My love letter to cosplay | Adam Savage

Prevoditelj: Jasna Matek Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

There's this fact that I love that I read somewhere once,

Jednom sam negdje pročitao jednu činjenicu koju volim,

that one of the things that's contributed to homo sapiens' success

a to je da je jedna od stvari koja je pridonijela uspjehu homo sapiensa

as a species

kao vrsti

is our lack of body hair --

naš manjak dlaka --

that our hairlessness, our nakedness

naša ćelavost, naša golotinja

combined with our invention of clothing,

u kombinaciji s našim izumom odjeće,

gives us the ability to modulate our body temperature

daje nam mogućnost da podesimo svoju tjelesnu temperaturu

and thus be able to survive in any climate we choose.

i tako preživimo u bilo kojoj klimi.

And now we've evolved to the point where we can't survive without clothing.

A sada smo evoluirali dotle da ne možemo preživjeti bez odjeće.

And it's more than just utility,

I to je više od obične koristi.

now it's a communication.

Sada je to komunikacija.

Everything that we choose to put on is a narrative,

Sve što odlučimo staviti na sebe je narativ,

a story about where we've been,

priča o tome gdje smo bili,

what we're doing,

što radimo

who we want to be.

i tko želimo biti.

I was a lonely kid.

Bio sam usamljeno dijete.

I didn't have an easy time finding friends to play with,

Nije mi bilo jednostavno naći prijatelje za igru,

and I ended up making a lot of my own play.

pa sam na kraju stvarao vlastite igre.

I made a lot of my own toys.

Napravio sam mnoge svoje igračke.

It began with ice cream.

Počelo je sa sladoledom.

There was a Baskin-Robbins in my hometown,

U mome rodnome gradu bio je Baskin-Robbins

and they served ice cream from behind the counter

i za pultom su posluživali sladoled

in these giant, five-gallon, cardboard tubs.

u tim ogromnim, 18-litarskim kartonskim posudama.

And someone told me -- I was eight years old --

Netko mi je rekao kad sam imao osam godina

someone told me that when they were done with those tubs,

da kad su gotovi s tim posudama,

they washed them out and kept them in the back,

oni ih isperu i drže iza,

and if you asked they would give you one.

i da ti daju jednu ako ih pitaš.

It took me a couple of weeks to work up the courage,

Trebalo mi je nekoliko tjedana da skupim hrabrost,

but I did, and they did.

no jesam i učinili su to.

They gave me one -- I went home with this beautiful cardboard tub.

Dali su mi je -- otišao sam kući s tom predivnom kartonskom posudom.

I was trying to figure out what I could do with this exotic material --

Pokušavao sam dokučiti što bih mogao s tim egzotičnim materijalom --

metal ring, top and bottom.

metalni prsten na vrhu i dnu.

I started turning it over in my head, and I realized, "Wait a minute --

Vrtio sam je u svojoj glavi i shvatio, "Čekaj malo --

my head actually fits inside this thing."

moja glava zapravo stane u ovo."

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Yeah, I cut a hole out,

Da, izrezao sam otvor,

I put some acetate in there

stavio malo acetata

and I made myself a space helmet.

i napravio sebi svemirsku kacigu.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

I needed a place to wear the space helmet,

Trebao mi je prostor gdje bih nosio tu svemirsku kacigu,

so I found a refrigerator box a couple blocks from home.

pa sam nekoliko ulica dalje od kuće našao kutiju za hladnjak.

I pushed it home,

Odgurao sam je kući

and in my parents' guest room closet,

i stavio u ormar gostinjske sobe mojih roditelja.

I turned it into a spaceship.

Pretvorio sam to u svemirsku letjelicu.

I started with a control panel out of cardboard.

Počeo sam s kontrolnom pločom od kartona.

I cut a hole for a radar screen

Izrezao sam rupu za radarski ekran

and put a flashlight underneath it to light it.

i ispod stavio svjetiljku.

I put a view screen up, which I offset off the back wall --

Podigao sam ekran za vidik koji sam naslonio na stražnji zid --

and this is where I thought I was being really clever --

i tu sam mislio da sam jako pametan --

without permission, I painted the back wall of the closet black

bez dopuštenja sam stražnju stranu ormara ofarbao u crno

and put a star field,

i stavio zvjezdano polje

which I lit up with some Christmas lights I found in the attic,

koje sam osvijetlio božićnim lampicama koje sam našao na tavanu

and I went on some space missions.

i tako sam išao u svemirske misije.

