Somehow in rehearsal this went better !

Comparison:

So the two sides are now performing the same ritual in different costumes: Tehran says no talks without relief, Trump says no relief without surrender, and everyone else gets to watch oil prices, shipping lanes, and global nerves do interpretive dance.

Mary Geddry wonders if interpretive dance is appropriate for this moment in world history in place of sober negotiation.

Context:

Iran is insisting talks cannot move forward unless the U.S. lifts the blockade, while the Revolutionary Guards are openly framing control of the Strait as ‘the definitive strategy of Islamic Iran.‘ So the two sides are now performing the same ritual in different costumes: Tehran says no talks without relief, Trump says no relief without surrender, and everyone else gets to watch oil prices, shipping lanes, and global nerves do interpretive dance.

Citation:

Geddry, Mary. “Make Your Own Widgets.“ Oregon's Bay Area. Facebook, 28 April 2026. Web.

(Graphic image design by Lee Aigue; initial visual images courtesy of ChatGPT, April 2026.)