Katie Mack @astrokatie.com

I’m watching a Chekhov play and so far there has been no violence but this sign was on the wall at the entrance, so…

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Drone Cusack @herodedalus.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:30 UTC

Vanya?

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Jennifer Best @jenn619.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 05:17 UTC

Which one? And… I’m so jealous!

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Christopher White @stoneymonster.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:35 UTC

Chekhov’s trigger warning.

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David J. Loehr @djl.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 09:12 UTC

When a gun shot effect is promised before you enter, it must go off during intermission.

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@fiercelady.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:19 UTC

Hmm?

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DoctorTAS @doctortas.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:12 UTC

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Hampton @hamptonstevens.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:19 UTC

I'm proud of myself for getting this joke.

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rob pike @robpike.io [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:54 UTC

A little on the nose, don't you think?

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:30 UTC

It would be very ironic if they had the sign but no gunfire

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The Bland Wazoo @zombieboof.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:55 UTC

Donald Glover voice: 🎶 This is America... 🎶

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ElfDestruct @elfdestruct.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 03:01 UTC

Chekhov's herring!

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Rabsinthe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @rabsinthe.scot [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:42 UTC

Appreciation for the meta.

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Joe Gordon @joegordon.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:42 UTC

You’re expecting some kind of loud report. A large percussion. A big ba

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Geoffrey @itzspelledgeoff.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:33 UTC

Telecoil? Sweet!

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Kevin @lordvercetti.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 04:50 UTC

Oh I love Star Trek!

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Ishy @ishmaeel.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 03:19 UTC

This is foreforeshadowing.

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Tom Streeter @tomstreeter.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 13:23 UTC

Took me a second. Totally worth it.

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Discount Coffee Nonsense @dramaqueenkjf.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:09 UTC

Ooh, is it Three Sisters?

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@mikemendley.bsky.social [ View ] May 20, 2024 at 20:22 UTC

Maybe there’s a way to use “Chekhov’s gun” to explain “Schrödinger’s cat.”

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strangevista (she/they) @strangevista.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 05:45 UTC

*no actual seagulls were hurt in this production

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strangevista (she/they) @strangevista.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 05:44 UTC

spoiler alert

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DavidNelsonNM @davidnelsonnm.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 03:36 UTC

It’s just to cover for a perfect 1970s Columbo-style murder.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:02 UTC

Was there a gun on the wall in Act 1?

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 03:41 UTC

I really enjoyed that one but my wife fell asleep

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artwells @artwells.com [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:00 UTC

They didn't say the act. That's against regulations.

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:35 UTC

ha!

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OdysseyA @canuaodyssey.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 05:08 UTC

It is because Anton Chekhov once said: “If there is a gun hanging on the wall, it should fire at the end of the play.” It is just a famous metaphor.

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Mela @melasdesign.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:52 UTC

That would make me turn around and leave. They’re kind to give notice.

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@nonchip.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 05:16 UTC

the important question is: did they show a totally harmless and clearly just decorative firearm on set yet?

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Art Heart History 🪬 @arthearthistory.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:43 UTC

If it's been hanging on the wall in the first act, they'll be firing it in the last act for sure.

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gary dickson @gzyd.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 03:48 UTC

Hahaha

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Tommy B Jensen @tommybj.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:38 UTC

Well, I’m triggered!

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CR @yourfriendbap.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:45 UTC

Kinda ruins the ending

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Job Polak @jobpolak.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 06:21 UTC

Is it really a Chekhov if no one fires a revolver at some point?

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Ad Absurdum 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🍉 @thereductio.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:04 UTC

Chekhov’s Foley

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SDSkuld @sdskuld.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 04:17 UTC

Someone will suffer a terrible paper cut from that sign in Act Three.

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Warhammerchick @celticdragon1.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 11:41 UTC

But the gunfire is only in the 3rd act lolololololol

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Roslyn Reid @the-moonshadow.bsky.social [ View ] May 20, 2024 at 03:47 UTC

"How was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?"

