Mori’s circus memory freakshow mass hypnosis experiment
Ideas for involving more audience members: Mori’s Travelling Memory SideShow – serves as trailer for main event.
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1: ‘Pre-show’ –show. Mori appears at ice-cream van window. “Roll up Roll up” etc. He is promoting his wares. When a small crowd has gathered, he introduces his latest memory invention and his assistant the usherette ice-cream man hands out samples to the audience.
- he has banter with crowd – maybe about their memories long numbers so and so won the grand prix…
- he invites the audience to taste the ice cream simultaneously on the count of three in dramatic circus fashion..
- this induces mass group hallucination of memory eg - Mori vanishes and a small puppet scene of memory appears in window..
- eg the memory could be
Are these Mori’s own memories? Ie the original batch he made for himself before Matt discovered them – or new ones made for the public?
memories like trailers – ww2, picnic by river, holiday on beach. Classic 60s flower power party. Etc
a load of numbers - Oh that flavour is my telephone number! - or his Pin code – he pulls the curtain closed – forget that immediately! – spit out the ice cream now..
- like in a hypnotist or magicians show there could be a ‘plant’ in the audience who is asked to volunteer a memory which is then dramatically frozen using the Remembrificator – then ice cream is instantly made and fed to the audience and his memories – which may be personal or mundane are revealed, to his great astonishment.
Pre-show ends. Mori and the usherette invite audience to come back later for experiencing main show – the one for small audiences etc. gives flyer with times and explanation.
Break for lunch
After lunch main show.
