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So often, comedy is about defamiliarization.
A comedian can perform that defamiliarization with words.
There is a square.
There is a tiny cactus inside a tiny glass pot.
There are dioramas and tiny glass birds.
Torres names this object Eric.
Eric sucks, Torres explains.
The design of Torress show is strange and disorienting.
But the deep idea of it is simple, even childlike.
Sometimes they are personal histories.
From the disorientation of defamiliarization comes sudden, funny intimacy.
My Favorite Shapeswill work not for everyone.
Once you see it, though, you will not forget it.