A couple years later,

Nekoliko godina kasnije

the movie "Jaws" came out.

izašao je film "Ralje".

I was way too young to see it, but I was caught up in "Jaws" fever,

Bio sam premlad da ga gledam, ali uhvatila me ta manija

like everyone else in America at the time.

kao i sve ostale tada u Americi.

There was a store in my town that had a "Jaws" costume in their window,

U gradu je tada bila trgovina koja je u izlogu imala kostim "Ralje"

and my mom must have overheard me talking to someone

i mama me sigurno čula kako nekome govorim

about how awesome I thought this costume was,

kako je odličan taj kostim,

because a couple days before Halloween,

jer nekoliko dana prije Noći vještica

she blew my freaking mind by giving me this "Jaws" costume.

iznenadila me kad mi je poklonila taj kostim.

Now, I recognize it's a bit of a trope

Znam da je klišej

for people of a certain age to complain

da se ljudi određenih godina žale

that kids these days have no idea how good they have it,

kako današnja djeca pojma nemaju kako im je dobro,

but let me just show you a random sampling

ali samo da vam pokažem nasumične primjere

of entry-level kids' costumes you can buy online right now ...

dječjih kostima koje trenutno možete kupiti online...

... and this is the "Jaws" costume my mom bought for me.

... a ovo je kostim koji je moja mama meni kupila.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

This is a paper-thin shark face

Lice morskoga psa tanko kao papir

and a vinyl bib with the poster of "Jaws" on it.

i vinilni bavarin sa slikom "Ralja".

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And I loved it.

I obožavao sam ga.

A couple years later,

Nekoliko godina kasnije,

my dad took me to a film called "Excalibur."

tata me odveo da gledamo "Ekskalibur".

I actually got him to take me to it twice,

Natjerao sam ga da me dvaput odvede,

which is no small thing, because it is a hard, R-rated film.

što nije mala stvar, jer film nije za mlađe od 18.

But it wasn't the blood and guts or the boobs

Ali nisu me krv, iznutrice i cicke

that made me want to go see it again.

vukli da ga ponovno gledam.

They helped --

Pomogli su pri tome --

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

It was the armor.

Bilo je to zbog oklopa.

The armor in "Excalibur" was intoxicatingly beautiful to me.

Zaštitni oklop u "Ekskaliburu" meni je bio neodoljivo lijep.

These were literally knights in shining, mirror-polished armor.

To su doslovno bili vitezovi u sjajnim, zrcalno ispoliranim oklopima.

And moreover, the knights in "Excalibur" wear their armor everywhere.

Štoviše, vitezovi u "Ekskaliburu" svuda nose svoje oklope.

All the time -- they wear it at dinner, they wear it to bed.

Stalno -- nose ih za večerom, u krevetu.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

I was like, "Are they reading my mind?

Pomislio sam, "Zar mi čitaju misli?

I want to wear armor all the time!"

I ja želim stalno nositi zaštitni oklop!"

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

So I went back to my favorite material,

Tako sam se vratio svome najdražem materijalu,

the gateway drug for making,

slamka spasa kod rukotvorina

corrugated cardboard,

rebrasti karton,

and I made myself a suit of armor,

i napravio sam sebi oklopno odijelo,

replete with the neck shields and a white horse.

upotpunjeno štitovima za vrat i bijelim konjem.

Now that I've oversold it,

Sad kad sam ga previše nahvalio

here's a picture of the armor that I made.

evo slika oklopa koji sam napravio.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Now, this is only the first suit of armor I made

Ovo je samo prvi oklop koji sam napravio

inspired by "Excalibur."

inspiriran "Ekskaliburom".

A couple of years later,

Nekoliko godina kasnije

I convinced my dad to embark on making me a proper suit of armor.

uvjerio sam tatu da se upusti u pravljenje pravog oklopnog odijela.

Over about a month,

U roku mjesec dana

he graduated me from cardboard to roofing aluminum called flashing

napredovao sam od kartonskog do pokrovnog aluminija tj. vodonepropusnog

and still, one of my all-time favorite attachment materials,

i još uvijek jednog od mojih najdražih materijala za vezanje,

POP rivets.

pop zakovicama.

