Hi Robert,
I like current event-type stories too. One problem is if even one person is not informed or has not been following the "story" they may be lost. An example of this is late-night comics. When they are doing their dialog and they refer to "in the news" stories in order to make a joke, sometimes the jke flops becuase only a few audience members are up to speed with the details. Then, if they have to explain it...double bad!
Barry Westling
