“Could you lower the volume? It feels too loud for only five spectators.”

My son takes out his pad and writes, “Brings me to see a Bowie documentary on a school holiday and complains about the music volume.”

I congratulate myself for having backhandedly nurtured my son’s stand-up comedy career.

Karen Sztajnberg is a Brazilian filmmaker, PhD candidate, has a thing for fried artichokes, and abhors global brand perfumes.