What Does "Holding Space" Mean?

SPOILER: Nothing

My general attitude toward the musical genre is this:

I’m with Norm.

If you like musicals, that’s great. But the rest of us don’t know why anybody decided musicals should be a thing, and we prefer to pretend they don’t exist.

It’s not something I go around ranting about, myself. It’s just a personal preference. Much like I don’t want big chunks of onions in my food or any booze in my cup, I don’t want musicals in my eyes and ears. It’s a part of the human experience I’m happy to leave for others to enjoy.

You do you, Lauren Boebert.

But every once in a while, musicals become inescapable. Often for reasons that have little to do with the work itself.

Such as this interview with Wicked stars Arianna Grande and Cynthia Erivo, which has gone viral for reasons that will be obvious after you see it: