u/Weyoun5

I thought the play was kind of non-sensical and anticlimactic but setting that aside, how is the reveal of the actress a surprise or spoiler? It has nothing to do with the plot or story. It has no bearing on the mystery. Is it supposed to show the voices are all in his head or something complicated like that? And if it is, what in the play would lead to that - the reveal was staged in a very meta way, entirely to highlight the actress, and she even goes and hugs Russell seemingly out of character. So please ELI5 if I’m dumb.

I also didn’t think she did a very convincing little girl but that’s neither here nor there.

Has she appeared at all in the past few weeks? No shade to Tate but it seems like seriously false advertising for the theatre to continue marketing her while still offering no refunds.

Rode a horse for the first time ever today on a 2hr canyon ride in Cabo. The first hour was a walk. Then the guide started encouraging me to trot. At first it was in a row with his horse in front, but sometimes he would be to the side as my horse trotted. Question 1 - is this normal? Safe in any way? AI says it’s safe because the horse is super broken, but it felt risky to me. Not because I personally felt out of control. I felt fine but I’m not an idiot, I knew I probably had 0 control. I certainly had 0 knowledge.

Then we went to an open area, and he let my partner trot through the field by himself - no horse in front. He stayed back with me, watching. This felt CRAZY to watch. Somehow my partner went all the way to the end of the field with a trot that the guide said turned into a canter. I’m not qualified to assess, but watching the video it’s clear the horse speeds up beyond the initial trot! At the end of the field my partner stopped the horse, easily turned her 180 degrees around and trotted back to us, slightly slower. I didn’t attempt this since I didn’t feel like my horse was nearly as responsive or safe as my partner’s, and also because the whole thing felt absolutely crazy to me.

Is there any situation or type of horse/guide where this is remotely safe or acceptable? Even if wrong, is it common for guides in places like Mexico to encourage this behavior for first time riders? We definitely didn’t ask for it or encourage it, although after the guide pressed we went along with it.