We carefully, over that month,

Pažljivo smo, tijekom tog mjeseca,

constructed an articulated suit of aluminum armor

konstruirali odijelo od aluminijskog oklopa

with compound curves.

sa sastavljenim oblinama.

We drilled holes in the helmet so that I could breathe,

Probušili smo rupe u kacigi da bih mogao disati

and I finished just in time for Halloween and wore it to school.

i završili taman pred Noć vještica, pa sam ga nosio u školu.

Now, this is the one thing in this talk

E sad, ovo je jedino u ovom govoru

that I don't have a slide to show you,

za što nemam slajd da vam pokažem

because no photo exists of this armor.

jer ne postoji slika ovog oklopa.

I did wear it to school,

Da, nosio sam ga u školu,

there was a yearbook photographer patrolling the halls,

fotograf za godišnjak je patrolirao hodnicima,

but he never found me, for reasons that are about to become clear.

ali nikad me nije našao, iz razloga koji će sad postati jasni.

There were things I didn't anticipate

Postoji nešto na što nisam računao,

about wearing a complete suit of aluminum armor to school.

što se tiče nošenja kompletnog odijela od aluminija u školu.

In third period math, I was standing in the back of class,

Na trećem satu matematike stajao sam u dnu učionice

and I'm standing in the back of class

a stajao sam tamo

because the armor did not allow me to sit down.

jer mi oklop nije dopuštao da sjednem.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

This is the first thing I didn't anticipate.

Ovo je prvo što nisam očekivao.

And then my teacher looks at me sort of concerned

Onda me učiteljica usred sata pogleda zabrinuto

about halfway through the class and says, "Are you feeling OK?"

i upita, "jesi li dobro?"

I'm thinking, "Are you kidding? Am I feeling OK?

A ja se mislim "Šališ se? Jesam li dobro?

I'm wearing a suit of armor! I am having the time of my --"

Nosim oklopno odijelo! Ne može mi biti bo--"

And I'm just about to tell her how great I feel,

I tek što sam joj htio reći kako se odlično osjećam,

when the classroom starts to list to the left

kad se učionica počela naginjati u lijevo

and disappear down this long tunnel,

i nestajati niz dugački tunel,

and then I woke up in the nurse's office.

i onda sam se probudio u ambulanti.

I had passed out from heat exhaustion,

Onesvjestio sam se od vrućine,

wearing the armor.

zbog nošenja odijela.

And when I woke up,

A kad sam se probudio,

I wasn't embarrassed about having passed out in front of my class,

nije me bilo sram zbog padanja u nesvijest pred svojim razredom,

I was wondering, "Who took my armor? Where's my armor?"

pitao sam se "Tko mi je uzeo oklop? Gdje je moj oklop?"

OK, fast-forward a whole bunch of years,

Dobro, premotajmo unaprijed puno godina,

some colleagues and I get hired to make a show for Discovery Channel,

neki kolege i ja dobili smo posao napraviti show za Discovery Channel,

called "MythBusters."

koji bi se zvao "Razbijači mitova".

And over 14 years,

I tijekom 14 godina

I learn on the job how to build experimental methodologies

na poslu sam naučio kako izraditi eksperimentalne metodologije

and how to tell stories about them for television.

i kako ispričati priče o njima za televiziju.

I also learn early on

Također sam rano naučio

that costuming can play a key role in this storytelling.

da kostimiranje može imati važnu ulogu u tom pripovijedanju.

I use costumes to add humor, comedy, color

Koristim kostime da dodam humor, komičnost, boju

and narrative clarity to the stories we're telling.

i narativnu jasnoću pričama koje pričamo.

And then we do an episode called "Dumpster Diving,"

A kad smo radili na epizodi koja se zvala "Ronjenje po kontejnerima,"

and I learn a little bit more

naučio sam još malo

about the deeper implications of what costuming means to me.

o dubljem smislu onoga što za mene znači kostimiranje.

In the episode "Dumpster Diving,"

U epizodi "Ronjenje po kontejnerima,"

the question we were trying to answer is:

pitanje koje smo pokušavali odgovoriti je

Is jumping into a dumpster as safe

Je li skakanje u kontejner tako sigurno

as the movies would lead you to believe?

kao što nam se prikazuje u filmovima?

