Why is it called Amok Time?

Why is it called Amok Time?

The short answer is Because of the name.

The longer answer is that it refers to the dancing frenzy that occurs when a man is attacked by other men, especially in the back.

A few years ago, I was at a bar in San Francisco when a friend mentioned the upcoming show, saying it would be interesting to see what the audience looked like. My response was What's this about? To which my friend replied It's called Amok Time.

I was not interested. After another year or so, I heard that Amok Time was opening up a small club in downtown San Francisco. It was late, and I was headed home for the night. On my way back from the BART station, I started following the little club down the hill towards my apartment. It was not what I expected.

The first thing I noticed was that it was small. In fact, it was fairly tiny. It was just a room with a stage, where a little over thirty men were dancing, all of them drunk. Some of them were even throwing punches at each other. It was a pretty scary scene. I thought that it would never get any more interesting than this.

But when the dancing died down, something happened. Instead of just a little room full of men fighting, there was a ring of men, who were shouting and yelling. At one point, someone yelled out, Amok Time.

It was then that I saw the two men fighting. It was an incredibly powerful moment. The most important thing was that it didn't seem to be choreographed. Two men stood on the stage, facing each other, neither of them showing any signs of backing down. The men were shouting, and at some point a man behind the stage began to climb into the ring. As soon as he did, it was clear that it was a fight to the death.

For some reason, it struck me as very American. The man in the ring had lost a lot of weight since the last time I saw him. He was not nearly as tall as his opponent. This made me wonder if this was a fight to the death. The man who was now trying to climb into the ring shouted something. The other man suddenly turned and ran.