Demetri Martin

WHAT: Martin plays the role of Elliot Tiber in the film Taking Woodstock.
WHEN: August 14

“I was thinking about Woodstock and the film,” says Martin about his upcoming dramedy on the 1969 festival, directed by Ang Lee, “and I realized that you can describe parts of both using pairs of homophones. An example of a set of homophones is pear pair. You can fill in the blanks below with pairs of homophones, if you want.”

Highlight the "Answer" field below each question to reveal each pair of homophones.

1 Taking Woodstock is a work that’s not about war. It’s a

_ _ _ _ _ /_ _ _ _ _.

Answer: peace / piece

2 At Woodstock, a big crowd listened. Another way to say that is that a

_ _ _ _ /_ _ _ _ _.

Answer: herd / heard

3 At the festival, I bet you someone slept briefly on his or her bag. That person took a

_ _ _ _ /_ _ _.

Answer: knap / nap

4 If a guy slept in the grass and then woke up really early in the morning, he'd be a

_ _ _ _ _ /_ _ _ _.

Answer: dewed / dude

5 If you took the brown acid, then you might have experienced a

_ _ _’_ /_ _ _ _.

Answer: day’s / daze

6 And because of people doing that, it got pretty:

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ /_ _ / _ _ _ _ _ .

(This one is kind of a cheat because the second part is two words.)

Answer: intense / in tents

7 When my friends and I pee,

_ _ / _ _ _.

(Similar to groups of people at music festivals. I realize this one is kind of a stretch but I still like it.)

Answer: we / wee

8 At Woodstock weird people sold weird things. It was a

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _.

Answer: bizarre / bazaar

9 People with blankets on them who were captivated by the music were

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _.

Answer: wrapped / rapt

10 If someone asked me, “Are Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber and Imelda Staunton all in the film?,” I would say, “Yes,

_ _ _ _’_ _ / _ _ _ _ _.”

Answer: they’re / there

11 When the movie goes to Cannes, it will have a

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Answer: premier / premiere

12 And, once Taking Woodstock is released, hopefully Woodstock will be more of a

_ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _.

Answer: seen / scene

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