What’s Your Take On… the Worishofer?
A one-act play about this season’s version of the Ugg boot
Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Aug 20, 2010 at 08:00AM
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Date: A stifling hot afternoon that now feels like ancient history but was probably this past Monday — though it might have been Tuesday. The heat makes even the days melt.
Setting: A set of horribly uncomfortable wrought-iron chairs outside a downtown cafe.
Characters: Me and Her
Her: What’s that shoe that Michelle Whatsherface has been wearing?
Me: Sorry, I’m going to need more information. Obama? Trachtenberg? Michelle Who??
Her: Oh… (snaps fingers) … Williams! Yeah. Adorable Michelle Williams. And that nursing home sandal with the unpronounceable name.
Me: Worishofer.
Her: Do people wear those here?
Me: Sure, yeah.
Her: Like who?
Me: I mean, I don’t have a list or anything. Are you in the market for a pair?
Her: I can’t decide. Who carries them?
Me: I know Olivine, now in its online incarnation, does.
Her: Good to know. They seem comfortable. I mean, they must be comfortable.
Me: They must be?
Her: Yeah, I mean, because they’re so …
Me: Ugly?
Her: Yeah.
Me: I don’t know that they’re that ugly. No, wait — I don’t know that they’re ugly at all. The colors are nice — and there’s nothing wrong with a classic, ‘70s-feeling cork wedge. Topped with a pair of straight-legged, high-waisted jeans and a crisp, tucked-in menswear-inspired shirt with the sleeves rolled up? That’ll take you from late-summer right into early fall.
Her: You’re right. And they’re not ugly. I mean, not like … you know.
Me: What?
Her: Uggs.
Me: Hm, yeah, well. No comment.
Curtain
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