50in50 Wk 20: Salsa for Shawn

Week 20 of 50 Characters in 50 Weeks. Shawn Wilson has phocomelia and was born without arms. In an effort to get back into shape and meet new people, he has decided to take some dance lessons.

I wanted to avoid easy jokes (or really any jokes) for this one at all costs. This episode was entirely improvised. Big thanks to Amaya, who is a real-life samba/salsa teacher.

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Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• phocomelia
• armless
• dancer
• no
• arms
• salsa
• merengue
• improv
• characters
• 50
• weeks
• brent
• rose

[homedonna]

Just the notion of an armless man taking salsa lessons seriously was absurd.....then taking it to the "next level" was even sillier.

APPLAUSE!

[Wilmerexing]

haha, nice

[gillehsmiff]

Welcome to the world of salsa shawn. Enjoy!

[Inaneen]

Lovely. It's a good idea too!