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

The episode was going to have two distinct parts to it.

Epizoda je trebala imati dva različita dijela.

One was where we get trained to jump off buildings by a stuntman

Jedan u kojem nas kaskader uči kako skakati sa zgrada

into an air bag.

u zračni jastuk.

And the second was the graduation to the experiment:

A drugi dio je prelazak na eksperiment:

we'd fill a dumpster full of material and we'd jump into it.

Napunili bismo kontejner materijalom i skakali u njega.

I wanted to visually separate these two elements,

Htio sam vizualno odvojiti ta dva elementa,

and I thought,

pa sam pomislio,

"Well, for the first part we're training, so we should wear sweatsuits --

"Pa, u prvom dijelu treniramo, pa bismo trebali nositi trenerke --

Oh! Let's put 'Stunt Trainee' on the back of the sweatsuits.

Stavimo natpis 'Kaskader na obuci' na leđa gornjeg dijela.

That's for the training."

To je za treniranje."

But for the second part, I wanted something really visually striking --

Ali u drugom dijelu, htio sam nešto baš vizualno upečatljivo --

"I know! I'll dress as Neo from 'The Matrix.'"

"Znam! Obući ću se kao Neo iz Matrixa."

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

So I went to Haight Street.

Otišao sam u ulicu Haight.

I bought some beautiful knee-high, buckle boots.

Kupio sam divne čizme do koljena s kopčama

I found a long, flowing coat on eBay.

Našao sam dugi, lepršavi kaput na eBay-u.

I got sunglasses, which I had to wear contact lenses in order to wear.

Nabavio sam naočale uz koje sam morao nositi leće.

The day of the experiment shoot comes up,

Na dan snimanja

and I step out of my car in this costume,

izašao sam iz auta u ovom kostimu,

and my crew takes a look at me ...

a ekipa me pogledala ...

and start suppressing their church giggles.

i počela se suzdržavati od smijeha.

They're like, "(Laugh sound)."

Ovako su se smijali, "(Zvuk smijeha)"

And I feel two distinct things at this moment.

A ja osjećam dvije različite stvari toga trenutka.

I feel total embarrassment

Osjećam totalni sram

over the fact that it's so nakedly clear to my crew

zbog činjenice da je mojoj ekipi tako očito

that I'm completely into wearing this costume.

da sam totalno zapeo za nošenje tog kostima.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

But the producer in my mind reminds myself

No, producent u mojoj glavi me podsjeća

that in the high-speed shot in slow-mo,

da će u ubrzanoj snimci koja se snima usporeno

that flowing coat is going to look beautiful behind me.

taj lepršavi kaput izgledati prekrasno iza mene.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Five years into the "MythBusters" run,

Nakon pet godina prikazivanja "Razbijača mitova"

we got invited to appear at San Diego Comic-Con.

pozvani smo na Comic-Con u San Diegu.

I'd known about Comic-Con for years and never had time to go.

Znao sam godinama za Comic-Con ali nikad nisam imao vremena ići.

This was the big leagues -- this was costuming mecca.

To je bila velika liga -- to je meka za kostimiranje.

People fly in from all over the world

Ljudi dođu sa svih krajeva svijeta

to show their amazing creations on the floor in San Diego.

pokazati svoje nevjerojatne kreacije u San Diegu.

And I wanted to participate.

I želio sam sudjelovati.

I decided that I would put together an elaborate costume

Odlučio sam da ću sačiniti složen kostim

that covered me completely,

koji će me kompletno pokrivati

and I would walk the floor of San Diego Comic-Con anonymously.

i šetat ću anonimno Comic-Conom u San Diegu.

The costume I chose?

Koji sam kostim odabrao?

Hellboy.

Hellboy.

That's not my costume,

To nije moj kostim,

that's actually Hellboy.

to je zapravo Hellboy.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

But I spent months

Ali proveo sam mjesece

assembling the most screen-accurate Hellboy costume I could,

sastavljajući najvjerniji Hellboy kostim koji sam mogao,

from the boots to the belt to the pants

od čizama do pojasa do hlača

to the right hand of doom.

do desne ruke prokletstva.

