The evening of the show, outside the Fabulous Fox Theatre in downtown Atlanta, the schadenfreude hung as thick as a humid summer evening in Georgia. A mix of rednecks, fratboys, sycophants, celebritists, disaster tourists, hipsters and detached meta-ironists adorned the streets, curious to experience perhaps the oddest and newest form of popular entertainment: the unhinged celebrity meltdown, live in your hometown! Videographers, bloggers and mainstream TV crews worked the crowds panning for the archetypal caricature of Charlie’s Kids. They had no shortage of wonderful subjects.

One interviewer to a dopey lidded Georgia boy:
“He bombed in Detroit, do you think he will bomb here?”
“Huhu, I hope so.”
Remarks the stoner, in the true spirit of the deprecation of the times.

The show itself was predictably unfocused, persistently heckled and Sheen did very little of the infamous bizarro ranting that initially popularized his meltdown. He mouthed a few catchphrases when he wasn’t smoking, his delivery completely frazzled and bewildered. Vacant and ghostly white, he ambled forward. If it weren’t for Jeff Ross (“how do you roast a meltdown?”), whose roasting intervention literally kept people from walking out, the show would have been an epic disaster. Finally, Sheen’s brief monolog at the end smelled pathetically like a desperate plea to get his TV job back, claiming in reference to his former bosses, that “it’s up them to give the people what they want.” Gone was the fire, gone was the game. Face it Charlie, the drugs don’t work.

Parker: After reviewing your account, I see that your account was assessed with the overdraft fee correctly and no banking error occured.
You: true, there were several overdrafts. i am asking that perhaps you can find a soft spot in your heart and remove some of them since I am a long standing customer.
Parker: Your satisfaction is of highest priority for me. I am trying my best to help you resolve this issue.
You: thanks. i made a mistake and i am sorry for it.
Parker: I will give you my honest best efforts realizing your situation and considering your valued relationship with us.
Parker: I understand you, however it is my job to trust my system and allow a refund only for a banking error, however as a human it is also my responsibility to help you.
Parker: After reviewing your account history and valued relationship with Bank of America, I am able to refund $70.00 as Courtesy.
You: thanks for being a human and helping the humans over the machines.
Parker: I seriously imagined myself in your place and trusted you, also I expect you would place yourself in my place and realize that it’s not easy to make a refund if the bank does not authorize it.
You: your empathy is outstanding. it is true, refunds must be difficult, since the banks made some bad bets and certainly need all the
money they can get.
Parker: Yes, and I found you a very nice human being Charles.
Parker: Also, I expect you would not overdraw your account in future.
You: but i am confident that our government will bail them out with taxpayer money and save us all
You: i will not make this mistake again. i have learned my lesson, Parker. already i am punished for it.
Parker: Definitely! We all would be happy and back where we were 2 years ago.
Parker: I have submitted the request for the fee refund and the same you will be able to view under the pending section, once you refresh your account.
Parker: I hope I was quick?
You: thanks. you were great. the best ever. faster than a machine.
Parker: You’re welcome. I was happy to help you.
Parker: Have a great day ahead. I am sure it is going to be bright day for you and I hope it gets brighter for you everyday.
Parker: Thank you for being a wonderful customer and giving me an opportunity to assist you. I hope I again get a chance to assist you in future !

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In a typical event, a few brave people volunteer to “present” a random deck of slides pulled off the Web, or borrowed from friends or employers. (I first heard about PowerPoint Karaoke when an organizer asked if she could use a deck I had presented on word meanings.) The audience laughs, cheers, and yells out suggestions as the presenters gamely struggle to link one slide to the next, transforming something that probably started life as a tedious corporate monologue into a five-minute flight of creative irony.

Although for long I’ve been envisioning something riffing on the absurdity of the conference call…