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This child will either end up on stage or in jail. Fortunately, I took the easy route.
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The speaker presents two possible futures for the child: performing on stage or ending up in jail. Calling one option “the easy route” turns the contrast into a joke and suggests that the speaker chose the stage. The humor comes from treating a respectable career as easier than the far worse alternative.
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