What Lies Beneath

This American Life

社会与文化

2023-04-14

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Summoning up stuff that’s usually hidden down deep. Prologue: A beloved drawing goes missing from Mr. Ablao’s third grade classroom. The class holds a funeral for the drawing, which accidentally unleashes a much bigger feeling than anyone anticipated. (13  minutes) Music of the Night after Night after Night: The musicians in the orchestra for Phantom of the Opera tell reporter Jay Caspian Kang about what it’s like to play the exact same music every single night—for decades. And how they’ve learned to make their peace with it. (26 minutes) How I Met My Mother: Producer Elna Baker’s mom doles out some very harsh feedback for her daughter, which goes unnoticed for ten years. (15 minutes)
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  • Okay.

  • Before you can understand how Bob's sister became the talk of the third grade and the big day that that led to, that people still remember, I need to explain first that Bob's sister is a drawing.

  • The teacher in this third grade class, Mr.

  • Ablow, spotted it one day while teaching math.

  • He saw one of the students, Antonio, working on a picture.

  • I went over to him and said, put the picture away.

  • Probably did that two or three times.

  • And then the fourth time, I went over and I just took the picture and.

  • Yeah.

  • And said, pay attention.

  • It's math class.

  • And I put it on my desk.

  • He came up right before recess, and he's like, can I have my picture back?

  • And I was like, what is this picture of anyways?

  • And he said, it's Bob's sister.

  • And I.

  • And I'm like, who's Bob's sister?

  • Turns out Bob's sister is a minion, which I don't even think Bob's sister exists in the minion world.

  • You're saying.

  • You're saying the Minions, like, from.