I found a guy who made a prosthetic Hellboy head and chest

Našao sam tipa koji je izradio prostetičku Hellboy glavu i prsa

and I put them on.

i stavio ih na sebe.

I even had contact lenses made in my prescription.

Čak sam imao i kontaktne leće na recept.

I wore it onto the floor at Comic-Con

Nosio sam ga na Comic-Conu

and I can't even tell you how balls hot it was in that costume.

i ne mogu vam ni opisati kako pakleno vruće je bilo u tom kostimu.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Sweating! I should've remembered this.

Znoj! Trebao sam se toga sjetiti.

I'm sweating buckets and the contact lenses hurt my eyes,

Znojim se kao prase i žuljaju me kontaktne leće,

and none of it matters because I'm totally in love.

ali ništa od toga nije bitno, jer sam totalno zaljubljen.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Not just with the process of putting on this costume and walking the floor,

Ne samo u proces oblačenja kostima i šetnjom onuda,

but also with the community of other costumers.

već i u zajednicu drugih prerušivača.

It's not called costuming at Cons,

Ne zove se to kostimiranje na Con-ovima,

it's called "cosplay."

već "cosplay".

Now ostensibly, cosplay means people who dress up

Cosplay navodno znači ljudi koji se prerušavaju

as their favorite characters from film and television

u svoje omiljene likove iz filma i s televizije,

and especially anime,

a posebice iz animea,

but it is so much more than that.

ali to je puno više od toga.

These aren't just people who find a costume and put it on --

Nisu to samo ljudi koji nađu kostim i stave ga na sebe --

they mash them up.

oni stvore svoje kombinacije.

They bend them to their will.

Kreiraju ih prema vlastitoj volji.

They change them to be the characters they want to be in those productions.

Mijenjaju ih u likove koji oni žele biti u tim produkcijama.

They're super clever and genius.

Nevjerojato su pametni i originalni.

They let their freak flag fly and it's beautiful.

Daju oduška svojoj čudačkoj strani i to je predivno.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

But more than that,

No, bitnije,

they rehearse their costumes.

imaju probe za kostime.

At Comic-Con or any other Con,

Na Comic-Conu ili sličnom skupu

you don't just take pictures of people walking around.

nećete samo uslikati ljude u prolazu

You go up and say,

Prići ćete im i reći

"Hey, I like your costume, can I take your picture?"

"Ej, sviđa mi se tvoj kostim, smijem li te uslikati?"

And then you give them time to get into their pose.

Zatim im date vremena da se namjeste.

They've worked hard on their pose

Naporno su radili na svojim pozama

to make their costume look great for your camera.

kako bi im kostim izgledao savršeno za vaš fotoaparat.

And it's so beautiful to watch.

I to je tako divno gledati.

And I take this to heart.

Dirne me to u srce.

At subsequent Cons,

Na sljedećim Con-ovima

I learn Heath Ledger's shambling walk as the Joker from "The Dark Knight."

naučio sam nezgrapan hod Heatha Ledgera kao Jokera u "Princu Tame."

I learn how to be a scary Ringwraith from "Lord of the Rings,"

Naučio sam kako biti strašni Ringwraith iz "Gospodara prstenova"

and I actually frighten some children.

i zapravo uplašiti djecu.

I learned that "hrr hrr hrr" --

Naučio sam onaj "hrr hrr hrr" --

that head laugh that Chewbacca does.

onaj smijeh koji Chewbacca izvodi iz glave.

And then I dressed up as No-Face from "Spirited Away."

Potom sam se obukao kao No-Face iz "Pustolovine male Chihiro."

If you don't know about "Spirited Away" and its director, Hayao Miyazaki,

Ako ne znate za taj film i njegovog redatelja, Hayao Miyazakija,

first of all, you're welcome.

kao prvo - nema na čemu.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

This is a masterpiece, and one of my all-time favorite films.

To je remek djelo i jedan od mojih najdražih filmova ikad.

It's about a young girl named Chihiro who gets lost in the spirit world

Radi se o djevojčici zvanoj Chihiro koja se izgubi u svijetu duhova

in an abandoned Japanese theme park.

u napuštenom japanskom tematskom parku.

