Who the Hell Is this Guy?

By: Christopher Morrison

 

I am planning to jump over a car. A moving car. Coming right at me… head on.

This is the plan:

Car moving at 25mph… I run towards the grill and jump over it.

That is the plan.

That is the only plan.

Sometimes I think I am insane.

I am a stuntman/fight choreographer/actor/writer type.

These are the things I do:

It’s an odd life.

It’s a good life.

It’s good because I have fun and some people pay me to do it. Of course fun for me is jumping over moving cars and playing with fire.

I don’t always think of myself as insane.

But maybe I am.

I am not some Jackass adrenaline junkie. I’m not… Stop smirking, you bastard.

I see myself as an artist. Somehow, somewhere, I discovered that by moving my body in these ways, I could feel my soul… share it with those who were watching.

I won’t deny the rush that comes with a backflip or those precious seconds while you are on fire… but they seem less and less the point.

The point is giving it away.

This may be because I started as an actor and then moved into fight work, but the sharing is the ultimate high. The connection with an audience is THE juice.

Feeling that flow… I give, they take, they give, I take.

It’s group sex, group tantric sex… with multiple orgasms… all with me.

Even on film they are all probing me, massaging me, slurpin’ me up! I do love it!

Now wait a minute here. Before you were talking about soul and stuff. Now group sex? Are you mixing your metaphors on purpose here or are we just at the whim of some meandering no-good writer? And speaking of being a bad writer you were writing from your perspective before now your writing from our perspective! Hold on! What’s happening?!?

Its style baby. Hold on to something bolted down… it’s going to be a ride.

What can I say?

My artist lifestyle is about Soul and Sex.

And wondering if I am insane.

Sometimes wondering if I need to be more insane.

And occasionally my life is about doing my budget.

This is the trip you are in store for. An artist with skills to pay the bills. But no money to actually pay them. An artist looking for his audience (sometimes finding one), and his trails and tribulations with the "real world". No, no, no… Not that… The REAL "real world". And if you are wondering who I am here’s my friggin’ bio:

I am a graduate of Boston University’s Theatre Conservatory with a BFA in Movement For The Stage. I am also certified by the Society of American Fight Directors in all six weapons.

I am the founder of Broken Buddha Productions. BBP is a movement collective where experts from martial arts, theatre, gymnastics, dance, and circus train each other and create live events. BBP is operated out of the Z Space Studio where I am an Artist In Residence. I am also an instructor at The School For The Arts in San Francisco, a high school conservatory, where I teach stage combat and hold the title of Artist In Residence. I have taught at Boston University, Middlesex College, Chabot College, and numerous college and high school workshops.

I am also a founding member of Impact Theatre of Berkeley (www.impacttheatre.com) where I am the resident fight choreographer and sometimes I act and direct.

I have studied the disciplines of Karate, Kung-Fu, Aikido, Kali, Jun-Fan, and Tai-Chi.

By the way…does anyone have a cool looking car I can jump over