Twyla Tharp

And we figured out that those little holes were a special kind of pollen

that they put down, and if they lit them, they would send up sparks.

And we were doing the sparks from the floor out of the pollen.

And you had chandeliers coming down that had hundreds of candles.

And in between takes, you're shifting all of the candles in like 50 chandeliers coming down here before you can do the next take.

Meanwhile, you got the clothes that are in here, and there are no gussets.

So nobody's arm has gone any higher than this.

You got the men in heels like this.

Nobody is running with huge strides.

Stuff like that.

Wow.

Now, am I, you know, I don't know what to do with that kind of information other than to marvel at human invention.

I don't know that we've come a long way.

Things were different and they maximize their resources.

Probably.

When are we going to do that?

Sure, it was very, very warm.

People were sweating all the time.

What do you think smell was in the 18th century?

Very stenchy is how smell was in the 18th century.