What struck me was how quickly people fell under the spell. Reminded me of a weird charismatic meeting that kicked off the Laughing Toronto Blessing "revival" in the UK years ago. It was as though someone had thrown a switch. The really creepy stuff was the masks: I was always the only one on a bus without one.

What struck me was how quickly people fell under the spell. Reminded me of a weird charismatic meeting that kicked off the Laughing Toronto Blessing "revival" in the UK years ago. It was as though someone had thrown a switch. The really creepy stuff was the masks: I was always the only one on the bus without one.