And she finds her way back out again

Nađe svoj put iz njega

with the help of a couple of friends she makes --

uz pomoć nekoliko prijatelja koje stekne --

a captured dragon named Haku

zarobljenog zmaja zvanog Haku

and a lonely demon named No-Face.

i usamljenog demona zvanog No-Face.

No-Face is lonely and he wants to make friends,

No-Face je usamljen i želi steći prijatelje,

and he thinks the way to do it is by luring them to him

a misli da to može učiniti tako da ih namami k sebi

and producing gold in his hand.

i stvara zlato u svojoj ruci.

But this doesn't go very well,

Međutim, ovo ne pođe kako treba,

and so he ends up going on kind of a rampage

pa počne divljati

until Chihiro saves him,

dok ga Chihiro ne spasi,

rescues him.

oslobodi ga.

So I put together a No-Face costume,

Tako sam sastavio kostim No-Face

and I wore it on the floor at Comic-Con.

i nosio ga na Comic-Conu.

And I very carefully practiced No-Face's gestures.

Vrlo pažljivo sam vježbao geste No-Facea.

I resolved I would not speak in this costume at all.

Odlučio sam da u ovome kostimu neću uopće pričati.

When people asked to take my picture,

Kad su me ljudi molili za sliku,

I would nod

kimnuo bih

and I would shyly stand next to them.

i sramežljivo stao kraj njih.

They would take the picture

Uslikali bi me,

and then I would secret out from behind my robe

a ja bih potom izvukao iz svog ogrtača

a chocolate gold coin.

zlatni čokoladni novčić.

And at the end of the photo process, I'd make it appear for them.

Na kraju tog procesa fotografiranja učinio bih da se stvori pred njima.

Ah, ah ah! -- like that.

Ah, ah ah! -- tako.

And people were freaking out.

I ljudi bi poludjeli.

"Holy crap! Gold from No-Face! Oh my god, this is so cool!"

"Čovječe! Zlato od No-Facea! O moj bože, ovo je tako kul!"

And I'm feeling and I'm walking the floor and it's fantastic.

I šetam onuda i osjećam se fantastično.

And about 15 minutes in something happens.

Oko 15 minuta nakon toga nešto se dogodi.

Somebody grabs my hand,

Netko me zgrabi za šaku

and they put a coin back into it.

i stavi novčić nazad u nju.

And I think maybe they're giving me a coin as a return gift,

Mislim se, možda mi daju novčić kao znak zahvale,

but no, this is one of the coins that I'd given away.

ali ne, ovo je jedan od novčića koje sam ja dao.

I don't know why.

Ne znam zašto.

And I keep on going, I take some more pictures.

Nastavim i još malo slikam.

And then it happens again.

Zatim se ponovi isto.

Understand, I can't see anything inside this costume.

Morate razumjeti da ništa ne vidim ispod tog kostima.

I can see through the mouth --

Mogu vidjeti kroz usta --

I can see people's shoes.

vidim ljudima cipele.

I can hear what they're saying and I can see their feet.

Čujem ih što govore i vidim im noge,

But the third time someone gives me back a coin,

ali kad mi je po treći put netko uručio novčić

I want to know what's going on.

htio sam znati što se događa.

So I sort of tilt my head back to get a better view,

Tako sam nagnuo glavu da bolje vidim,

and what I see is someone walking away from me going like this.

a vidim da netko odlazi od mene ovako.

And then it hits me:

I zatim se sjetim:

it's bad luck to take gold from No-Face.

nesreća je uzeti zlato od No-Facea.

In the film "Spirited Away,"

U filmu "Pustolovine male Chihiro,"

bad luck befalls those who take gold from No-Face.

nesreća pogodi one koji uzmu zlato od No-Facea.

This isn't a performer-audience relationship; this is cosplay.

Ovo nije veza između izvođača i publike; ovo je cosplay.

We are, all of us on that floor,

Mi, svi na tom podiju,

injecting ourselves into a narrative that meant something to us.

postajemo dio priče koja nam nešto znači.

And we're making it our own.

I prilagođavamo je sebi.

We're connecting with something important inside of us.

Povezujemo se s nečim važnim u sebi.

And the costumes are how we reveal ourselves

Kostimi su način na koji se

to each other.

jedni drugima otkrivamo

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)