I’m no Willard, but I learned from him. Here is a play.
K [stands to one side of the stage; nods and smiles to an argument that’s just out of earshot]
U [walks onto stage from the other side]: Nodding to balderdash? Smiling to horseshit?
K: You yourself seem to talk horseshit.
K [stands to one side of the stage; nods and smiles to an argument that’s just out of earshot]
U [walks onto stage from the other side]: Nodding to balderdash? Smiling to horseshit?
K: You yourself seem to talk horseshit.
U [to audience]: Always dismissing people who disagree with her, isn’t she? No surprise here!
K [to U]: Are you joking?
U: My lady, I will give you the benefit of the doubt! What I called horseshit was what you were agreeing to, not your agreement to it. [smiles to audience]
K [to U]: Are you joking?
U: My lady, I will give you the benefit of the doubt! What I called horseshit was what you were agreeing to, not your agreement to it. [smiles to audience]
K: And by calling what I was nodding to horseshit, you were not also calling my nodding horseshit?
U: I was only trying to figure out why you could possibly be nodding to it.
K: Are you trying to make me believe that when you say horseshit you are asking me a question?
U: I was only trying to figure out why you could possibly be nodding to it.
K: Are you trying to make me believe that when you say horseshit you are asking me a question?
U: Oh dear. And here I was expecting an actual argument from you! But if you’re already offended when I say horseshit, I suppose I shouldn’t wait for a more thoughtful reply! [Exits where they came from.]
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