Tornado
Chris Succo


The last show from Tidens Krav's automated tele-application service will open this Friday. Succo's application says little about the show, but it does say a lot about Succo. Listening to his minimal application and cocky British accent might make you think: "This is one of those smug smart ones, working in the periphery of human communication". His application consists of one sentence, leading up to one word: Tomato. What a self-mocking genius, or so we thought. As it turns out, our acceptance of his application was based on a horrible misunderstanding: Succo claims to have pitched "Tornado" as a title for the show – not "Tomato", which is what Tidens Krav heard. One week ago, everything suddenly made more sense as he greeted us in the doorway of Tidens Krav with a loud, but friendly "gude laune alta". One can only hope that Fridays event will help clarify who and what Chris Succo really is. But this is certain: He is German, not British, and his show is titled Tornado – not Tomato – but we all know what we heard...