Airport Sushi

Another thing that sort of helps me through these times: John Mulaney, "Airport Sushi."

This is a kind of sequel to "Diner Lobster." A young man at LaGuardia wants to purchase the salmon rolls at a dingy LaGuardia kiosk. Such a transgression creates a kind of rupture in space/time, and a bizarre musical begins.

The Phantom of LaGuardia--a massacred goose from "the miracle on the Hudson"--appears and warns against the purchasing of the sushi. His song seems to summon others: a dancing man-sized rat, Auntie Anne (of the pretzel world), and also a wide-eyed stewardess.

These visitors have stories to tell, stories of De Blasio hatred, of "watching a man die at LaGuardia," of hiking toward an Uber car three miles from the baggage claim. Eventually, the singers are joined by a weary Asian-American man, who has thoughts on COVID-era profiling, and by Jake Gyllenhaal, who just really enjoys an aggressive full-body search at the entrance to the gates.

I don't think this has the elegance--or, of course, the surprise--of "Lobster Diner." But if you have a man singing, cheerfully, WATCHED A MAN DIE IN LAGUARDIA! -- and it's to the tune of Stephen Sondheim's "America" -- then you're doing something right.

Recommended.

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