Topic: Catherine Zeta Jones

2 chapters across the catalog

Hide Your Forks
Episode 313 1:15:13 - 1:21:11

313: Hide Your Forks

Mark Rylance's Bizarre Tony Awards Acceptance Speech

Actor Mark Rylance delivered a highly unusual acceptance speech at the Tony Awards after winning Best Actor for his role in *Jerusalem*. Instead of traditional thanks, Rylance recited a prose poem about the mechanics of "walking through walls." Despite the surreal nature of the speech, presenter Catherine Zeta-Jones and the elite audience reacted as if the performance was standard, highlighting a disconnect between the theater elite and the general public.