To the best of my memory, I was never really freaked out by people wearing animal costumes, even as a small person. Then again, I was 4 when I first went to Disney, so at least I was big enough to run away or use words to express my displeasure.
There is something so inherently silly about the whole thing. Just about any of the British Trigger Happy TV skits made me laugh out loud repeatedly (dogs beating each other up, bunnies humping in the elevator). Probably my favorite monologue ever is "Jay" by Jane Martin about a girl who plays the mascot for the Toronto Blue Jays. My favorite security call at JLL was the time a person dressed like a chicken was beating up a guy dressed like a cow in the food court at Union Station. The only thing funnier than receiving the call was reporting to the cops.
I have learned to roll with things being a theatre person, but seeing a chicken and a gorilla outside Kantner one morning was a little weird. And now using people dressed as animals to train zoo keepers makes me giggle.
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