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Jeez @justkiddingjeez.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:34 UTC

🤣😂🥸 3rd act.

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colon musk 🤦‍♂️ @streamedhams.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:10 UTC

the gun is never fired… a classic example of chekov’s switcheroo

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Stephen O'Hara @stephenohara.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:56 UTC

A long time ago was a weird theme park here, "Guntown Mountain" and the Cowboy warn us about the loud bangs in the play

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screamo_husband89 @thirdsecond.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:48 UTC

*fingers to temples, eyes closed* The Seagull

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@jojocanyon.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:39 UTC

😂

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Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 13:13 UTC

"At this point in our play, a pistol shot is heard. We assure our listeners it is only a prop in the show, and nobody will be harmed by it." (Cartoon right after Orson Welles's War of the Worlds)

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Normcore MacDonald @normcoremacdonald.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 14:05 UTC

At least say “spoiler alert”

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Sweet like @peaches.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 15:05 UTC

Is it The Seagull?

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Dave @davebrowne.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 04:52 UTC

Not to spoil things, but I took two acting classes in college and "Chekhov's Gunshot Warning" is so well known in drama it's theatre slang for Red Herring.

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@kladdagh.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:44 UTC

It's Chekhov's gun sound effect.

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Witty Librarian 2024 @paulwartenberg.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:50 UTC

well, they introduced the gun in the first act, so...

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@myqkaplan.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 11:07 UTC

This is a lot of fun!

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:43 UTC

Chekov's SPOILER ALERTS, people! Sheesh.

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Giant Pain in the Ass @giantpainintheass.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:07 UTC

A lot of people don't realize that John Woo's "The Killer" is based on a Chekov play

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simongarlick @simongarlick.net [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:02 UTC

American schoolchildren be like

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Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 04:49 UTC

Proud to know you

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Dan Majdali 🇺🇦🌻 BLMtoo @danmajdali.bsky.social [ View ] May 20, 2024 at 07:12 UTC

If all words with V's aren't pronounced as W's in the play then I'll be upset.

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Tim Boerger @timboerger.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:34 UTC

I bet that sign is going to do something in the third act.

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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:22 UTC

But someone from my theatre department thinks Dame Judi Dench is really into something here so should the signs even be there? www.radiotimes.com/going-out/ju...

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This is BS @thisisbs.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:49 UTC

tbf there *was* a mention of a gun in Act 1, and it *is* Chekhov

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M. O’Lybdenum @perchorin.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:29 UTC

Leaning over and whispering into my date’s ear “that’s Chekhov’s gun.”

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Tom Swanson @swansontea.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:04 UTC

Must…resist…urge…to say… nuclear wessels

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Chris Doyon @nilbog3000.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:32 UTC

Chekhov guns are exclusively used for offstage s**c*des

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Tea Berry-Blue @teaberryblue.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:00 UTC

Is it The Seagull?

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DougofGabriola @islandgardener.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:57 UTC

Chekhov!…oh..wait.

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Aaron @macrodoz.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:38 UTC

Oh my!!

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Brian D. Clarke @bdclarke.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 05:31 UTC

Chekhovian Naturalism dictates that if the audience does not understand that a gunshot is to be expected, they will find it unrealistic when a hitherto unmentioned gun appears from nowhere and someone is shot with it.

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Brian D. Clarke @bdclarke.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 05:28 UTC

If you're watching The Cherry Orchard, this is a prank. Anything else, sorry.

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Michael Dell @michaelkdell.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 04:47 UTC

Was there a shotgun on the wall in the first act?

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Orcish Law @orcishlaw.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 01:30 UTC

Oh i hope that ends up being a prank

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Jacob Sidney is Jack the Ripper in IN FOR A PENNY (link in bio) @sirjacobsidney.bsky.social [ View ] May 19, 2024 at 02:49 UTC

Still count

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