Well, I´ve had an interesting, if not strange, evening. I decided to go to the theatre. I had no idea what I was going to see, just that it was a play at the local cultural center. I grabbed some dinner from the grocery store and sat outside to eat it while I was waiting for the showtime to arrive. Once finished, I walked inside, and there was a small gallery downstairs. While I was wandering around looking at the paintings, a man (who didn´t look Peruvian, but apparently is) started talking to me. Turns out, he kinda runs the place and was disappointed that I´d already bought my tickets to the show. So, he sent someone to return my ticket and retrieve my 20 soles. And I got to go through the special door to get a better seat. I could understand him ok, and I´m pretty sure he doesn´t speak more than 5 words in English, so that made it easier to try to talk to him in Spanish. We chatted for a bit before the play started, and then he treated me to hot chocolate afterwards. I didn´t understand a word of the play, but I do know it was strange. The gist of it goes like this: a man that I never understood a single word he said was in love with this girl who was in love with this other guy who was in love with this other girl who loved the first man. Something like a love rectangle. To get help, the man calls upon a little cupid-devil. However, that cupid-devil isn´t available, and another one shows up who happens to be very gay. He was the best part of the show. I could understand some of what he said because it was so much slower and more drawn out than everyone else! He was also funny because he had some mini dance numbers in the show, one of which was imitating about five of Michael Jackson´s dances. Hilarious. So, somehow, the main guy dies, but asks the devil if he can come back, so the devil (who seems to always mix things up) brings him back as the girl who loved him (who had also died somehow.) So, now we have this man in a woman´s body chasing after a girl who has joined the convent since she couldn´t have the man of her dreams. And I won´t even go into what the other nun in the play did. Somehow, everyone dies at the end, reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet times two, and I think the main character finds himself in hell. But, then again, seeing as how that was an hour and a half of not understanding more than 20 words, there´s really no telling what everyone else got out of it! However, the conversation was nice, and the play turned out to be free, so no complaints there!
