Direct from Egypt. 100% Original Mummy. 2 rolls of toilet paper and a roll of sticky tape got this performance rolling in Quito A Pie, a street performance program offered every Sunday in Quito, Ecuador. Inspired by a Facebook status update by friend Jef Johnson, today I wrapped myself up in toilet paper and played being a Mummy exhibit. The windy conditions and delicateness of toilet paper, added to the patheticness of the Mummy and led to us having to rewrap the Mummy with two more rolls of toilet paper. Recently in the news, it was reported that Venezuela was without toilet paper … thus the Mummy caused a chuckle for the Venezuelan tourists. An evangelist was convinced there was a subliminal Lazarus subtext in my performance. And one lady in english told me to “go back to my country!” (not sure what provoked that one). The highlight of the day was a scary face pulling contest with a toothless elderly man, who apparently had to slap my buttocks and pull my fingers to ensure I was truly a 100% original Egyptian Mummy!
