBay.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got some sunglasses
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I had to wear contact\Nlenses in order to wear.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the day of the experiment\Nshoot comes up
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I step out of my car in this costume
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my crew takes a look at me ...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start suppressing\Ntheir church giggles.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're like,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laugh sound)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I feel two distinct\Nthings at this moment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel total embarrassment over the fact\Nthat it's so nakedly clear to my crew
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm completely\Ninto wearing this costume.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the producer in my mind reminds myself\Nthat in the high-speed shot in slow-mo
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that flowing coat is going to look\Nbeautiful behind me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Five years into [the] "Mythbusters" run,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we got invited to appear\Nat San Diego Comic-Con.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd known about Comic-Con for years\Nand never had time to go.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the big leagues.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was costuming mecca.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People fly in from all over the world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to show their amazing creations\Non the floor in San Diego.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I wanted to participate.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided that I would put together\Nan elaborate costume
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that covered my completely.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would walk the floor\Nof San Diego Comic-Con anonymously.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The costume I chose?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hellboy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not my costume,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's actually Hellboy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I spent months assembling the most\Nscreen-accurate Hellboy costume I could,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the boots to the belt,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the pants
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the right hand of doom.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found a guy who made a prosthetic\NHellboy head and chest
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I put them on.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I even had contact lenses made\Nin my prescription.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wore it onto the floor at Comic-Con
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can't even tell you how balls-hot\Nit was in that costume.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sweating --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should of remembered this --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sweating buckets
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the contact lenses hurt my eyes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and none of it matters\Nbecause I'm totally in love.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just with the process of putting\Non this costume and walking the floor,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also with the community\Nof other costumers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not called costuming at Cons,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's called "Cosplay".
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now ostensibly, Cosplay means
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who dress up as their favorite\Ncharacters from film and television,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and especially anime,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is so much more than that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These aren't just people who find\Na costume and put it on.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They mash them up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They bend them to their will.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They change them to be the characters\Nthey want to be in those productions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're super clever and genius:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they let their freak flag fly\Nand it's beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But more than that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they rehearse their costumes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At Comic-Con or any other Con,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't just take pictures\Nof people walking around.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You actually go up and say,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey I like your costume,\Ncan I take your picture?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you give them time\Nto get into their pose.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've worked hard on their pose
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make their costume look\Ngreat for your camera.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's so beautiful to watch.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I take this to heart.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at subsequent Cons,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learn Heath Ledger's shambling\Nwalk as the Joker from "The Dark Knight."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learn how to be a scary Ringwraith\Nfrom "Lord of the Rings,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I actually frightened some children.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned that "herr herr herr"--
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that head laugh that Chewbacca does.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I dressed up as\NNo-Face from "Spirited Away."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't know about "Spirited Away"\Nand it's director, Mayao Miyazaki,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first of all, you're welcome.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a masterpiece
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of my all-time favorite films.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about a young girl named Chihiro\Nwho gets lost in the spirit world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an abandoned Japanese theme park.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she finds her way back out again
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the help of a couple\Nof friends she makes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A captured dragon named Haku\Nand a lonely demon named No-Face.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No-Face is lonely and he\Nwants to make friends,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he thinks that the way to do it\Nis by luring them to him
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and producing gold in his hand.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this doesn't go very well,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so he ends up going on a kind\Nof a rampage
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until Chihiro saves him --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rescues him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I put together a No-Face costume
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wore it on the floor at Comic-Con.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I very carefully practiced\NNo-Face's gestures.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I resolved I would not speak\Nin this costume at all.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people asked to take my picture,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would nod
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would shyly stand next to them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they would take the picture
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I would secret out from behind\Nmy robe a chocolate gold coin,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the end of the photo process,\NI'd make it appear for them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, ah ah --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people were freaking out.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Holy crap! Gold from No-Face,\Noh my god, this is so cool!"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm feeling and I'm walking\Nthe floor and it's fantastic.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About 15 minutes in something happens.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody grabs my hand\Nand they put a coin back into it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think maybe they're giving me\Na coin as a return gift,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but no, this is one of the coins\Nthat I'd given away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know why.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I keep on going,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I take some more pictures.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it happens again.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Understand, I can't see\Nanything inside this costume.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can see through the mouth --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can see people's shoes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can hear what they're saying\Nand I can see their feet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the third time someone\Ngives me back a coin,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to know what's going on.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I sort of tilt my head back\Nto get a better view,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I see is someone walking\Naway from me going like this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it hits me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's bad luck to take gold from No-Face.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the film "Spirited Away,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bad luck befalls those who take\Ngold from No-Face.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This isn't a performer-\Naudience relationship.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Cosplay.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are, all of us on that floor,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,injecting ourselves into a narrative\Nthat meant something to us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're making it our own.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're connecting with something\Nimportant inside of us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the costumes are how\Nwe reveal ourselves to each other.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)